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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene Carolina

Photo by SarahSkeen
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LisaPowers
It is also Terrapene carolina. The species epithet is NEVER capitalized!
LisaPowers
AshleyL, That is not true. Males often have brown eyes while some females have red eyes!
AshleyL
Did you know eastern box turtles males have different eye colors than females? Males have red while females have more brown eyes.
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

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