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Desert Box Turtle – Signed Fine Art Print

Name: Desert Box Turtle - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 75951
Availability: InStock

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Desert Box Turtle:

The Desert Box Turtle is a member of the family Emydidae, which are the pond turtles or marsh turtles, or box turtles. This small reptiles is native to arid and semi-arid regions from the Trans-Pecos area of Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona in the United States and south into Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico. The Desert Box Turtle is omnivorous and will feed on vegetation, insects and even carrion if it’s able to find it. The turtle will also root around in cow dung looking for beetles to feed on. This box turtle, like all of the related species are highly prized as pets and are often collected and kept in captivity. However, since 2005 it was declared a protected species in Arizona and can no longer be collected.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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SKU: N/A Categories: Reptiles, Signed Prints, Turtles Tags: animal, animal renderings, desert box turtle, drawing, fine art print, illustration, picture, realistic drawing, reptile, scientific illustration, sketch, Sonoran Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola, wildlife art

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Fine art illustration of a Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Desert Box Turtle was completed on 4.4.2012. I recall my brother, who lived in Arizona and in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, capturing one of these handsome reptiles and keeping the turtle in their backyard – and the turtle actually living quite well there and even laying eggs. With the completion of this species, I’ve now completed all extant species of box turtles living in the United States. There’s a few more subspecies of box turtles I’ll probably draw at some point, but for now this is probably it for the immediate future. The drawing is based on a photo by Alice Abela.

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