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  2. Common box turtle - Wikipedia

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    The common box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is a species of box turtle with five existing subspecies. ... This species also occurs in a number of protected areas, some ...

  3. Eastern box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Buying a pet box turtle captive-bred rather than wild-caught helps discourage collection from the wild and helps preserve wild populations. The eastern box turtle is protected throughout most of its range, but many states allow the capture and possession of box turtles for personal use.

  4. Florida box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Box turtle in southeast Georgia. Like many other box turtle species, the Florida box turtle spends an extreme majority of its life (80-90%) buried in the underbrush or underground, and their activity varies significantly at different times of the year. During the dry, cool parts of the year (November - February) they enter a dormant stage and ...

  5. Box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Box turtle is the common name for several species of turtle. It may refer to those of the genus Cuora or Pyxidea , which are the Asian box turtles, or more commonly to species of the genus Terrapene , the North American box turtles.

  6. North American box turtle - Wikipedia

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    The age of a growing box turtle in the wild cannot be accurately estimated by counting the growth rings on the scutes; Their growth is directly affected by the amount of food, types of food, water, illness, and more. Box turtle eggs are flexible, oblong and are (depending on the taxon) on average 2–4 cm long weighing 5-11 g.

  7. How to care for a pet turtle? Why it isn't easy and could ...

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    Box turtles, desert tortoises and water turtles all require different types of water, ... Hatchlings are also kept outdoors but in a predator-protected enclosure with only small areas for sun.

  8. Woman caught trying to smuggle 29 turtles from US into ... - AOL

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    A woman was busted for trying to sneak 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada via kayak. ... Border Patrol agents found the Eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks in Ng ...

  9. List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States

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    Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle) Leatherback sea turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea ) VU IUCN (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation - i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR IUCN , West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR IUCN , Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: EN IUCN )