Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata

• Order: Testudines
• Family: Emydidae (Box and Basking Turtles)
• Species: Terrapene ornata (terr-uh-PEE-nee oar-NATE-uh)
• Common English Name: Ornate Box Turtle
• Common Spanish Name: Tortuga de Adornos

Terrapene ornata. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth Co., TX. 20 October 1996.

Last Update: 18 Jul 2009