what kind is this?

[All_American]

What kind of turtle is this? I live in TN and nearly chopped this guy up with my john deere. He is some sort of hypo, since all the others I find like him have dark pigment in there shells. Maybe i will find him again in the yard, since I let him go into the woods.

 

[Jer723]

i dont know, but he looks really cool!

 

[carcharios]

That is a box turtle but it looks much different that the Eastern variety we have here in Maryland or NJ. Definitely a box turtle though.

Carcharios

 

[artist]

in my opinion, it looks like some kind of box turtle. have to check what kind to be sure though. very pretty tort though!
(i live in tn too and i find box turtles in the woods behind our house- they are fun to watch!)

 

[All_American]

What I can tell you is that the bottom of his plastron is hinged to shut up tight on both the fron and the back end.

 

[Red Earth Exotics]

think it's a 3 toed box