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Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz

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By John M. Legler
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A multi-year field and laboratory study presents the natural history of the ornate box turtle, detailing its distribution, habitat preferences, and fossil background. Reproductive biology is described thoroughly, including mating behavior, insemination, nesting, egg development, fertility, and reproductive schedules for both sexes. Growth and aging are analyzed through hatchling size, shell and epidermal lamina growth, annual growth patterns, and estimates of longevity. Physiological and behavioral aspects covered include temperature relationships, basking, hibernation, diet, parasites, predators, injury repair, movements, home range, activity cycles, population structure, and adaptive features, followed by a concise summary and literature citations.

1945. Recovery from serious injury in the painted turtle. Copeia, 1945(1):45.
1946. The growth of the slider turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans. Amer. Midl. Nat., 36(3):685-729, 8 figs., 3 pls., 13 tables.
1948. The growth of turtles in Lake Glendale, Illinois. Copeia, 1948(3):197-203.
1950. The life history of the slider turtle, Pseudemys scripta troostii (Holbrook). Ecol. Monogr., 20(l):31-54, 18 figs., 4 tables.
1954. Observations on the life cycles of painted turtles (genus Chrysemys). Amer. Midl. Nat., 52(l):225-235, 2 figs., 1 table.

Cagle, F. R., and Tihen, J.

1948. Retention of eggs by the turtle Deirochelys reticularia. Copeia, 1948(1):66.

Cahn, A. R.
1937. The turtles of Illinois. Illinois Biol. Monogr., 16(1-2):1-218, 31 pls., 15 figs., 20 maps, 20 tables.

Cahn, A. R., and Conder, E.

1932. Mating of the box turtles. Copeia, 1932(2):86-88, 2 figs.

Carpenter, C. C.
1956. Carapace pits in the three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Chelonia-Emydidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 1(2):83-86, 1 fig., 1 table.

Carpenter, J. R.
1940. The grassland biome. Ecol. Monogr., 10(4):617-684, 7 figs., 7 tables.

Carr, A.
1952. Handbook of-turtles: the turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Cornell Univ. Press, xv + 542 pp., 37 figs., 82 pis., 15 tables, 23 maps.

Clarke, R. F.
1950. Notes on the ornate box turtle. Herpetologica, 6(2):54.
1958. An ecological study of reptiles and amphibians in Osage County, Kansas. Emporia St. Res. Stud., 7(1):52 pp., 15 figs., 4 tables.

Cowles, R. B., and Bogert, C. M.

1944. A preliminary study of the thermal requirements of desert reptiles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 83(5):261-296, figs. 1-3, pls. 19-29, 1 table.

Cunningham, B.
1939. Effect of temperature upon the developmental rate of the embryo of the diamond back terrapin (Malaclemys centrata Lat). Amer. Nat., 73:381-384.

Danini, E. S.
1946. Histological processes as observed in the regeneration of the carapace of the tortoise Emys orbicularis L. Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., Biol., 5:581-594.

Deraniyagala, P. E. P.
1939. The tetrapod reptiles of Ceylon. Vol. 1, Testudinates and Crocodilians. Columbo, ix-xxii + 412 pp., 137 figs., 24 pls., 62 tables.

Ditmars, R. L.
1934. A review of the box turtles. Zoologica, 17(1):1-44, 41 figs.

Driver, E. C.
1946. Delayed hatching in the box turtle. Copeia, 1946(3):173-174.

Evans, L. T.
1952. Endocrine relationships in turtles III. Some effects of male hormone in turtles. Herpetologica, 8(2):11-14.
1953. The courtship pattern of the box turtle, Terrapene c. carolina. Herpetologica, 9(4):189-192, 6 figs.
1954. Courtship and territorial behavior of lower vertebrates (A review). Mimeographed, 50 pp.

Ewing, H. E.
1939. Growth in the eastern box-turtle with special reference to the dermal shields of the carapace. Copeia, 1939(2):87-92, 3 figs.
1943. Continued fertility in female box turtles following mating. Copeia, 1943(2):112-114.

Finneran, L. C.
1948. Reptiles at Branford, Connecticut. Herpetologica, 4(4):123-126.

