Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Created: June 10th, 2009 - 08:35 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Ron Morgan
Record 26215

Country: United States		State: Tennessee	County: Johnson County	Time: 2009-06-10 10:22:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Female	Method:	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

After seeing so many dead snakes, turtles & countless other animals in the road today, I was finally able to save this cute little Box Turtle from the tires of some ignorant Tennesseen. The average born & bred Tennesseen thinks that God puts animals in the road for them to have target practice with their vehicles.
I moved her far from the roadway to a field of wild strawberries.
She is an adult, but her growth is somewhat stunted. She has some old damage to the top of her carapace, which could have been a close encounter with a lawn mower.

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Comments

Posted by Kevin Narum on Jun 12, 2009 at 08:43 PM

thats sad about the snakes, i hate how everyone has no resepect for herps. and tennessee has an awsome diversity of them too. people in southern missouri are the same way.