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Terrapene carolina
Land turtle with hinged plastron.
Woods with open sandy areas
Box turtles are becoming less common in Massachusetts due to habitat fragmentation, deaths due to cars and lawn mowing and collecting for pets.
Spotted on May 30, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2011
2 Comments
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-y...
Great Picture!