Except they weren’t used as pets; they were used for pest control. A common turtle used as a basement turtle was the box turtle. St. Louis has two types of box turtles: the three-toed box turtle ...
He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each smuggling count. The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle native to forested regions of the eastern United States. Its colorful ...
A native three-toed box turtle has made a remarkable recovery after being hit by a car, showcasing nature's resilience and ...
Unregulated trade—at 10 to 100 times legal levels—has caused Southeast Asian Box Turtles almost to vanish from parts of Indonesia where they were once common, according to a new report by the wildlife ...