It’s a box turtle. Presumably either the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, or possibly a Florida box turrtle, Terrapene carolina bauri.
Here’s a size comparison: Continue reading
Box turtle
Found this in the yard:
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Why did Carolyn cross the Road?
To get the turtle to the other side:
It hissed at her. Continue reading
Box Turtle Eating a Mushroom
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), a turtle, not a tortoise, yet it lives on land:
According to the Davidson College Herpetology Lab:
The most widespread subspecies is simply known as the eastern box turtle (T. carolina carolina). This turtle ranges along the entire east coast of the United States from Massachusetts to northern Florida, as far west as the Mississippi River, and north to the Great Lakes. Although this subspecies is highly variable in coloration, it is often more brightly colored than the other subspecies and almost always has four claws on the hind feet.
This one appears to be a male (flattened shell, yellow eyes). Continue reading