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Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene Carolina

Habitat:

Occurs in a variety of habitats, including open broadleaf forests, field-forest edges, shrubby graslands, marshy meadows, stream valleys, palmetto thickets and other vegetation types. The species is omnivorous, feeding on mushrooms, plant stems, leaves, flowers and fruits, slugs, snails, earthworms and numerous other types of food.

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5 Comments

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

No problem.

The scientific name is Terrapene carolina carolina

Radtech87
Radtech87 12 years ago

Thanks! I thought I did that lol.

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

You should add it to the Great Lakes mission at: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6555...

Radtech87
Radtech87 12 years ago

:) tyvm!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Great spot!
Welcome to project Noah Nick!

Radtech87
Spotted by
Radtech87

Michigan, USA

Spotted on Oct 21, 2011
Submitted on Jan 23, 2012

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