Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Reptiles
The common box turtle is a species of box turtle with five existing subspecies. It is found throughout the Eastern United States and Mexico. The box turtle has a distinctive hinged lower shell that allows it to completely enclose itself, like a box. Its upper jaw is hooked.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Emydidae
- Genus
- Terrapene