taxonID	type	description	language	source
C72AE918F134FFAFBF1302DEFAD3284A.taxon	description	The nominate form, the Eastern Box Turtle, is found in the US states from Massachusetts to Illinois and Georgia (see map in figure 1). The species inhabits pastures, marshy meadows as well as open woodlands and shores of rivers and lakes. Adult animals have highdomed brown or black carapaces with a variable pattern of yellowish stripes and blotches. Maximal carapace length is ca. 16 cm. The hind legs contain four toes.	en	Boonman, John (2019): Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry. Pod @ rcis 10 (1): 7-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4973267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267
C72AE918F134FFAEBF13003BFDC32AF8.taxon	description	The Gulf Coast Box Turtle inhabits the humid areas at the coasts of western Florida and South Carolina. The purest form lives in Florida. Animals in Louisiana are often Distribution of Terrapene carolina in the USA. On-line: https: // wikispaces. psu. edu / display / Herps / Eastern ++ Box + turtle (last seen: 26 - 02 - 2019) hybrids with any of the other subspecies. These are the largest T. carolina subspecies reaching 20 cm in length. Apart from its length, the strongly flaring rear margins are characteristic for the subspecies. Colours are not really discriminative although white head markings occur frequently in adult males as do red colours on the front legs.	en	Boonman, John (2019): Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry. Pod @ rcis 10 (1): 7-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4973267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267
C72AE918F135FFAEBCDF02A6FE5F28F8.taxon	description	The Florida Box Turtle, as the name already indicates, is predominantly found in Florida. This subspecies lives in humid areas as well. The dark carapace has a bright pattern of light radiating lines resembling Terrapene ornata. However, the carapace of T. c. bauri is much higher domed and its head is more clearly marked. In addition, T. ornata has a dark marking on the plastron often covering it completely. The plastron of T. c. bauri is usually uniformly yellow. The Florida Box Turtle reaches 15 cm maximally and the hind legs have three toes.	en	Boonman, John (2019): Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry. Pod @ rcis 10 (1): 7-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4973267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267
C72AE918F135FFAEBF4F048EFC0828F8.taxon	materials_examined	The Three-toed Box Turtle is found from the valley of the Mississippi river to Texas and up to Florida in the South. This subspecies prefers clearly drier areas compared to the others. It grows to a maximum length of 16 cm and shows light markings on a tan to brown background. Males often develop red, orange or yellow markings on the head and front legs. In order to enhance confusion Three-toed Box Turtles sometimes have fourtoed hind legs. Together with T. c. bauri it is statistically the smallest Box Turtle.	en	Boonman, John (2019): Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry. Pod @ rcis 10 (1): 7-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4973267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267
C72AE918F135FFAEBF4F048EFC0828F8.taxon	description	The two other subspecies T. c. mexicana and T. c. yucatana live in Mexico, in the northeastern part of the country and Yucatan respectively. The former form has three-toed hind legs, the latter has four toes. Both are often light brown to yellow in colour with the size comparable to T. c. carolina, but much bigger animals, resembling T. c. major, can occur. The complete species listing can be found on the IUCN Red List. All are classified as “ vulnerable ” (IUCN Red list, 2011) on the CITES appendix II.	en	Boonman, John (2019): Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry. Pod @ rcis 10 (1): 7-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4973267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267
