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common box turtle

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Also known as: Terrapene carolina carolina, eastern box turtle

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In box turtle
The eastern box turtle (T. carolina carolina) lays a maximum of eight eggs in a clutch, although clutches of three or four eggs are more typical.
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In turtle: Habitats
…the Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) live in the southern United States and are equally terrestrial, but they are not usually found together, as the box turtle prefers moist forest and the gopher tortoise open woodlands on sand ridges. The eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) is commonly considered an…
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