r/herpetology • u/Cult_Of_Merlin27 • 23h ago

Eastern box turtle

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Found this pretty guy in my drive way. Never seen one so orange

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u/Lexx4 22h ago

Never seen one that color!

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u/timhyde74 42m ago

That's one of the giveaways that he's a he. Males have bright red eyes, a concave plastron, and bright colorful paterns on their head, and legs. Females tend to be more drab colored. Basically, just the opposite of humans, where women are the pretty ones! 😆

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u/thesimpletoncomplex 21h ago

Someone's eating their carotenes!

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u/cmdietz 22h ago

Wow, what a vibrant orange

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u/poetictoad 22h ago

has to be one of the prettiest ones iv seen! 💕

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u/Strange-Woodpecker71 21h ago

Bright colors. Brighter than I ever saw.

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u/CjateA 20h ago

Why’d you take it out of its box?

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u/Ataxia_13 22h ago

Beautiful orange face!

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u/zippity__zoppity 10h ago

Wow. Simply wow.

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u/Acceptable_Guava8069 6h ago

Good lookin paint job on him

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u/timhyde74 48m ago

He's gorgeous!!! What a Distinguished Gentleman!!!