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Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857) - Ornate Box Turtle


Collection Summary

Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle) has a total of 286 valid, non-duplicated collections representing 68 counties and 241 localities. There are a total of 96 collectors and 198 collection dates for the species. This results in a total of 209 expeditions for the species, a measure of unique date / collector(s) combinations. The earliest collection year for the species in Missouri is 1890 and its most recent collection year is 2023. The earliest and latest collection dates (independent of earliest and most recent collection years) are February 27 and December 17, respectively. If you have a new record to report, read the New Records section of the FAQ.

Collection Summary by County

Collection summary for Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle) by county. Some values are unavailable since some records are represented solely by historical literature reports, which sometimes lack complete collecting data. Click on a county name to view more information about that county. Click on column headings to sort by that column.
County Localities Collections Collectors Dates Expeditions Earliest Year Latest Year
Adair 4 4 4 4 4 2005 2023
Atchison 1 1 1 1 1 1960 1960
Audrain 2 2 2 2 2 1938 2000
Barry 1 1 1 1 1 1956 1956
Barton 15 17 6 17 17 1892 2023
Bates 4 10 3 6 6 1958 1977
Benton 2 2 2 2 2 1960 1986
Boone 8 9 5 7 8 1955 2019
Buchanan 1 1 1 1 1 1957 1957
Caldwell 2 2 4 2 2 1933 2014
Callaway 1 1 1 1 1 1998 1998
Carroll 2 2 3 2 2 1991 2015
Cass 4 4 5 4 4 1968 2021
Cedar 7 8 12 7 7 1955 2017
Chariton 2 2 2 2 2 1948 1962
Clark 3 3 3 3 3 1934 2018
Clay 1 1 1 1 1 1982 1982
Clinton 1 1 1 1 1 1982 1982
Cole 1 1 1 1 1 1983 1983
Cooper 2 2 2 2 2 1991 2021
Dade 7 7 6 6 6 1982 2018
Dallas 1 1 1 1 1 1955 1955
Daviess 1 1 1 1 1 1961 1961
Dent 1 1 5 1 1 2007 2007
Greene 24 24 7 23 23 1932 2023
Harrison 1 1 1 1 1 1961 1961
Henry 2 2 8 2 2 1983 2007
Hickory 4 4 5 4 4 1985 2013
Howard 3 3 1 3 3 2003 2023
Iron 1 2 1 1 1
Jackson 12 24 3 13 13 1915 1990
Jasper 11 15 7 10 11 1899 2021
Jefferson 1 1 1 1 1
Johnson 14 19 14 14 14 1903 2014
Laclede 1 1 1 1 1 1939 1939
Lafayette 3 3 5 3 3 1960 2014
Lawrence 11 12 7 7 8 1932 2016
Lincoln 1 1 1 1 1
Linn 3 3 2 3 3 1986 2013
Livingston 2 2 3 2 2 1949 2020
Macon 2 2 2 2 2 1933 2003
Miller 1 1 1 1 1 1991 1991
Moniteau 3 3 7 3 3 1992 2015
Monroe 3 3 5 3 3 1998 2015
Montgomery 1 6 2 5 5 1899 1906
Morgan 3 3 3 3 3 1989 2013
Newton 4 5 8 4 4 1936 2021
Ozark 1 1 2 1 1 2007 2007
Pettis 8 8 3 6 6 1982 2021
Phelps 1 1 2 1 1 1998 1998
Pike 5 5 6 5 5 1996 2021
Polk 8 8 4 8 8 1982 2021
Pulaski 1 1 1 1 1 2002 2002
Putnam 1 1 1 1 1 1960 1960
Ralls 1 1 1 1 1 2001 2001
Randolph 3 4 2 3 3 2001 2011
Ray 2 2 3 2 2 1985 2007
Saint Charles 2 2 2 2 2 2013 2013
Saint Clair 3 3 3 3 3 1983 2010
Saint Francois 1 1 3 1 1 2008 2008
Saint Louis 3 6 3 2 3 1890 1890
Saline 2 2 1 2 2 2005 2015
Shannon 1 1 1 1 1 1932 1932
Taney 1 1 1 1 1 2016 2016
Vernon 8 9 9 6 7 1934 2014
Warren 1 2 2 2 2 1976 1976
Washington 1 1 1 1 1
Webster 1 1 1 1 1 1939 1939