Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata


Family Emydidae

Description:
To 5¾" carapace length. Carapace greenish to brownish, with radiating thick yellow lines. Plastron hinged and capable of completely concealing head and legs.
Elevation Range:
Below 5500' in eastern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Terrapene ornata ornata
   Ornate Box Turtle
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
         
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsH Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  ProwersH
ArapahoeH Eagle  Larimer *  PuebloH
Archuleta  El PasoH Las AnimasH Rio BlancoBR1
Note8
BacaH ElbertDC2 LincolnH Rio Grande 
BentH FremontH LoganH Routt 
Boulder *  Garfield  Mesa  Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  SedgwickRLh3
Conejos  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  MorganH Teller * 
CrowleyGHR
CDOW1		 Jackson  OteroH WashingtonH
Custer *  Jefferson  Ouray  WeldH
Delta  KiowaH Park  YumaH
Denver  Kit CarsonH PhillipsH
Map of Colorado
Color Key
Adams Alamosa Arahapoe Archuleta Baca Bent Boulder Chaffee Cheyenne Clear Creek Conejos Costilla Crowley Custer Delta Denver Dolores Douglas Eagle El Paso Elbert Fremont Garfield Gilpin Grand Gunnison Hinsdale Huerfano Jackson Jefferson Kiowa Kit Carson La Plata Lake Larimer Las Animas Lincoln Logan Mesa Mineral Moffat Montezuma Montrose Morgan Otero Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin Prowers Pueblo Rio Blanco Rio Grande Routt Saguache San Juan San Miguel Sedgewick Summit Teller Washington Weld Yuma