Ornate Box Turtle

The ornate box turtle is one of only two terrestrial species of turtles native to the Great Plains of the United States. It is one of the two different subspecies of Terrapene ornata. It is the state reptile of Kansas and Nebraska.

Scientific name: Terrapene ornata ornata

Family: Emydidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Testudines

Phylum: Chordata