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help identifying box turtle


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Posted by robeyeshua on May 12, 2003 at 20:48:21:

In Reply to: help identifying box turtle posted by tortus32 on May 12, 2003 at 15:51:11:

:Answers to these can help:

:Can it close up it's shell like a box turtle can?
:If not, it's not a box turtle.

:Is it dark in color, black or is it brownish?
:Is it flat or does it have a high domed shell?

:Does it have webbed feet or stumpy elephant like feet?

:
:If it is native to your area, it could be any number of aquatic species such as a snapper or maybe a large cooter. It could also be a wood turtles as they get quite large and are patially terrestrial.

:Bill Tracy

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it can close it's shell
it is dark in it's shell with the same color shell as all the others i have seen before
it has yellow weavved into it's shell
it has a domed shell
it is definitely not a snapper or any kind of water turtlr
trust me i know that for sure
it has big massive legs more like the elephant
it looka exactly like every other sox turtle i have ever seen and just like all the pictures of eastern box turtles on the web




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