Eastern Box Turtle (19539665359)
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Summary[edit] Description: The Eastern box turtle is the only land turtle found in North Carolina. And, it is the North Carolina State Reptile. The turtle pictured is unusual because of its light pigmentation and exceptionally beautiful, vivid shell design. You never know where beauty in nature will appear. Photo credit: Jim Fineman, USFWS. Date: 15 July 2015, 15:51. Source: Eastern Box Turtle. Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region.
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- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
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- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
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- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Cryptodira
- Emydidae (pond and marsh turtles)
- Terrapene (box turtle)
- Terrapene carolina (Eastern box turtle)
- Testudines (turtle)
- Terrapene carolina carolina (Eastern box turtle)
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