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Definition of Terrapene ornata
1. Noun. Primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrapene Ornata
Literary usage of Terrapene ornata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"terrapene ornata BAUR Science, NS, Vol. 17, April 3, 1891, p. 191. TYPE LOCALITY:
The Upper Missouri and Iowa. RANGE : Indiana, Illinois, and territory ..."
2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Box turtles (terrapene ornata, T. Carolina) seem to suffer fairly heavy losses in
... Legler (1960) assumed that ornate box turtles (terrapene ornata) were ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1907)
"terrapene ornata (Agassiz). The only box-tortoise in the collection (No. 1234)
was found at Fort Lowell, June 10, 1893. It appears to be typical of this ..."
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