Swamp box turtle species profile

Bog Box Turtle

The Bog Box Turtle is not a particularly rare species of box turtle. Compared with its sibling, the Eastern box turtle, the swamp box turtle is not suitable for human breeding. The swamp box turtle's carapace does not have bright patterns and has no obvious characteristics, so not many people keep this box turtle.

Chinese name:Bog Box Turtle

Two names :Terrapene coahuila

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Protozoa

Order: Turtles

Family: Celidae

< p style="text-indent:28px">Genus:Box Turtle

Species: Bog Box Turtle

Dispersed area:From the eastern United States to the Mississippi River Basin.

Appearance characteristics: The carapace is high and round, up to about 18 cm in length. There are joints in the center of the plastron, which can be tightly connected with the carapace to form a protective "box" to protect the soft parts of the body.

Living habits:Bog box turtles will rest in rivers and places where aquatic plants grow due to heavy sedimentation, such as swamps and wetlands.

Growing customs:Oviparous. It can lay eggs 2 to 3 times a year, and can lay 1 to 8 eggs (usually 2 to 3 eggs). The egg laying period is from May to September.

Food habits: Bog box turtles are omnivorous and will eat insect larvae, crustaceans, shellfish, fish, and amphibians , aquatic plants, fruits and algae, etc., and occasionally forage on land.

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