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Terrapene carolina
Highly domed carapace, omnivores. The average age of an adult box turtle is 50 years...many ranging to 100 years old.
In the driveway of my cabin in the forest in NC
From what I read, this is the only species of land tortoise in NC
Spotted on Jun 17, 2011
Submitted on Jun 22, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks...he was very accomodating ....never hardly moved or pulled his head in. Probably shocked to see a human in his territory.
Cute photo, the eyes are so pretty!