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"word": "three-toed box turtle"
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"word": "amboina box turtle"
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"word": "Chinese box turtle"
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{
"word": "Coahuilan box turtle"
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"word": "common box turtle"
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{
"word": "desert box turtle"
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"word": "Eastern box turtle"
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{
"word": "Florida box turtle"
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"word": "Gulf Coast box turtle"
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"word": "Indo-Chinese box turtle"
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"word": "Indochinese box turtle"
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"word": "keeled box turtle"
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"word": "McCord's box turtle"
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{
"word": "Mexican box turtle"
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{
"word": "ornate box turtle"
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{
"word": "Pan's box turtle"
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"word": "spotted box turtle"
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"word": "three-banded box turtle"
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"word": "three-lined box turtle"
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"word": "three-striped box turtle"
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"word": "Western box turtle"
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"word": "yellow-headed box turtle"
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"word": "Yucatan box turtle"
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"word": "Yunnan box turtle"
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"word": "Zhou's box turtle"
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"word": "Coahuilan box turtle"
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"word": "common box turtle"
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"word": "desert box turtle"
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"word": "Eastern box turtle"
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"word": "Gulf Coast box turtle"
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"word": "Indo-Chinese box turtle"
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"word": "Indochinese box turtle"
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"word": "keeled box turtle"
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"word": "McCord's box turtle"
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"word": "Mexican box turtle"
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"word": "ornate box turtle"
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"word": "Pan's box turtle"
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"word": "spotted box turtle"
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"word": "yellow-headed box turtle"
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