Fitch, H. S.
1952.   The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Misc. Publ., No. 4, 38 pp., 4 pls., 3 figs.
1954.  Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(1):1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs, in text, 17 tables.
1955.  Habits and adaptations of the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus). Ecol. Monogr., 25:59-83, 11 figs., 10 tables.
1956a. An ecological study of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(3):213-274, pls. 3-6, figs. 1-10, 9 tables.
1956b. Temperature responses in free-living amphibians and reptiles of northeastern Kansas. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(7):417-476, 10 figs. in text, 6 tables.
1958. Home ranges, territories, and seasonal movements of vertebrates of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 11(3):63-326, 6 pls., 24 figs., 3 tables.

Forbes, T. R.
1940. A note on reptilian sex ratios. Copeia, 1940(2):132.

Fox, W.
1952. Seasonal variation in the male reproductive systems of Pacific Coast garter snakes. Journ. Morph., 90(3):481-553, 5 pls., 13 figs., 3 tables.
1956. Seminal receptacles of snakes. Anat. Rec., 124(3):519-540, 3 pls., 1 table.

Gehlbach, F. R.
1956. Annotated records of southwestern amphibians and reptiles. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 59(3):364-372.

Gould, E.
1957. Orientation in box turtles, Terrapene c. carolina (Linnaeus). Biol. Bull., 112(3):336-348, 5 figs.

Grant, C.
1936. The southwestern desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii. Zoologica, 21:225-229.

Hay, O. P.
1908a. Description of five species of North American fossil turtles, four of which are new. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 35(1640):161-169, pls. 26-27, 3 figs.
1908b. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 75, iii-iv + 568 pp., 113 pls., 704 figs.

Hildebrand, S. F., and Prytherch, H. F.

1947. Diamond-back terrapin culture. U. S. Dept. Int., Fishery leaflet no. 216, 3 pp., mimeographed.

Hoffmann, C. K.
1890. Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. Bd. 6, Ab. 3, Reptilien. I. Schildkröten. Winter, Leipzig, 442 pp., 48 pls., 1 woodcut.

Hunt, T. J.
1957. Notes on diseases and mortality in Testudines. Herpetologica, 13(1):19-23, 1 table.

Latham, R.
1917. Studying the box turtle. Copeia, 1917(39):15-16.

Legler, J. M.
1954. Nesting habits of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii (Gray). Herpetologica, 10(3):137-144.
1956. A simple and practical method of artificially incubating reptile eggs. Herpetologica, 12(4):290.
1958. Extra-uterine migration of ova in turtles. Herpetologica, 14(1):49-52, 1 fig.

Legler, J. M., and Fitch, H. S.

1957. Observations on hibernation and nests of the collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris. Copeia, 1957(4):305-307, 1 pl.

Lewis, T. H.
1950. The herpetofauna of the Tularosa Basin and Organ Mountains of New Mexico with notes on some ecological features of the Chihuahuan desert. Herpetologica, 6(1):1-10, 8 figs.

Lincoln, F. C.
1930. Calculating waterfowl abundance on the basis of banding returns. U. S. Dept. Agri., Circ. 118, 4 pp., 1 fig., 2 tables.

Loomis, R. B.
1956. The chigger mites of Kansas (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37, pt. II, no. 19:1195-1443, 49 figs., 29 maps, 3 tables.

Loveridge, A., and Williams, E.

1957. Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 115(6):165-557, 18 pls., 62 figs., 10 tables.

Lynn, W. G., and Ullrich, M. C.

1950. Experimental production of shell abnormalities in turtles. Copeia, 1950(4):253-262, 2 pls., 2 figs.

Marr, J. C.
1944. Notes on amphibians and reptiles from the central United States. Amer. Midl. Nat., 32(2):478-490, 1 table.

Mattox, N. T.
1936. Annular rings in the long bones of turtles and their correlation with size. Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci., 28:225-226.

Medsger, O. P.
1919. Notes on the first turtle I ever saw. (Abstract of a paper presented Nov. 15, 1918) Copeia, 1919(69):29.

McMullen, D. B.
1940. Cutaneous myiasis in a box turtle. Proc. Oklahoma Acad. Sci., 20:23-25, 2 figs.

Miller, L.
1955. Further observations on the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizi, of California. Copeia, 1955(2):113-118, 1 pl., 2 figs., 2 tables.

Miller, M. R.
1948. The seasonal histological changes occurring in the ovary, corpus luteum, and testis of the viviparous lizard, Xantusia vigilis. Univ. California Publ. Zool., 47:197-224.

