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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Photo by TylerHake
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found basking along creek. Male. First box turtle in 5 years +

Habitat:

Forests, fields, creeks etc.

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Comments (3)
Carol Snow Milne
I really want to see one. I live in PA too. Great photo! I saw lots of them when I was a kid (long ago) in NJ. And I always liked them. My favorite turtle. I am so glad you found one after all this time.
TylerGraden
It's been close to 10 years since I've seen a Box Turtle in my area, so I know it felt good to find that guy. Habitat fragmentation has really thrown their numbers off. Nice picture and congrats on the find.

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PublishedJune 15, 2013

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