A Box turtle would be very common if your in the south and north east
The most common turtle name is Fred or Freddie
The Box turtle Family is Emydidae
Tortoise, or box turtle No, I'm afraid not. The common name for a terrapin is the softshell turtle. The terrapin is aqautic, and the tortise and box are land turtles.
The snapping turtle will try to attack or kill the box turtle. Some times even eat the box turtle
A boy box turtle.
The are about 263 turtle species.
Your box turtle is hiding because it is scare of something
Chinese box turtle was created in 1863.
The Eastern Box Turtle is classified as terrapene carolina carolina.The Western Box Turtle is classified as terrapene ornata.
yes it is
Keeled box turtle grows to About seven inches
Habitat varies a little because in total, there are approximately 14 subspieces of box turtles...These are the most common:Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina major)Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis),Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornate luteola)And these two in MexicoCoahuilan Box Turtle (Terrapene coahuila) ---->Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni)The most common of these is the Eastern Box turtle which requires a high humid environment - in hot and dry weather they dig in and put their head in the ground or stay under heavy foliage where humidity is higher at ground surface. Contrary to some popular opinion they do not do well in arid or hot environments but prefer moderate temps and lots of shade and hiding places..some of the other species can tolerate drier environments.