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Andra column | Article from The Topeka Capital-Journal | HighBeam …  -  Jan 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Topeka Capital-Journal - HighBeam ResearchThe colorfully patterned Ornate Box Turtle --- distinguishable from the other ... Ornate box turtle Scientific name: Terrapene ornata Description: The upper ...

Article: Arkansans Asked to Help Count Turtles - AP Online | HighBeam...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchAn ornate box turtle can live into its forties while a three-toed turtle can ... INTRODUCTION The ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata ... for the ...

ORPHANS' PAIN GRIPS 'TURTLES' HARDSHIP-PLAGUED KURDISH …  -  Apr 22, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Rocky Mountain News - HighBeam ResearchArticle: ORNATE BOX TURTLE BIG IN ILLICIT SALES KANSAS U.S. ... Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); November 2, 1997 ; 580 words ... ... s big money in the ...

Indiana's only herpetologist takes on new tasks in her first year on...  -  Aug 30, 2009
Herald-Times - The Herald-Times (subscription)One of those is implementing ornate box turtle surveys. The surveys focus on the population and habitats of the ornate box turtle, which is most common in ...

Creature comforts: Search for ornate box turtles, bullsnakes can...  -  Jun 25, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Sun-Times - HighBeam ResearchOrnate box turtle, Terrapene ornata. - Description: Small turtle with dark brown carapace, yellow. midback stripe and yellow lines ...

Press Release: Arkansas Box Turtle Survey. - PR Newswire | HighBeam …  -  May 22, 2007
Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam ResearchThe five designs are repeated ... a vertical black bar on the sides of its neck. The ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) is a reptile of prairies and open ...

Drivers Can Help Troubled Travelers  -  May 5, 2008
Kansas City infoZineThe ornate box turtle is found in all but the southeastern corner of the state, but is more adapted to grassland and is most common in western Missouri. ...

I betcha didn't know this  -  Jul 4, 2009
Hutchinson NewsThe ornate box turtle is a dryland turtle, which probably makes it the most visible turtle in Kansas. It's found from the prairies in the west to the ...

Turkey harvest is down  -  Apr 29, 2006
$2.95 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - NewsBankThe three-toed box turtle inhabits the southern two-thirds of Illinois and Missouri, while the ornate box turtle becomes more common in the western sections ...

Kansas City Star, The : City Trivvy: Turtle time  -  Aug 17, 2007
$2.95 - Kansas City Star - NewsBankKansas City Star, The : Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, ...

Arkansans Asked to Help Count Turtles | Article from AP Online | …  -  Apr 23, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchAn ornate box turtle can live into its forties while a three-toed turtle can survive into its seventies. They become mature around 13 and mate from April to ...

Elkhart man accused of illegally selling native turtles  -  Dec 17, 2008
WSBT-TV...“Some of the species involved with this case happened to be snapping turtles, the red-eared slider, the eastern box turtle, the ornate box turtle — so there ...

Article: Arkansans Asked to Help Count Turtles - AP Online | HighBeam...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchAn ornate box turtle can live into its forties while a three-toed turtle can survive into its seventies. They become mature around 13 and mate from April to ...

Turtles Out Early This Year, Need Motorists' Help  -  May 1, 2006
Kansas City infoZineThe ornate box turtle is more common the farther west you go in Missouri. Both species are extra active in the spring, seeking mates and nest sites. ...

Turtles Hitting the Road: Don't Hit Them  -  Apr 25, 2007
Kansas City infoZineSimilar in appearance but more likely to be found in northern and western Missouri is the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata. ...

Comparison of erythrocyte osmotic fragility among amphibians,...  -  Sep 22, 2006
$4.95 - Transactions of the Kansas Academy of... - ECNextThe terrestrial group was composed of the red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis), ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata), ...

Austin American-Statesman : NOTES  -  May 26, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Austin American-Statesman - NewsBankThere are two species in Texas, the eastern (or three-toed) box turtle and the ornate box turtle. By watching for those species and reporting them and other ...