Mitsukuri, K.
1895. How many times does the snapping turtle lay eggs in one season? Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 7 (85):143-147.

Neill, W. T.
1948a. Hibernation habits of amphibians and reptiles in Richmond County, Georgia. Herpetologica, 4(3):107-114.
1948b. Odor of young box turtles. Copeia, 1948(2):130.

Nichols, J. T.
1939a. Data on size, growth and age in the box turtle, Terrapene carolina. Copeia, 1939(1):14-20, 2 figs., 2 tables.
1939b. Range and homing of individual box turtles. Copeia, 1939(3):125-127.

Norris, K. S., and Zweifel, R. G.

1950. Observations on the habits of the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz). Nat. Hist. Misc., no. 58, 4 pp.

Odum, E. P., and Kuenzler, E. J.

1955. Measurement of territory and home range size in birds. Auk, 72(2):128-137, 3 figs., 2 tables.

Oliver, J. A.
1955. The natural history of North American amphibians and reptiles. Van Nostrand, xi + 359 pp., 74 figs., 14 tables.

Ortenburger, A. I., and Freeman, B.

1930. Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from western Oklahoma. Publ. Univ. Oklahoma Biol. Surv., 2(4):175-188, 2 maps.

Packard, R. L.
1956. The tree squirrels of Kansas. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Misc. Publ., no. 11, 67 pp., 2 pls., 10 figs.

Penn, G. H., Jr., and Pottharst, K. E.

1940. The reproduction and dormancy of Terrapene major in New Orleans. Herpetologica, 2(2):25-29.

Peters, J. A.
1948. The box turtle as a host for dipterous parasites. Amer. Midl. Nat., 40(2):472-474.

Rainey, D. G.
1953. Death of an ornate box turtle parasitized by dipterous larvae. Herpetologica, 9(2):109.

Risley, P. L.
1933. Observations on the natural history of the common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille). Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts and Letters, 17:685-711, figs. 78-79, 1 table.
1938. Seasonal changes in the testis of the musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus L. Journ. Morph., 63(2):301-317, 2 pls., 1 fig.

Rodeck, H. G.
1949. Notes on box turtles in Colorado. Copeia, 1949(1):32-34.

Rokosky, E. J.
1948. A bot-fly parasitic in box turtles. Nat. Hist. Misc., no. 32, 2 pp.

Schneck, J.
1886. Longevity of turtles. Amer. Nat., 20(9):897.

Sergeev, A.
1937. Some materials to the problem of the reptilian post-embryonic growth. Zool. Journ. Moscow, 16:723-735.
1939. The body temperature of reptiles in natural surroundings. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Acad. des Sci. de l'USSR, 22:49-52.

Smith, H. M., and James, L. F.

1958. The taxonomic significance of cloacal bursae in turtles. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 61(1):86-96.

Smith, H. M., and Ramsey, L. W.

1952. A new turtle from Texas. Wasmann Journ. Biol., 10(1):45-54, 1 pl., 1 table.

Smith, R. C.
1954. An analysis of 100 years of grasshopper populations in Kansas (1854-1954). Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 57(4):397-433, 1 pl., 5 figs.

Stickel, L. F.
1950. Populations and home range relationships of the box turtle, Terrapene c. carolina. Ecol. Monogr., 20:351-378, 15 figs., 5 tables.

Stock, C., and Bode, F. D.

1936. The occurrence of flints and extinct animals in pluvial deposits near Clovis, New Mexico. Part III,—Geology and vertebrate paleontology of the late Quaternary near Clovis, New Mexico. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 88:219-241, pls. 5-10, 6 figs. in text.

Strecker, J. K., Jr.
1908. The reptiles and batrachians of McLennan County, Texas. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 21:69-84.

Surface, H. A.
1908. First report on the economic features of turtles of Pennsylvania. Zool. Bull., Pennsylvania Dept. Agr., 6(4-5):105-195, pls. 4-12, 16 figs., tables.

Taylor, W. E.
1895. The box tortoises of North America. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 17 (1019):573-588, 7 figs.

Wever, E. G., and Vernon, J. A.

1956. Auditory responses in the common box turtle. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 42(12):962-965.

Williams, E.
1950. Testudo cubensis and the evolution of western hemisphere tortoises. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 95(1):1-36, pls. 1-8, 2 figs.

