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An Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Emmanual County, Georgia, USA
by Alan Cressler
#eastern box turtle#common box turtle#turtles#tortoises and turtles#reptiles#terrapene carolina carolina#terrapene carolina#terrapene#Emydidae#testudines#reptilia#chordata#wildlife: georgia#wildlife: usa#wildlife: north america
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Chip the Eastern Box Turtle
#Chip#Eastern Box Turtle#box turtle#turtle#reptile#Terrapene carolina carolina#reptiblr#turtle friend#CMNH#Oct 2022
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Live box turtle we found today! He was going ham on raspberries
Terrapene c. carolina
#from the field#eastern box turtle#Terrapene c. carolina#wash your hands after handling turtles!#eastern box turtles are so sweet#they love berries#turtles#reptiles#reptiblr
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Met this lovely female box turtle at work today! We relocated her to an appropriate pile of brush instead of the mulch pile we were actively using, and my coworker took photos and uploaded some information to a box turtle conservation site.
#citizen science summer#ecology#biology#herpetology#turtle#box turtle#terrapene carolina#herping#reptiles#Mother Nature#my photography
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Our resident Eastern Box Turtle chowing down on blueberries and tomatoes. She is missing her left eye. 🐢💚 She is a wild box turtle that kind of came with the house when we bought it. We see her occasionally. She is out after the thunderstorm we had last night.
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We've been hiking a decent bit lately
#the post editor has been giving me so many problems with photos lately#so you get these all at once#common watersnake#Nerodia sipedon#crowsfoot#Diphasiastrum digitatum#dogs#spotted apatelodes moth#Apatelodes torrefacta#common box turtle#Terrapene carolina
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Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina), family Emydidae, found in the Eastern U.S.
photograph by Garden State Tortoise
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“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.”
- Ellis Peters
Photos from a hike this evening in Elizabeth’s Woods at Toms Run Preserve. From top: Azure bluet (Houstonia caerulea); a diminutive spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) hiding in the leaf litter; rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides); blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium); lavender variation of dwarf larkspur (Delphinium tricorne); golden ragwort (Packera aurea); Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum); blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides); and a very shy Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina).
#appalachia#vandalia#west virginia#spring#april#wildflowers#flora#reptile#amphibian#azure bluet#spring peeper#rue anemone#blackhaw viburnum#dwarf larkspur#golden ragwort#jack-in-the-pulpit#blue cohosh#eastern box turtle#elizabeth's woods#toms run preserve
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The Rise TMNT movie heights are
Raph- 6’ ?” -Alligator Snapping turtle
Leo- 5’ 5” -Red Eared Slider
Donnie - 5’ 3” (but 5’ 5” seems more accurate) - Spiny Softshell
Mikey - 4’ 7” - Ornate Box turtle
April -4’ 8”
Splinter- 3’
Draxum- 6’ 8”
Now, I’m not sure how tall Casey Jr is, he’s roughly Leo’s height, maybe a tad inches taller. But Future Leo was roughly a third taller than him. Leading to F!Leo possibly being around 7 feet tall. By this logic. F! Would be about the same height. F! Mikey would be 6 feet. And Future Raph would be around 8 feet. But Raph’s also an alligator snapping turtle and they grow SIGNIFICANTLY bigger than the other turtle species. Like average ninpo form of a scale difference. So that’s an easy 14 feet tall, but 20 to 25 or more would still be valid heights. But I think 50 feet before ninpo would be the max possibility. But if you’re writing that you might want to give him shrinking powers…
Anyway. Other tmnt heights/species I could gather include (might not be 100% accurate.):
1987 - are all 5’ 1” , I also heard 4’ 11”
Species: "testudinidae carolina", which is not a real species. Testudinidae is a tortoise family. Might be terrapene carolina, aka common box turtles.
2003 - all of the turtles are initially 5’ 2” before growing to 5’ 5”
Commonly fan accepted to be red eared slides.
In the Fast Forward arc I heard they’re this height.
Raph - 5’ 7”
Leo- 5’ 5”
Donnie- 5’ 6”
Mikey- 5’ 4”
2012 - diamond back terrapins/ common (Coahuilian? Three toed?) box turtles
Raph- 5’ 0”
Leo- 5’ 1”
Donnie- 5’ 6”
Mikey- 4’ 10”?
April- 5’ 1”
Thank you
@reshrub
@socks-not-shoes
@pumpkinpie59
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I'm at my folks' place in MO, and did some yardwork for them. The little eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) needed to be safely relocated to the woods in back of the house, and made sure to musk me thoroughly to voice their displeasure. The common box turtle (Terrapene carolina, maybe T.c. triunguis?) was taking a sunbath on top of the brush pile and was also gently moved nearby to avoid being buried in branch trimmings and weeds. It was nice to see these longtime friends while working.
#garter snake#snake#snek#herps#reptiles#herpetology#vertebrates#animals#wildlife#turtle#box turtle#turtles#terrapin#nature#ecology#environment#conservation#scicomm
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Soaking away the dog days, Terrapene carolina carolina, Eastern Box Turtle
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Tmnt x male!reader mini-shot
My inbox fucked up and deleted an ask but I was lucky enough to remember it! If you see this ask and it's yours I hope you enjoy it, I had fun writing it!!
