Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Eastern Box Turtle


It seems these were all over the roads of River Ridge this spring. I saw this one on a walk up Pioneer Trail in June. I learned our dog, Rudy, likes to step on them with his paw them so I have to keep him away to shoot turtle pics. Apparently, this is a male as he has red eyes (click on photo for close up view).

See the website listing ("WV Turtles" under Helpful Links in sidebar) the 13 turtle species of WV; most including the respective photos for easy identification.

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