Here is the Box Turtle that wandered into my yard about 7 years ago, she has 3 toes on her hind feet but has markings on her shell like an Eastern, Is she a Hybrid or what???
-Tony C
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TonyC130
Apr 02, 2007 12:04 PM
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boxienuts
Apr 02, 2007 02:32 PM
Looks like a 3-toe to me, with nice although incomplete radiating bands on the top scutes, I believe with easterns the banding would be present in the lower scutes of the carpace as well. Wonder what other people think?
StephF
Apr 02, 2007 05:29 PM
Here in VA I don't see Three Toeds in person, but I have looked at many, many photos, and this turtle looks like a Three Toed to me.
kensopher
Apr 03, 2007 05:40 AM
Yup, I'd say that Mom looks like a very typical (but very pretty) Three Toed Box turtle.
The daughter looks like Three Toes that I've seen in GA, where the ranges of the two subspecies meet. They're very pretty...the light colors of the Three Toe with some of the Eastern patterns. There's really no way to tell just from looking at her what the daughter is, especially since Mom may have had a rendezvous with "who knows who" before you got her.
Pretty turtles. Thanks for posting.
