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Does anyone have pictures of a box turtle hatchling/yearling and one of the same turtle at an older age? I'm just curious about how much their colors change. Thanks.

Here's a set!
T.c. bauri as a 3 day old hatchling and than as a juvie 2 year old.

Ric

what kind of box turtle is that?

The pictures of the set included a newborn and a older pic of the same Boxie.

It is a T.c. bauri aka Florida Box Turtle. They are captive bred and I have developed them for hardiness and bold patterns. I've had a small colony for
20 plus years.

Florida Box Turtles are our rarest native box turtles, our smallest when full grown (8 inch body length), and the most docile. They do not need cold temps to induce fertile eggs or live sperm as do the other subspecies...Nor do they hibernate like their cousins. They need high humidity and can withstand higher temps than their other sub species. They are also more carnivorous with respect to their diet. Most of their natural habitat is in Florida , Southwest Georgia, and very small tracts of Louisiana. Their numbers have been severely decimated by extreme development, eight consecutive years of large fires in Florida, intentional road killing ( as is still the fad with many young southerners), pet collectors, long periods of drought and the South American Fire Ants (being extremely prevalent in Florida).

I also have developed a Dwarf Variety of The Florida Box Turtle (really small with all the bold pattern and hardiness) which breeds true and reaches a length of only 5 inches full grown. No pics of this variety have yet been posted. I plan to post some in the near future.

I also have Easterns, Ornates and Three Toed.

Ric

Florida Boxie ( T.c. bauri )

You have the most gorgeous Florida Boxies. I always love to see their photos. I am so glad that someone is working to preserve them as a species. Here is a photo of my rescue from this spring. She is quite old, but a sweety.

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes- for sure your boxie is indeed a sweetie!

Hope she has some offspring for you.

Ric

Well that would be lovely, except there are no males presently. I have a lovely collection of 3 female boxies. I thought I had a male 3 toe, but he turned out to be a she. Oddly enough the same thing happened to me when I had chuckwallas. I ended up with 4 females. I would love a male FLorida but I guess that isn't likely at this point. Fortunately I can look at all your hatchlings!!

Here's a hatchling and yearling pic of the same Desert Box turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola. This turtle is a tank! I've had to separate it from the others for being a bully.