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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Photo by JohnBFrancis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A nice orange colored female.

Habitat:

Woodland

Notes:

Found on the side of a logging road in the Croatan Nat forest. 3 eggs could be seen in the nest she had dug.
Found just after a heavy down pour, as the storm passed.

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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
What a special find! I have moved this out of the Signs of Wildlife mission because it is an actual organism and not a sign of one. :-)

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Reptiles of the East U.S.
Photographed
PublishedJune 6, 2014

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