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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Photo by ErickDuarte
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

He was big guy! I love his red eyes.

Habitat:

Edge of forest.

Notes:

I helped him cross the highway.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
ErickDuarte
Haha, I lived in Chicago up until three year ago, and I sure never saw them there. I'm 6 hours south of Chicago where there are more forests and less corn fields or factories :)
HemaShah
Eric , I lived in Chicago for 20 years . Where are you spotting this turtle?
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PublishedAugust 1, 2011

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