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eastern box turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

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Notes:

little baby box turtle was found crawling across the road. super cute! took me a little while to coax him out of his shell but eventually he came out for a few photos.

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jamiewgoodspeed
Thanks, I don't normally find them this small his shell was about 2 and a half inches long. He stayed in his shell for 15 minutes.
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PublishedMay 28, 2014

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