Woodbury, A. M., and Hardy, R.

1948. Studies of the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii. Ecol. Monogr., 18:145-200, 25 figs., 4 tables.

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  15. The pigmy woodrat, Neotoma goldmani, its distribution and systematic position. By Dennis G. Rainey and Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 619-624, 2 figures in text. June 10, 1955.
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Vol.  8. 1 Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 1-156, 26 figures in text. September 1, 1954.
  2 Myology and serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae, a taxonomic study. By William B. Stallcup. Pp. 157-211, 23 figures in text, 4 tables. November 15, 1954.
  3 An ecological study of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 213-274, 10 figures in text. February 10, 1956.
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  2 Additional records and extensions of ranges of mammals from Utah. By Stephen D. Durrant, M. Raymond Lee, and Richard M. Hansen. Pp. 69-80. December 10, 1955.
  3 A new long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) from northeastern Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker and Howard J. Stains. Pp. 81-84. December 10, 1955.
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  21 Pleistocene pocket gophers from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo León, México. By Robert J. Russell. Pp. 539-548, 1 figure in text. January 14, 1960.,
  22 Review of the insectivores of Korea. By J. Knox Jones, Jr., and David H. Johnson. Pp. 549-578. February 23, 1960.
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  8 Natural history of the salamander, Aneides hardyi. By Richard F. Johnston and Schad Gerhard. Pp. 573-585. October 8, 1959.
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Vol. 11. 1 The systematic status of the colubrid snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 1-9, 4 figs. July 14, 1958.
  2 Natural history of the six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 11-62, 9 figs., 9 tables. September 19, 1958.
  3 Home ranges, territories, and seasonal movements of vertebrates of the Natural History Reservation. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 63-326, 6 plates, 24 figures in text, 3 tables. December 12, 1958.
  4 A new snake of the genus Geophis from Chihuahua, Mexico. By John M. Legler. Pp. 327-334, 2 figures in text. January 28, 1959.
  5 A new tortoise, genus Gopherus, from north-central Mexico. By John M. Legler. Pp. 335-343. April 24, 1959.
  6 Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk counties, Kansas. By Artie L. Metcalf. Pp. 345-400, 2 plates, 2 figures in text, 10 tables. May 6, 1959.
  7 Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas. By W. L. Minakley. Pp. 401-442, 2 plates, 4 figures in text, 5 tables. May 8, 1959.
  8 Birds from Coahuila, Mexico. By Emil K. Urban. Pp. 443-516. August 1, 1959.
  9 Description of a new softshell turtle from the southeastern United States. By Robert G. Webb. Pp. 517-525, 2 pls., 1 figure in text. August 14, 1959.
  10 Natural history of the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz. By John M. Legler. Pp. 527-669, 16 pls., 29 figures in text. March 7, 1960.
  Index will follow.
 Vol. 12. 1 Functional morphology of three bats: Eumops, Myotis, Macrotus. By Terry A. Vaughan. Pp. 1-153, 4 plates, 24 figures in text. July 8, 1959.
  2 The ancestry of modern Amphibia: a review of the evidence. By Theodore H. Eaton, Jr. Pp. 155-180, 10 figures in text. July 10, 1959.
  3 The baculum in microtine rodents. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 181-216, 49 figures in text. February 19, 1960.
  More numbers will appear in volume 12.


Transcriber's Notes

The "UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS - MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY" listing was moved to the end of the document. In the original version, this listing was printed in the inside front and rear cover as well as the back. An enhanced version of the original cover (which just repeats the first page of the article) has been created using the illustrations contained within.

Except for the typographical corrections listed below, the following changes were made: The italics on the section label Color and Markings (Pg. 593) was removed as those were used to delimit the subsections. Based on the formatting used for other text in this publication, other minor typographica changes may also have been made where periods, commas, etc. were left out or inserted erroneously.


Typographical Corrections

Page Correction
542 Plate 1 → Plate 15
568 hiberation → hibernation
580 expresssed → expressed
582 rail → rain
590 spical → apical
597 Pl. 11 → Pl. 19
601 mullberry → mulberry
603 an → and
604 monentarily → momentarily
614 detph → depth
640 presssure → pressure
667 retpiles → reptiles