Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) wildspecies.ca

Undetermined

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Reptiles

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The General Status ranks do not have legal weight. They are meant to identify the species that may be at risk in Canada.

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Common Names

English common name:

Eastern Box Turtle

Source: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

French common name:

Tortue tabatière

In French, species in the order Testudines are named "Tortue" (feminine).

Year	English common name	French common name
2000	Eastern Box Turtle	Tortue tabatière
2005	Eastern Box Turtle	Tortue boîte
2010	Eastern Box Turtle	Tortue boîte
2015	Eastern Box Turtle
2020	Eastern Box Turtle

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

DEUTEROSTOMIA

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Superclass

Tetrapoda

Class

Reptilia

Subclass

Testudinata

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2000	Terrapene carolina	Emydidae	Testudines
2005	Terrapene carolina	Emydidae	Testudines
2010	Terrapene carolina	Emydidae	Testudines
2015	Terrapene carolina	Emydidae	Testudines
2020	Terrapene carolina	Emydidae	Testudines

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2000	Unrankable
2005	Unrankable
2010	Unrankable
2015	Presumed Extirpated	Changed from or to ranks U, NR, NA.	New COSEWIC assessment.	Assessed by COSEWIC in 2014 as extirpated
2020	Presumed Extirpated

Original Ranks:

Canada
2000	Undetermined - 5
2005	Undetermined - 5
2010	Undetermined - 5
2015	Presumed Extirpated - NX
2020	Presumed Extirpated - NX

Yukon
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Alberta
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Ontario
2000	Exotic - 7
2005	Undetermined - 5
2010	Undetermined - 5
2015	Presumed Extirpated - SX
2020	Presumed Extirpated - SX

Quebec
2000	Not Assessed - 6
2005	Exotic - 7
2010	Exotic - 7
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

New Brunswick
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nova Scotia
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Prince Edward Island
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present