Spotting

I'm not sure if this is an ornate box turtle or a three toed box turtle. It was a baby that escaped the mower!

Aaron_G 11 years ago

Terrapene carolina triunguis Three-toed box turtle

Aaron_G 11 years ago

It's definitely not an ornate box turtle, so by default... :-)

SriElizabeth 11 years ago

Thank you, I think it's a three toed but it didn't have the facial color

Jellis 11 years ago

There is an image comparing the undersides of the two species

Jellis 11 years ago

Maybe Ornate but turn it over and look at this
http://www.herpsofarkansas.com/Turtle/Te...

Spotted by
SriElizabeth

Spotted on Jun 4, 2012
Submitted on Jun 4, 2012