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| Ornate box turtle | |
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| Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Terrapene |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. o. ornata
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| Trinomial name | |
| Terrapene ornata ornata | |
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The ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) is one of only two terrestrial species of turtles native to the Great Plains of the United States. It is one of the two different subspecies of Terrapene ornata. It is the state reptile of Kansas[4] and Nebraska.[5] It is currently listed as threatened in Illinois[6] and is of concern and protected in six Midwestern states (Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wisconsin).[7]
- ^ van Dijk, P.P.; Hammerson, G.A. (2016) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Terrapene ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T21644A97429080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T21644A9304752.en. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Terrapene ornata ornata". Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200–201. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
- ^ "Kansas State Animal". Archived from the original on 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ^ Bureau, Martha Stoddard World-Herald (28 October 2022). "Ricketts names ornate box turtle as the Nebraska state reptile". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Redder, AJ, CK Dodd, D Keinath, D Mcdonald and T Ise, 2006. "Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata): A technical conservation assessment". USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Accessed November 29, 2008. Peer review administered by the Society for Conservation Biology.
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