Terrapene carolina (Three-toed Box Turtle)
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EASTERN
BOX TURTLE Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Wylie area;
Dallas Co.: Chalk
Hill Way at Preston Rd., Spring Creek area N of Garland, and E of Kessler
area; Denton Co.: Aubrey High School; Tarrant
Co.: Keller area and
wooded areas in Euless
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Blackland
Prairie and Eastern Cross Timbers
SUBSPECIES: Three-toed
Box Turtle [T. c. triunguis (Agassiz, 1857)].
COMMENTS: Reports of
this species from city areas may represent escaped captives.
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