Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene triunguis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 15,340
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
Description
The three-toed box turtle 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Three-toed box turtle”.