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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Photo by Summer Miller
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Land turtle found in my pool

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

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ForestDragon
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Comments (4)
ForestDragon
This is a native species. Did this little guy get set free after being rescued?
ccscouts
Eastern box turtle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_box_turtle
Scott Frazier
Hi there. Turtles are actually reptiles so I moved your spotting to that category for you. :-)

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