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The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) is one of two species of box turtles found in the United States. It is the only "land turtle" found in North Carolina and is also the state reptile. Box turtles are extremely long lived, slow to mature, and have relatively few offspring per year.
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Box Turtles are some of the longest lived and slowest reproducing species in the world. When a box turtle first hatches from its egg it is a mere 1.25 inches long. Little is known about the lives of young box turtles because they are so secretive and hard to find.
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Description and brief care guide to eastern box turtles ... The Eastern box turtle is usually about 4-6 inches in length. Eastern box turtles have a high domed carapace (shell) that is usually a darker brown with bright yellow, orange and/or red markings. On the plastron, there may be dark areas, especially on the margins of...
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I have seen several sites on the net (and in books) that give inappropriate instructions for care of eastern box turtles. ... Even for the eastern box turtle, the comments I have will serve best for those specimens found in the northern part of their range (or in the mountains).
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Habits: Many Box turtles stay in a small home range (under five acres) most of their lives; they routinely live for several decades, occasionally a century or more. Food includes plants, berries, fungi, insects, worms, slugs, snails, carrion. ... Related Documents; > Eastern Box Turtle Occurrence Map - 112212 bytes...
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Eastern Box Turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eastern Box Turtle ( Terrapene carolina carolina ) is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles, normally called box turtles. T. c. carolina is native to an eastern part of the Un...
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Subspecies: Terrapene carolina bauri (Florida box turtle); Terrapene carolina major (Gulf Coast box turtle); Terrapene carolina triunguis (three-toed box turtle); Terrapene carolina carolina (eastern box turtle)
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