Wow! That female is like none I've ever seen. I've seen hundreds and hundreds of turtles in South Jersey alone. I wonder if she has some old fire damage? That's really amazing, she almost looks like a triunguis. Thanks for sharing the pics.

South Jersey has some very attractive box turtles. I grew up in the pine barrens, and I've found yellow, red, orange, and even PINK turtles! I actually went out hunting a few months ago when I visited my folks. I have an old apple orchard I herp in the middle of the pines that is a box turtle Mecca. I've found several males with pink coloration on their heads and limbs. Fortunately, I found nearly a dozen box turtles. Unfortunately, none had the pink. It figures, we never find what we want when we actually have a camera with us!

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• 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