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Herpetological publication links (PDF):

Thesis: Case. 2003. Environmental enrichment for captive eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina). MS Thesis for NCSU.

Paukstis & Janzen. 1993. The status and biogeography of the three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis, in Illinois. Trans. Ill. State Acad. Sci. 86(3-4): 173-77.

Tucker & Hatcher. 1994. Two further specimens of the three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis, from Illinois... Trans. Ill. State Acad. Sci. 87(3-4): 201-6.

Plummer. 2003. Activity and thermal ecology of the box turtle, Terrapene ornata, at its southwestern range limit in Arizona. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 569-577.

Plummer. 2004. Seasonal inactivity of the desert box turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola, at the species' southwestern  range limit in Arizona. J Herpetology 38(4): 589-93

Wever & Vernon. 1956. Auditory responses in the common box turtle. PNAS 42: 962-5

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