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Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern Box Turtle
National Mall and Memorial Parks
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Eastern Box Turtle
Park Synonyms:

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


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5T5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluestone National Scenic River	Booker T. Washington National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Washington Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Monocacy National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	National Capital Parks-East
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Oxon Run National Parkway	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Suitland Parkway	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	2/22/2016

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 2:41:46 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

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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