Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
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ORNATE
BOX TURTLE Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Wylie area, 4 mi S
of Farmersville, 1.5 mi N FM 198 on FM 47, 4.7 mi ESE of Blue Ridge, and 2
mi S of Lucus; Dallas Co.: Valley View Lane at Tx 114, Farmers Branch Creek at Josey
Lane, near Mt. Labanon Encampment, Cedar Hill area, Spring Creek area N of
Garland, and prairie area near Oates and I-635 N of Mesquite; Denton Co.: 2.8
mi SSW Denton, 3.8 mi E Roanoke, 3.5 mi N Argyle on I-35W; near Krum, and
1.9 mi S Justin on I-35W; Johnson
Co.: .5 mi SW of Park Rd.
21 on US 67 and 2.9 mi W of FM 1434 on FM 200;
Kaufman Co.: 1
mi N of US 80 on FM 205 and 4.4 mi N FM 243 on FM 429;
Parker Co.: 2.8
mi NW of Weatherford on FM 920; Tarrant
Co.: River Legacy Parks
in NW Arlington, Primrose Station S of Benbrook, near Eagle Mt. Lake, and
open areas of Euless; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands near Decatur, 7.6 mi W of
Bridgeport, and .9 mi S of Paradise
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and
Wise
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