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Eastern Box Turtles

Eastern Box Turtles. Joseah Jones, Rachel Zautke, Tyree Grant , Josh Mchatten. KPCOFG. Kingdom: animal Is a eukaryotes Phylum: chordate Has notochord or rod of vacuolated cells , hollow nerve chord Class: reptile Have a protective shell Order :testudines Has moveable shelter

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Eastern Box Turtles

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  1. Eastern Box Turtles Joseah Jones, Rachel Zautke, Tyree Grant , Josh Mchatten

  2. KPCOFG Kingdom: animal Is a eukaryotes Phylum: chordate Has notochord or rod of vacuolated cells , hollow nerve chord Class: reptile Have a protective shell Order :testudines Has moveable shelter Family:Emydidae Are freshwater or semiaquadtic Genus:Terrapene is a medium-sized length of about 8 inches Species :Terrapene carolina rear edge may be flared in some adults

  3. Habitat Can be found through out temperate and tropical regions as well as lakes ,ponds,swamps,rivers,forests and even some deserts Can basicly live anywhere

  4. Circulatory system/ respotatory system Most reptiles have closed circulation via a three-chamber heart All reptiles breathe using lungs

  5. Animals related The Blanding’s Turtle Both may have yellow markings on the carapace; however, the marking on a Blanding’s Turtle are spots or flecks rather than blotches

  6. feeding turtles have no teeth so the use their beaks to tear food into pieces and swallow it whole Mostly eats.. Dead or living plants Worms or insects Small animals

  7. reproduction Attracts females with making noises Stores sperm for up to several years Lays eggs in sand or dirt Can lay from 2 to 100 eggs Spend a month in the egg before hatching

  8. Nervous system have twelve pairs of cranial nerves brain is relatively small.

  9. bibliography http://www.shsu.edu/~bio_mlt/Chap2.htmlhttp://blog.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/2009/05/large_boxturtle.jpg http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_box_turtle.htm http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=030068 http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/3/6/4/3/143794-134634/EasternBoxturtlefemale.jpg?a=87 http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/species_info/nhfacts/terrapene_carolina.pdf https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=eastern+box+turtle&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWc&biw=1920&bih=979&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tnumUeHNDJTlyAHnloHoDghttps://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Reptile www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_box_turtle.htm

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