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Ornate Box Turtle

Year completed: 2007
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of an Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)

Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of an Ornate Box Turtle. The illustration is reproduced on high-quality acid free stock. Dealer inquires are welcome.

Limited edition fine art print:
8"x10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) $17.95
11"x14" (27.9 x 36.6cm) $22.95

Print is in stock and ships in 1-2 days.

This illustration is also available as stock art.

Artist's notes:

ornate box turtle thumb The black and white line art version of the Ornate Box Turtle was completed in 2004 and the digital tinting was added in 2007.

Information about the Ornate Box Turtle:

The Ornate Box Turtle, sometimes called the Western Box Turtle, is one of only two terrestrial turtles that inhabit the Great Plains of the US. They range from Indiana in the west to southern South Dakota and southeast Wyoming and south to Texas and Louisiana. These turtles prefer areas with sandy soils, dry prairies and oak savannahs. This turtle requires deep sandy soil to burrow into in order to hibernate for the winter. During the warm summer months the box turtle will stay near wooded edges in order to avoid overheating. It is the state reptile of Kansas.