By laelaps on January 11, 2010. An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), photographed at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware. Tags Photography Reptiles Log in to post comments More like this What a lucky find of such a rare animal. Eastern box turtles are in decline nation wide. It is illegal to take them from the wild in most states. Great pic of a young female. Log in to post comments Eastern box turtles were so common when I was a kid that me & my friends didn't even get excited over coming across one. (Now, a snapper, that was a different story!) These days, as Patricia says, they're quite rare in most places. Sure is a shame. Log in to post comments
What a lucky find of such a rare animal. Eastern box turtles are in decline nation wide. It is illegal to take them from the wild in most states. Great pic of a young female. Log in to post comments
Eastern box turtles were so common when I was a kid that me & my friends didn't even get excited over coming across one. (Now, a snapper, that was a different story!) These days, as Patricia says, they're quite rare in most places. Sure is a shame. Log in to post comments
What a lucky find of such a rare animal. Eastern box turtles are in decline nation wide. It is illegal to take them from the wild in most states.
Great pic of a young female.
Eastern box turtles were so common when I was a kid that me & my friends didn't even get excited over coming across one. (Now, a snapper, that was a different story!) These days, as Patricia says, they're quite rare in most places. Sure is a shame.