Florida box turtle has a distinct pattern of bright yellow stripes that make it easy to identify. ... Females have yellow eyes. Males also have thicker longer tails and short, thick curved hind legs.

This stunning sea turtle isn’t albino—it's leucistic. Here's what makes this pale yellow turtle so rare and how it beat the ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

100 Years Of Box Turtles : ... The turtles have a domed shell, usually smattered with yellow patches, can have bright red eyes and while they can run, they usually don't flee from humans.

The eastern box turtle will enter water during hot dry weather, but it is largely terrestrial. For that reason, it is the species with which we have the most contact.

The box turtle has a high-domed upper shell called the carapace. It is often highly ornamented with a different pattern, often in a dull yellow color. The bottom shell, called the plastron, is ...

Eastern box turtles look eye catching, with their red or brown eyes and yellow spots or sometimes orange stripes and high-domed, colorful shells. But they can be hard to spot once burrowed into ...

The ornate box turtle is found in more open, prairie settings; the three-toed box turtle is seen in wooded areas. The ornate has bright yellow markings on the top shell (carapace) and bottom shell ...

Her eyes were covered in dead skin, and she couldn't see. ... An eastern box turtle could fit in your palm. The yellow-speckled reptiles were once plentiful along the East Coast, ...

Box turtles are Delaware's only strictly terrestrial turtle ... Yellow-bellied sliders can be identified by yellow blotches behind their eyes. It is illegal to release non-native species into the wild ...

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with y… ...