Ornate Box Turtle

Description:

An endangered Species in Wisconsin. At about 5 inches long, the ornate box turtle almost looks as if someone took a small paintbrush to it. Yellow dashes radiate from the center of each shell segment down the sides like fine brush strokes. It has a dark brown, domed carapace (upper shell). The plastron (lower shell) is brown with radiating yellow lines.

Habitat:

Prairie

Notes:

Found this litte one while hiking the prairie in Spring Green Wisconsin. It was an awesome find as they are pretty rare.