Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene Ornata Ornata Agassiz
Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene Ornata Ornata Agassiz
by John M. Legler
8 Nov, 2018
The ornate box turtle, Terrapene o. ornata Agassiz, was studied more or less continuously from September, 1953, until July, 1957. Intensive field studies were made of free-living, marked populations in two small areas of Douglas County, Kansas, in th
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The ornate box turtle, Terrapene o. ornata Agassiz, was studied more or less continuously from September, 1953, until July, 1957. Intensive field studies were made of free-living, marked populations in two small areas of Douglas County, Kansas, in the period 1954 to 1956. Laboratory studies were made, whenever possible, of phenomena difficult to observe in the field, or to clarify or substantiate field observations. Certain phases of the work (for example, studies of populations and movements) were based almost entirely on field observation whereas other phases (for example, growth and gametogenic cycles) were carried out almost entirely within the laboratory on specimens obtained from eastern Kansas and other localities. Less