Terrapene baurii
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Florida Box Turtle
While looking for snakes around the marina at dusk, I heard some leaf-crunching sounds and turned to see this attractive but weathered box turtle plodding along. I never did see any snakes in that area, but I was happy with my turtle consolation prize.
Printed references:
- Ashton, R. E. Jr., Ashton, P. S. 1991. Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida, Part Two: Lizards, Turtles, & Crocodilians, Revised Second Edition
- Bartlett, R. D., Bartlett, P. B. 1999. A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Ernst, C. H., Barbour, R. W. 1989. Turtles of the World
- Ernst, C. H., and Lovich, J. E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada, Second Edition