Box TURTLE By: Darius williams

intro The Box Turtle is a fun animal who lives near the woodlands. It has over four species. The is a interesting animal let’s find out WHY!!!!!!!!!

species There are 4 types of Box Turtles. Terrapene Carolina Terrapene Coahuila Terrapene Nelsoni Terrapene Ornata The genus name Terrapene was founded in 1820.

diet The Box Turtle are very varied. ( Which means they eat every thing they catch) Box Turtles are invertebrates they eat insects, earth worms and millipedes % of the time they eat vegetables. They also eat fruit like cacti, apples and several species of berry.

habitat The Mesic woodlands is a habitat where are box turtles are usually found. They are usually are found in grasslands. Box Turtles like to move further into the woods. They like to dig a chambers for the winter time. Some box turtles build their cambers 50 centimeters deep while eastern box turtles likes to theirs 10 meters deep.

Inherited traits It’s shell Swimming, where to go to migrate Ability to hide from predators Face Eyes Shell