Tag: eastern box turtle
4 Great Pet Turtles
With constant, quality care and dedication, your turtle can easily live more than 30 years. [...]
Researchers Can Detect Nuclear Events In Scutes Of Turtles and Tortoises
In all of the scute samples except that from the control animal, the Sonoran desert tortoise, uranium (235U and 236U) were detected. [...]
Eastern Box Turtle May Be Listed As Threatened By Michigan DNR
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking at potentially changing the state’s endangered and threatened species list and is seeking inpu [...]
Kentucky Man Sentenced To 15 Months For Violating Lacey Act
Christopher Cool had 246 Eastern box turtles in his possession with the intent to sell and ship the turtles outside Kentucky. [...]
Nashville Biologists Track Eastern Box Turtles
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere are tracking eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Na [...]
Does Your State Offer A Reptile-Themed License Plate?
Does your state have a reptile-themed license plate? Well if you live in West Virginia, the state released a new plate featuring an image of an Easter [...]
New Restrictions Proposed On Box Turtles, Native Herps In Virginia
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has proposed new restrictions on the keeping of native reptiles and amphibians, and would ban the keepin [...]
South Carolina Man Charged With Violating Lacey Act, Trafficking In Vipers And Turtles
The United States Department of Justice has charged a South Carolina man with violating the Lacey Act for allegedly trafficking in spotted turtles (Cl [...]
Wild Turtles In South Carolina Now Protected From Poaching
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill last week that bans the trade of the state’s native turtles, hopefully ending poaching of these repti [...]
Researchers Return Box Turtles To The Wild Via “Soft-Pen” Release
When turtles are taken illegally from the wild, they can’t readily be returned, because they usually don’t survive. Turtles generally have a known ran [...]
Dehydrated Box Turtle Found Painted With Nail Polish and Glitter Dies
An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) that was found dehydrated with its shell painted with nail polish and glitter has died. The turtle [...]
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