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Terrapene carolina ornata-  Ornate toed box turtle        Origin: South-western United States

These animals do not do well in humid environments!!!

If you see one of these animals in a pet store near you, please check with your local and state regulations before purchasing the animal.  Not only may it be illegal to sell, purchase, or own the animal but odds are good that the animal was taken from the wild and purchasing it will only contribute to further population declines.   And if we can't take care of our own animal populations, what right do we have to tell other countries how to take care of theirs?

Links to further information on T. carolina ornata:

Care sheets and pictures-nicely done: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/n/n/nna102/turtles/box.htm

Care sheet and info: http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/box.html

Care sheet- general: http://www.tortoise.org/general/boxcare.html

Care info for each subspecies: http://www.tortoise.org/archives/terrapen.html

Box turtle ID pages: http://www.primenet.com/~kosh/TURTLE/species.htm

Box turtle exploitation article: http://www.tortoise.org/general/exploit.html

Numerous pictures: http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/gallery3.htm

Literature bibliography for box turtles: http://www.fcsc.usgs.gov/Amphibians_and_Reptiles/Amphibians_and_Reptiles_Resear/box_turtle_bib1/box_turtle_bib1.html