DFW HERPS

Terrapene ornata

Ornate Box Turtle

 
     

ORNATE BOX TURTLE Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857) 

STATUS:  Common

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise

HABITAT:  Ft. Worth Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Eastern Cross Timbers, Blackland Prairie, Cedar-limestone Hills, and Western Cross Timbers

COMMENTS: This species is not as common as it once was.