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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Class
Reptile
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Terrapene
Also known as
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Eastern Box Turtle research

322 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

Eastern Box Turtle natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.

Anomalous scutation

Anticipatory behavior

  • Jadyn M. Sethna and Joseph R. Mendelson III · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(2): 388–389 · Read the note

Aquatic behavior

  • James M. Walker · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(1): 115–116 · Read the note

Aquatic habitat use

  • Thomas R. Rainwater, Russel H. Lowers, Cameron Carter, and Steven G. Platt · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 429–431 · Read the note

Behavior

  • Kimberly A. Cressman, Christina Mohrman, and Gretchen L. Grammer · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(3): 636–637 · Read the note

Behavior in flood

Carrion feeding

  • Idun Guenther, Matthew B. Connior, and Erin Macchia · 2008 · Herpetological Review 39(2): 218 · Read the note

Claw morphology

Color and pattern

Conspecific scavenging

Diet

  • Andrew J. Heaton and Roy C. Lipscomb · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(3): 318 · Read the note

  • Ivana Mali · 2024 · Herpetological Review 55(4): 560 · Read the note

  • 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(3): 457 · Read the note

  • Adrian Rodriguez, Rebecca Speer, and Jordan Donini · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(2): 399 · Read the note

  • 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(4): 839 · Read the note

  • Ivana Mali · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(4): 775–777 · Read the note

  • 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 429 · Read the note

  • John G. Palis, Jean A. Sellar, Joseph C. Mitchell, Aaron C. Gooley, Robert D. Bluett, and Daniel A. Woolard · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(4): 657–660 · Read the note

  • Jace R. Ponder, Mark Lasalle, Robert Smith, and Roger D. Birkhead · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 454–455 · Read the note

  • Leo J. Fleckenstein and Steven J. Price · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 85 · Read the note

  • Bryan Davis and Roger D. Birkhead · 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(4): 659 · Read the note

  • 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(1): 134 · Read the note

Double clutching

  • Bryan Windmiller · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(1): 134 · Read the note

Entanglement

  • Christopher E. Smith and Mark W. Parker · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(3): 624 · Read the note

Habitat

Hibernation site fidelity

High elevation record

  • Scott A. Rush and Eric C. Soehren · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(1): 129–130 · Read the note

Injuries

Longevity

Maximum elevation

  • Corinne A. Diggins · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 454 · Read the note

Morphology and behavior

Myiasis

  • Gregory A. Lewbart · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(1): 134–135 · Read the note

Nesting behavior

Novel dietary items

  • Steven G. Platt and Thomas R. Rainwater · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(4): 838–839 · Read the note

Potential mode of dispersal in terrestrial gastropods

Predation

Reproduction

  • Steven G. Platt, Lance W. Fontenot, Kyaw Thu Zaw Wint, and Thomas R. Rainwater · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(1): 119–121 · Read the note

  • Lora L. Smith · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(2): 398–399 · Read the note

  • 1994 · Herpetological Review 25(2): 64 · Read the note

Resistance to egg predation

Samesex mounting behavior

  • Jordan Donini · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(1): 125 · Read the note

Scavenging

  • 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(1): 76 · Read the note

  • 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(2): 286 · Read the note

  • Kira S. Wilson and Michael Holden · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(1): 133–134 · Read the note

  • Sasha J. Tetzlaff · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 453–454 · Read the note

Scutation/death

Shell abnormality

Shell deformity

Stream habitat use

  • Amber L. Pitt · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(4): 839–840 · Read the note

Sustained aquatic behavior

  • James M. Walker and Stanley E. Trauth · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(2): 313–314 · Read the note

Swimming

  • Thomas G. Jackson · 2009 · Herpetological Review 40(3): 338–339 · Read the note

Threats

  • Andrew D. Walde · 2007 · Herpetological Review 38(3): 334–335 · Read the note

Winter mortality

  • Susan Seibert · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(2): 288–289 · Read the note

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