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Eastern box turtle

Photo by Margaret9
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Juvenile eastern box turtle (tortoise).

Habitat:

Wooded areas with lots of ground cover

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
AshleyT
Moved to reptiles. Also, box turtles are not tortoises. And please add the scientific name to complete your spotting, Terrapene carolina. Thanks!

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PublishedAugust 8, 2013

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