53. TERRAPENE 



inal plates, and is loosely united to the carapace in such a way 

 that its two portions may be made to completely close the 

 shell. The fingers and toes are little if at all webbed. 



Several species are known, of which one occurs in eastern 

 Arizona. 



227. Terepene ornata (Agassiz ) 



Ornate Box Tortoise 



Plates 123 and 124 



Cistiido ornata Agassiz, Contrib. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. I, i8j7, p. 445 

 (type locality, The Upper Missouri and Iowa); Cope, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 53; True, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 24, 1883, p. 37; Cragin, Bull. Washburn Laborat., Vol. I, 

 1885, p. 100; BouLENGER, Cat. Chel. Brit. Mus., 1889, p. 118; 

 H. Garman, Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, 1892, 

 p. 220; Garman, Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. XXIV, 1892, p. 98; 

 Hay, Batracliians and Reptiles Indiana, 1893, p. 187; Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, p. 386; Hurter, Trans. Acad. Sci. 

 St. Louis, Vol. VI, 1893, p. 261 ; Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. 6, Vol. XV, 1895, p. 331 ; Cockerell, Amer. Nat., Vol. XXX, 

 1896, p. 326; Ditmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 58, pi. XXI, fig. 



Terrapene ornata Baur, Science, N. S., Vol. 17, 1891, p. 191; Baur, 

 Amer. Naturalist, Vol. XXVII, 1893, p. 678; Cragin, Colorado 

 College Studies, Vol. V, 1894, p. 37; Taylor, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. 17, 1894, p. 581, fig. 7; Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 2, Vol. 6, 1896, p. 338; Brimley, Journ. E. Mitchell Soc, Vol. 

 XX, 1904, p. 7; Ruthven, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 23, 



1907, p. 595; Strecker, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. XXI, 



1908, p. 79; SiEBENROCK, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. 10, Heft 3, 1909, 

 p. 493; HuRTER, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. XX, 191 1, p. 248; 

 Ellis & Henderson, Univ. Colorado Studies, Vol. X, No. 2, 

 1913, p. 117; Van Denburgh & Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 396; Strecker, Baylor Bulletin, Vol. XVIII, 

 No. 4, 1915, p. 13; Stejneger & Barbour, Check List N. Amer. 

 Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 116. 



Description. — Carapace high, convex, somewhat flattened 

 above, rounded in lateral outline, but broader behind than 

 in front. Vertebrals five, costals four, second largest. 



