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Eastern box turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

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Field Notes

Description:

A little bigger than my hand. Really strong. Beautiful. Not so sure if its a male or female. Pretty calm and like listening to music.

Habitat:

He know lives in a hole by our house and I believe he's stating there so now we're neighbors

Notes:

Found him under a bench. Put him in the back of the truck got done pictures. Took him to the porch listened to some music. I took him/her outside and let her be in a pretty nice shady spot

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Eastern box turtle

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
sheltoweee
That is a female - females usually have brown eyes or reddish brown. Males always have bright red or bright orange eyes. there are other ways to tell sex also you can find in this link: http://hub.me/a6ypa

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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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