At Woods Edge -- A look at the state outdoors symbols  -  Jan 30, 2005
Topeka Capital-Journal - Topeka Capital JournalThe colorfully patterned Ornate Box Turtle -- distinguishable from the other land-dwelling Kansas turtle, the Eastern Box Turtle, which is olive drab ...

Indiana Administrative Code - 312 IAC 9-5-7 Sale and transport for...  -  Aug 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Indiana Administrative Code - Loislaw...(57) Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata). (58) Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). (59) Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). ...

Texas Regulations - 31 TAC § 65.331 Commercial Activity  -  Jun 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Texas Regulations - LoislawRio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) Texas River Cooter (Pseudemys texana) Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) ...

Louisiana Administrative Code - 76:XV.101. Recreational and …  -  Aug 11, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Louisiana Administrative Code - Loislaw...(Terrapene carolina major) Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) Red-eared Slider (Trachemys ...

Edges and Order  -  Jan 1, 2007
New York TimesLast night, sorting through photos I took in Kansas a couple of months ago, I found some digital snapshots of an ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) making ...

Turtle tribute  -  May 24, 2006
Pay-Per-View - The Oklahoman - Factiva, from Dow JonesA Western Ornate box turtle spends Tuesday cruising a yard in northwest Oklahoma City during World Turtle Day. The American Turtle Rescue designated the day ...

The Dunn County News Online - Our Front Page  -  Jun 25, 2008
Dunn County NewsOne species, the Ornate Box Turtle, is endangered, two species are threatened (wood turtle and blanding's), two species are of special concern (midland ...

Illinois revises its endangered species listings  -  Mar 6, 2009
$2.95 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - NewsBankThe 2009 list includes, as new arrivals in the threatened category, the ornate box turtle and the black-billed cuckoo. And two additions in the endangered ...

CHARMING SNAKES AND ALLURING LIZARDS  -  Jan 8, 2007
La Grande ObserverThe Winburns currently have a big-eyed tree frog named Bulge "because of its big, bulgy eyes" and two female turtles — Daisy, an ornate box turtle, ...

Article: 5 new stamps to feature native foods of America - Deseret...  -  Mar 15, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam ResearchThe new stamps show the blue-spotted salamander, the ornate chorus frog, the reticulate collared lizard, the ornate box turtle and the ... ...

Colorado Regulations - 2 CCR 406-8 FIELD TRIALS AND TRAINING OF …  -  Aug 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Colorado Regulations - LoislawReptiles: Yellow Mud Turtle Painted Turtle Ornate Box Turtle Spiny Softshell Eastern Collared Lizard Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Common Lesser Earless Lizard ...

salina.com - an online service of the Salina Journal  -  Oct 7, 2008
Salina JournalBullfrog (1), Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (1), Northern Painted Turtle (2), Ornate Box Turtle (2), Lesser Earless Lizard (2), Texas Horned Lizard (3), ...

Easment Protects Scout Ranch  -  Nov 11, 2009
WOWTThreatened species on or near the site include regal fritillary butterfly and the ornate box turtle. Also protected is the Loess Hills unique land form. ...

Chenery students draw from life  -  Mar 19, 2008
wickedlocal.comIn addition to sketching eight-inch African millipedes, the students made the acquaintance of an ornate box turtle and peeked at a mole salamander in a ...

Reptile afficionados gather at Pomona show  -  Jul 17, 2005
$3.50 - The Sun - NewsBankOn Saturday, he finally picked out "Sticky,' an ornate box turtle that would be his very own pet to feed and take care of. The turtle is a more ideal animal ...

Snakes alive! | Article from The Topeka Capital-Journal | HighBeam …  -  Jul 12, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Topeka Capital-Journal - HighBeam Research..."We found a garter snake, a few five-lined snakes, an ornate box turtle, a snapping ... leopard frogs and an Eastern racer snake. The snake was a roadkill, ...

State's official language an issue in governor race .  -  Aug 24, 2006
The Vindicator - Google News ArchiveAnd you might even know the state rep tile is the ornate box turtle. But if someone was to ask you what the official state language is, your answer is ...

