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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Photo by Jim Avitalle
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Box turtles are becoming increasingly rare in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Eastern box turtle

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Comments (4)
OrbemEzatTnod
These box turtles are gems of the forest - here are some of the nicest pics of EBTs on the net a long with some little known facts: http://tsadjatko.hubpages.com/hub/What-you-should-know-about-Eastern-Box-Turtles
Aman
Cool pics of a lovely creature.
SheaEckert
I live near Reading... It's true, they get hit by cars a lot. :(

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PublishedMay 28, 2011

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