please help with baby eastern box turtle question?

Question

In which habitat /time of day/ weather/time of year/ state/etc. am I most likely to find wild eastern box turtle hatchlings? Where in the habitat? (under logs, or out in the open, or along roads, or in leaf litter, or near water?)Please be specific.

are they found in fields or woods?

Answer 1

usually in the woods. Try looking in deep leaves,soft dirt around logs or rotting fallen tree's. They like to bury themselves almost over the shell in mulchy tree litter and leaves where they search for their favorite food worms. They also like boggy wet kinda areas. Finding baby boxies is next to impossible but can be done. They lay their eggs in sandy,mulchy soil or dead log litter and such looking around these areas would help from the first of August to early September. They don't venture far from the nest area the first month or so.

Answer 2

The Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles, normally referred to as box turtles. T. c. carolina is native to an eastern part of the United States. Occasionally it is referred to as the Common Box Turtle to distinguish it from the other five subspecies of eastern box turtles. [1]

The eastern box turtle is found mainly in the eastern United States, as is implied by its name. They are populated as far north as southern Maine and the northwest of the Michigan Lower Peninsula, south to southern Florida and west to eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The eastern box turtle is considered uncommon to rare in the Great Lakes region; however, populations can be found in areas not bisected by heavily traveled roads. In the Midwest, they are a species of Special Interest in Ohio, and of Special Concern in Michigan.

Eastern box turtles prefer deciduous or mixed forested regions, with a moderately moist forest floor that has good drainage. They can be also found in open grasslands, or pastures.

Answer 3

Baby boxies are tough to find in the wild, even in places they are common. Their habits and camoflague protects them from incredibly wiley predators.

You should also know that they are protected by several laws in most of their habitats- they are too small for pets (most states require them to be 4 or 6" long), count as 'non-game animals' and are protected by many game laws, are considered game fish under some laws (even land-dwelling boxies!), and so forth. In at least one state I know of, there are 12 different rules protecting them!

You should also know that baby boxies make TERRIBLE pets- really hard to care for, even by experienced keepers.

If you really want to do this, ask someone in your local herpetological society for advice about local laws and locations.

Answer 4

Here is another link for you to do your research. But please remember that many states have strict laws and high fines, particularly if the turtle is endangered. My suggestion is to leave the turtle in the wild unless you are able to provide it with the proper habitat.

http://www.wnyherp.org/field-guide/reptile/turtles/eastern-box-turtle.php

Answer 5

http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?act=idx

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