The Painted Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz), in Indiana
Evermann BW and Clark HW. 1930. The Painted Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz), in Indiana. Copeia. 1930(2):40-41
We have then, in the case of T. ornata, an invasion eastward of a species into the territory of a rather closely related species, made possible, perhaps by the removal in restricted localities of the barrier of rivers by the building of bridges. The reported excessive abundance of ornata in certain localities would indicate that its reproductive capacity or its survival coefficient is greatly superior to that of Carolina which is generally represented, even in favorable localities, only by scattered individuals.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Evermann, Barton; Clark, Howard
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- Herpetology, Invasion, Migration