Bayverse turts meeting male reader for the first time who asks if they're sea turtles
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It was a cold night in Manhattan, water sprinkled from the sky and brought a specific chill. If you had super vision or looked close enough, you could see in the dead of night four figures atop an apartment complex. Four shivering figures. The smallest sniffles and rubs his hands together.
"C'mon man I'm ready to go home, Lee let's just call it a night!" Mikey looks over to Leo who is facing west towards the moon. He's quiet. Considering his little brother's request. They'd been out in the rain for long enough that Don had set up an umbrella to protect what gear that isn't waterproof and Raph had taken to crouching under a small shed, frustrated. "Ain't no way criminals gonna come out tonight, Mike's right. We should head home."
Leo turns to see the condition of his brothers and takes a solid breath. "Yeah, yeah there was no point in coming out tonight–" They all freeze, the sound of the door to the roof opening and out steps a young man. Mikey nearly flings himself off the side of the building but Don quickly pulls him back up by the lip of his shell, saving him from busting his tail. They watch their new company walk onto the rooftop with a (f/c) raincoat and slowly notice they aren't alone. Each brother prepares himself to hear the sounds of terrified screams and running footsteps but are instead met with a question.
"Oh my God, are you sea turtles??"
Leonardo is, for the first time in his life, truly stunned. How does one respond to that? He looks towards his brothers and finds them looking back at him, waiting for Leo to make a call. He thinks maybe it'd be best to move tail and leave the young man alone but instead his mouth does the opposite.
"...I'm sorry, what?" The guy takes the hood of his rain-coat off and smiles, "Are you sea turtles?" Leo slowly shakes his head, still caught off-guard by the question. "No, no I think we're box turtles right?" He shoots a pleading look towards his brothers who had crowded with Raph under the shed. They're shuffling on their feet but Donnie clears his throat and slowly steps out with his umbrella.
"Actually we are a sub species of the terrapene carolina family Eastern box turtles to be exact. Pretty common." he pushes his glasses further up his snout. Mikey runs out from under the shed, nearly toppling over Donnie to greet their new acquaintance. "Blah blah blah, all you need to know is that we're the cool species! We're faster, smarter, and kick ass. A lot better than some bland old turtle, tell 'im Raph!"
Raphael scowls at his little brother, obviously perturbed by being included in this ridiculous conversation. He walks out from the shed but instead moves to stand by Leo. "Yeah, whatever, Leo, don't you think now would be a good time to go?" The man in the rain-coat jumps at that, quickly waving his hands in defense.
"Hey wait don't go! I still have so many questions. Like why are you green? Do you have a second eyelid? Can you churr like a turtle?" Raph huffs and turns to leave over the side of the building. If those three wanted to deal with another human then that won't be his problem. Donnie and Mikey though seem eager to answer the questions, albeit with wildly different answers.
"We're actually built of a variety of colours but it primarily depends on our diet!" "No, green is just a cool colour so as a way to show we're cool we're green! Some less than others though." MIkey cuts his eyes to the two behind him, laughing. Don rolls his eyes so far you're sure they'd fall out but continues. "Now about the eyelids I'm not entirely sure... If we do we haven't figured out how to use them yet but that'd make for a project." he mumbles to himself, pulling out a tattered note-pad and chewed pen writing his thoughts down. He looks back up to the fascinated male.
"And yes we do churr, just not often. It's meant for more vulnerable moments." Michelangelo perks up. "No it isn't, I could do it right now if you want!" The human nods eagerly but before he can get started Leo comes up behind him, hand on his shoulder. "While I'm sure he'd love to see it, we have to go, the sun is rising.''
Everyone looks towards the horizon and surely enough a sliver of orange can be found across it. "Aw man, maybe some other time then! I'm sure we'll see you again, right?" It's obvious the question is more directed towards Leonardo and when he looks down at their company he squares his shoulders, standing taller. "It's possible, but if we find you've said anything about this to anyone we will find you. And we will deal with you appropriately." The tension is thick but Mikey has a wide grin and grabs his hand, vigorously shaking it.
"We gotta go but my name's Michelangelo! We'll text you later about meeting up again, maybe I can show you my dope ass churr next time!"
Before he can ask how they'll text him Donnie nods to him as his phone chimes. "That's us, we'll see you later!" The three leave the same way Raph did, each giving their goodbyes and what was once a roof buzzing with life is now silent. Leaving y/n alone, dazed by the interaction.
#tmnt x reader#tmnt x male reader#male reader#turtle facts#teenage mutant ninja turtles x reader#ray writes#tmnt 2014/16#meet cute
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Shelby the Eastern Box Turtle
#Shelby#Eastern Box Turtle#box turtle#turtle#reptile#Terrapene carolina carolina#reptiblr#turtle friend#CMNH#Oct 2022
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Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984. Illustration by Helmut Diller.
1.) European swamp turtle (Emys orbicularis)
2.) Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
3.) Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica)
4.) Ringed sawback (Graptemys oculifera)
5.) Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
6.) Spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa)
7.) Common box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
8.) Red-eared turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)
#reptiles#turtles#european swamp turtles#painted turtles#caspian turtles#ringed sawback turtles#spotted turtles#spiny turtles#common box turtles#red-eared sliders#Helmut Diller
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2023 Employee Photo Contest by Forest Service, Eastern Region
Via Flickr:
An eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) explores a ridgetop oak barren in the Buffalo Beats Research Natural Area located within the Wayne National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Kyle Brooks. ��
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