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Terrapene ornata luteola - Desert Box Turtle

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Adult, Cochise County, Arizona
 
Adult, Cochise County, Arizona
Underside
Hinged shell
Juvenile (2 inches in length)
Cochise County, Arizona
Adult, drinking from a rain puddle, Cochise County, Arizona
Adult, in a rain puddle, Cochise County, Arizona Adult, in a rain puddle,
Cochise County, Arizona
Adult, in a rain puddle, Cochise County, Arizona Adult in habitat as found, at the edge of a road, Cochise County, Arizona
Adult, in a rain puddle,
Cochise County, Arizona
Adult, in a rain puddle,
Cochise County, Arizona
Juvenile in habitat as found, next to a road, Cochise County, Arizona
Box Turtle tracks on a sandy road, Cochise County, Arizona  
 
A pair of breeding box turtles in New Mexico.  
Habitat
Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona
Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona
Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona
Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona
Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona Habitat, Cochise County, Arizona
Short Videos
Several box turtles soaking and drinking in muddy rain puddles in a dirt road one morning in Cochise County, Arizona.






A box turtle crosses a sandy road in Cochise County, Arizona. A box turtle crosses a road and wanders into the brush one afternoon in Cochise County, Arizona.
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