common box turtle

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• Common box turtle — Common box turtle, 1842 drawing Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Box turtle — Turtle Tur tle, n. [Probably the same word as the word preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle, Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ornate box turtle — This article is about the subspecies Terrapene ornata ornata. For the subspecies Terrapene ornata, see Terrapene ornata. Ornate box turtle Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Desert box turtle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Coahuilan box turtle — at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Mexican box turtle — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• box turtle — any of several chiefly terrestrial turtles of the genus Terrapene, of North America, having a hinged plastron that can be tightly shut to enclose and protect the body. Also called box tortoise. See illus. under turtle. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * *… …   Universalium

• Chinese box turtle — Yellow margined box turtle Ryukyu Box turtle Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Yunnan box turtle — Cuora yunnanensis Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Turtle — Tur tle, n. [Probably the same word as the word preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle, Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Turtle cowrie — Turtle Tur tle, n. [Probably the same word as the word preceding, and substituted (probably by sailors) for the Spanish or Portuguese name; cf. Sp. tortuga tortoise, turtle, Pg. tartaruga, also F. tortue, and E. tortoise.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English