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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Photo by Wildifreq
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Field Notes

Description:

A female box turtle laid her eggs in my dad's garden. All but this guy hatched and made it out.

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Comments (2)
Wildifreq
I'm not sure what happened. When we dug up the nest the following spring we found it just like this. All the other egg pieces were empty.

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Reptiles of the World
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Midwest Reptile Study
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PublishedJune 30, 2013

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