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title: "Tortue-boîte à trois griffes"
description: "Terrapene triunguis — Reptiles. The three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/three-toed-box-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tortue-boîte à trois griffes

> Terrapene triunguis — Reptiles. The three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles.

- Scientific name: *Terrapene triunguis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 25172
- iNaturalist taxon: [1544605](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1544605)

## Names

- en: Three-toed Box Turtle
- de: Dreizehen-Dosenschildkröte
- es: Tortuga de caja de tres dedos
- fr: Tortue-boîte à trois griffes

## Countries with the most observations

US (23978)

## Summary

The three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles. This species is native to the south-central part of the United States and is the official reptile of the state of Missouri. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the eastern box turtle as T. carolina triunguis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-toed_box_turtle

## Photo

![Tortue-boîte à trois griffes](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/three-toed-box-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brian Dickerson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16370773

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/three-toed-box-turtle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).