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title: "Ornate Box Turtle"
description: "Terrapene ornata — Rettili. Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or the ornate box turtle."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ornate-box-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ornate Box Turtle

> Terrapene ornata — Rettili. Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or the ornate box turtle.

- Scientific name: *Terrapene ornata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11484
- Wikidata: [Q2302528](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302528)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39807](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39807)

## Names

- en: Ornate Box Turtle
- de: Schmuckdosenschildkröte
- es: Tortuga apestosa
- fr: Tortue-boîte ornée commune
- nl: Sierdoosschildpad

## Countries with the most observations

US (10549), MX (164)

## Summary

Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or the ornate box turtle. It is one of two recognized species of box turtle in the United States, having two subspecies. The second recognized species of box turtle is the eastern box turtle,  Terrapene carolina. T. carolina has six subspecies, two of which are endemic to Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Ornate Box Turtle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-box-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mark Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31304907

## Machine access

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