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Terrapene ornata
ornate box turtle
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		ornate box turtle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Emydidae, Genus Terrapene, Species Terrapene ornata


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:		TX: SGCN
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4G5
NatureServe State Rank:		TX: S3
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Big Bend National Park	Big Thicket National Preserve
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Niobrara National Scenic River
Petroglyph National Monument	Saguaro National Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	White Sands National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/4/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/25/2025 7:14:22 AM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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