In this case, the Florida box turtle is one of six subspecies of the common box turtle. It lives the furthest south of all six subspecies and is native to most of Florida and southern Georgia. At ...
The main differences between alligator and common snapping turtles are that alligator snappers are larger, have heavy ridges on their shells, and have a smaller distribution. Common snappers are ...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng ...
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife special agent identified the species as Eastern box turtles, a subspecies of the common box turtle that is native to forested regions of the eastern United States ...
"Currently, we keep our box turtles and some of our larger tortoises ... Other species represented include elegant painted turtles, a common sight on rocks or driftwood in area water ways, soaking ...