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eastern box turtle

tarrapene carolina

Photo by gobospring
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 7" from head to tail, dark black with bright yellow markings.

Habitat:

Found in an open field surrounded by mixed hardwood forest

Species ID Suggestions

eastern box turtle

tarrapene carolina
jamiewgoodspeed
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Comments (1)
alicelongmartin
Nice! Looks like the kind we used to take with us on trips as a child. We would look for crickets or feed it bananas as we traveled.

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PublishedMay 9, 2013

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