Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) female with one egg
Straight
Carapace Length (SCL) = 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Gender
= female
Named:
Sorpresa
Comments:
- wounded turtle was rescued and nursed by friends
- apparent gig or bullet hole on left posterior carapace
- turtle layed one egg on surface gravel in recovery cage
- turtle released following day
- egg placed in incubator in effort to save it
- update to follow
Simulated cage conditions
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Note relatively huge size of egg
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Box Turtle egg (left) compared with coins and Snapping Turtle egg (right) |