Groundhog Day to have  -  Jan 19, 2008
Greater Milwaukee TodayThe other animals include an endangered ornate box turtle, a native fox snake and a Muskovy duck. "We like to get our name out there as much as possible and ...

The Rhinelander Daily News - Online news and information for the …  -  Jan 30, 2007
Rhinelander Daily NewsThe wood turtle, landing turtle and the ornate box turtle are natives that are on the verge of extinction. “Most populations of turtles are decreasing in ...

A Day To Celebrate Slow, Steady .  -  May 20, 2006
Rock Hill Herald - Google News ArchiveThe Associated Press An ornate box turtle cruises a yard in northwest Oklahoma City, Okla., during World Turtle Day on Tuesday. ...

Kansas City Star, The : State amphibian? Vote bullfrog, kids say  -  Feb 21, 2005
$2.95 - Kansas City Star - NewsBankReptile: Ornate box turtle. Song: "Home on the Range". Tree: Eastern cottonwood. Field trip turns into lobbying campaign for a frog. B-1. Photos (5, color) ...

A YEAR-LONG COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITYThis Week in …  -  Mar 30, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Topeka Capital-Journal - HighBeam ResearchApril 2, 1986: The ornate box turtle becomes the official state reptile. April 3, 1860: The first Pony Express rider takes off from St. Joseph, Mo., ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB …  -  Mar 13, 2009
$2.95 - Southern Illinoisan - NewsBankThe ornate box turtle and black-billed cuckoo were added as threatened species.Ãé. Several species also were de-listed. The bald eagle, sandhill crane, ...

BALLET WICHITA PRESENTS FREE 'PRAIRIE TALE'  -  Jun 15, 2007
$2.95 - Wichita Eagle - NewsBankIt incorporates encounters with many native-Kansas wildlife, including buffalo, sunflowers, a meadowlark, a barred tiger salamander, an ornate box turtle ...

Comparison of erythrocyte osmotic fragility among amphibians,...  -  Sep 22, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Transactions of the Kansas Academy of... - HighBeam Research...marine toad (Bufo marinus), ornate box turtle (Terrepene ornata ornata), painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii), red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta ...

WSU REPORT: KANSAS IN BOTTOM THIRD OF GROWTH  -  Sep 21, 2005
$2.95 - Wichita Eagle - NewsBankWe're not exactly poor, but the Kansas economy is racing ahead with all the zip of an ornate box turtle compared to most states. ...

With Many Activities .  -  Feb 8, 2007
Western Star - Google News ArchiveThe choices in cluded a sunflower, a barred ti ger salamander, an ornate box turtle, and the cottonwood tree. Each project included torn pa per and paint to ...

Nebraska Administrative Rules and Regulations - 163 NAC 4-010 …  -  Aug 22, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Nebraska Administrative Rules and... - LoislawStoreria dekayi Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Midland Smooth Softshell ...

Full REAP funding on new year's wish list  -  Nov 24, 2006
$3.50 - The Gazette - NewsBankAnother key acquisition, he said, is the 156-acre Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie preserve near Troy Mills, which provides habitat for the ornate box turtle and ...

More trees for Midwest.(News from the world of Trees)(Ceres Trust …  -  Sep 22, 2007
Free with registration - American Forests - AccessMyLibrary.comThe goal is to protect and enhance the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, home to state-endangered and -threatened species like the ornate box turtle, red-shouldered ...

Iowa Administrative Code - 571-77.2 (481B) Endangered, threatened, …  -  Aug 12, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Iowa Administrative Code - LoislawSternotherus odoratus Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifera Western Worm ...

BULLETIN BOARD  -  Apr 29, 2006
$3.50 - The Gazette - NewsBankExhibit: three panels with seven animal mounts and replicas including a bobcat, sturgeon, ornate box turtle and peregrine falcon; photos and text panels. ...

Indiana Administrative Code - 312 IAC 9-5-4 Endangered species of …  -  Aug 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Indiana Administrative Code - Loislaw...(20) Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata). (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-5-4; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2713; filed May 16, 2002, ...

