turtle question?

Question

i caught 2 female box turtles not sure what species and i was wondering how u would tell if it a eastern or american and also if its eastern how come its illgel to keep them?????

Answer 1

http://boxturtlesite.info/bxbook.html

http://boxturtlesite.info/diet.html

Some species are endangered so it is illegal in some states to own them.