Loading...
Eastern Box TurtlesLoading...
Loading...
By Lexie O’Grady
Introduction
An eastern box turtle is a reptile. A reptile is a cold blooded animal that has scales. It is also vertebrate. The color of the shell is golden brown with dark brown patches. They grow from 5.5 to 8 inches long.
Eastern box turtles live in leafy woods and grassy areas.
Eastern box turtles live near us in the eastern United States and their climate is the same as ours.
In the winter eastern box turtles hibernate.
Eastern box turtles’ predators are raccoon, snakes, skunks, chipmunks and owls.
Eastern box turtles snap their shells close like a box. That’s how they got their name.
Eastern box turtles’ predators won’t get them because they think it’s a normal shell or rock.