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SELECTS …  -  Apr 3, 2006
Pay-Per-View - US Fed News - Factiva, from Dow JonesHis background in wildlife has also assisted him in enforcement situations, including the illegal possession of an Ornate Box Turtle, an endangered species, ...

NIPOMO SCOUT HEADS TO JOLLY OLD ENGLAND  -  Feb 14, 2007
$2.95 - The Tribune - NewsBankA Burmese python weighing 70 pounds is his heaviest patient; an itty-bitty ornate box turtle weighing only four grams his smallest. ...

Illinois Administrative Code - 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010.30 List  -  Aug 10, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Illinois Administrative Code - Loislaw...avivoca Illinois Chorus Frog Pseudacris illinoensis Eastern Narrowmouth Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis Turtles Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Snakes ...

Turtles and snakes and frogs, oh my!  -  Mar 28, 2007
Muscatine JournalSome of the species of concern include the ornate box turtle, six-lined racerunner, prairie kingsnake, central newt and cricket frog, mudpuppy, central newt ...

Rocca'in Kansas State - The popular TV comic yuks it up with the...  -  Feb 20, 2005
$1.95 - Manhattan Mercury - NewsBankComanche County has 128 caves, Coffeyville is the birthplace of the frozen carbonated drink machine, and the ornate box turtle is Kansas' state reptile. ...

Kansas Statutes - 73-1901. Designation.  -  Aug 4, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Kansas Statutes - LoislawThe Terrapene ornata, Agassiz (ornate box turtle) is hereby designated as and declared to be the official reptile of the state of Kansas. ...

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)  -  May 7, 2005
$3.50 - The Gazette - NewsBank...animal and insect species living in sand prairies is as unique as its geology, and it is the preferred home of the endangered ornate box turtle. ...

Today, it's a state of celebration. | Article from Journal-World...  -  Jan 29, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Journal-World - HighBeam ResearchWhile most Kansas kids could only rattle off a few state symbols, like the sunflower and buffalo, Haris remembered the ornate box turtle, which was adopted ...

4-H members prepare for county fair  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Eudora NewsMatthew Kelso, who has been part of 4-H for nine years and the pet show for two years, will be showing an ornate box turtle at the show.

Ill. issues new list of endangered species  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
Chicago TribuneThe 2009 list includes, as new arrivals in the threatened category, the ornate box turtle and the black-billed cuckoo. And two additions in the endangered

OUTDOORS: ESPB species list ‘truly a mixed bag’  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Dekalb Daily ChronicleThe ornate box turtle and black-billed cuckoo were added as threatened species. The ESPB officially revisits the list every five years before making its

Morgan County wildlife plentiful for the patient  -  Sep 8, 2008
Fort Morgan Times,There are several native toads and the familiar ornate box turtle, he said. The common garter snake is usually found near wetlands, but the prairie

DNR Weekly Report of July 17  -  Jul 18, 2008
RedOrbit,...two of which -- the wood turtle and Blanding's turtles -- are threatened species and one -- the ornate box turtle -- that is endangered.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss with turtle party at zoo  -  Feb 14, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,Participants will make their own Cat in the Hat birthday hat, listen to Seuss' Yertle the Turtle, meet a real Yertle (aka Rocky the Ornate box turtle),

Mark Wiebe column: Give the bluegill and the kids a chance  -  Jan 29, 2008
Kansas City Star,The same is true of the ornate box turtle and the honeybee, both of which came to the Legislature’s attention by way of schoolchildren.

Know your state facts  -  Aug 12, 2007
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription),When it came to voting in a state reptile, Kansas thought inside the box — as in the ornate box turtle. How the turtle won the race: The ornate box turtle’s

Explore the Sunflower State with 'K Is for Kansas' museum exhibit  -  Jul 25, 2007
Winfield Daily Courier,Preschoolers can play with the ornate box turtle shell or a toy Santa Fe locomotive. School children can learn about James Naismith, the inventor of



Book signing, "Kansas Murals: A Traveler's Guide"  Sep 20, 2006
From beloved clichés to unexpected innovations, Jost and Loewenstein’s selections take us from a wild-eyed John Brown to the ‘ornate box turtle capital of ... - Lawrence.com, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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