The following two box turtles are two of the oldest I've seen in the wild. The first was one I came across his lower shell was completely worn and faded. He had the most perfectly formed shell I have ever seen. The top was almost like a square helmet, really an amazing turtle. The second is box that a friend of mine found from another forum. As you can see the entire shell is worn. You can see faint yellow markings if you look closely. The guy found her about ready to lay eggs, so as old as she was she was still fertile. All found in south jersey.

[ Hide Replies ]

• Some ancient wild box turtles - dragoncjo, Wed Jun 21 18:17:26 2006
• RE: Some ancient wild box turtles - PHRatz, Wed Jun 21 19:38:25 2006
• south jersey box turtles... - FrankR, Wed Jun 21 19:39:25 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - kensopher, Wed Jun 21 20:23:14 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - dragoncjo, Wed Jun 21 21:37:55 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - dragoncjo, Wed Jun 21 21:46:13 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - kensopher, Thu Jun 22 06:21:11 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - dragoncjo, Thu Jun 22 09:00:55 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - boxielover, Thu Jun 22 23:54:14 2006
• she's AWESOME n/p - FrankR, Sun Jun 25 17:58:41 2006
• RE: south jersey box turtles... - kensopher, Fri Jun 23 06:06:00 2006