Definition of Terrapene ornata

1. Noun. Primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Western Box Turtle
Generic synonyms: Box Tortoise, Box Turtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrapene Ornata

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
Terminalia
Termitidae
Terni
Ternopil
Terpander
Terpsichore
Terpsichorean
Terra
Terracotta Army
Terramycin
Terran
Terrance
Terrans
Terrapene
Terrapene ornata
Terrence
Terri
Terrianne
Terrie
Terrien's marginal degeneration
Terrien's valve
Terrietia
Terrietia trifoliolata
Territorial Army
Territorian
Terry
Terry's nails
Terry's syndrome
Tersanctus

Literary usage of Terrapene ornata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"terrapene ornata BAUR Science, NS, Vol. 17, April 3, 1891, p. 191. TYPE LOCALITY: The Upper Missouri and Iowa. RANGE : Indiana, Illinois, and territory ..."

2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Box turtles (terrapene ornata, T. Carolina) seem to suffer fairly heavy losses in ... Legler (1960) assumed that ornate box turtles (terrapene ornata) were ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"terrapene ornata (Agassiz). The only box-tortoise in the collection (No. 1234) was found at Fort Lowell, June 10, 1893. It appears to be typical of this ..."

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