#94 Florida Box Turtle
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species: Terrapene carolina
Subspecies: Terrapene carolina bauri
The Florida box turtle is a subspecies of common or eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) endemic to Florida. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, with threats including habitat loss and collection for the pet trade.
Everglades National Park, FL
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Welcome to my Flickr 365 Project! I’m calling it my 365 Species Project, because for each day of the year, I will post a photo of a different species of organism...
At the moment, I've fallen really far behind on my project. I know that some of you are quite disappointed, and that many others of you have simply lost interest. Well, to tell the truth, I've gotten quite burnt out recently, and I just haven't had it in me to keep up with the project. I've been staring at the computer so damn much at work, that I just can't find it in me to sit down and look at it for one more second in my free time, even for something I love so much as photography. So I've fallen behind in my project (and in other aspects of life!). I'm in a pretty good state of mind right now, and with field season starting to pickup for us herpetologists, I should hopefully be in the field a lot more and at my desk a lot less. That should mean a lot more new photos and a lot less catchup. But to drop some more truth on y'all, digging myself out of this hole I'm in is going to be quite a daunting task. So as not to get too much more burnt out, I'm only going to try for 2 or 3 photos a day, instead of worrying about catching up all at once. Wish me luck!
So today is day #117 of 365, but this is just photo #94.
#94 Florida Box Turtle
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species: Terrapene carolina
Subspecies: Terrapene carolina bauri
The Florida box turtle is a subspecies of common or eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) endemic to Florida. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, with threats including habitat loss and collection for the pet trade.
Everglades National Park, FL
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Welcome to my Flickr 365 Project! I’m calling it my 365 Species Project, because for each day of the year, I will post a photo of a different species of organism...
At the moment, I've fallen really far behind on my project. I know that some of you are quite disappointed, and that many others of you have simply lost interest. Well, to tell the truth, I've gotten quite burnt out recently, and I just haven't had it in me to keep up with the project. I've been staring at the computer so damn much at work, that I just can't find it in me to sit down and look at it for one more second in my free time, even for something I love so much as photography. So I've fallen behind in my project (and in other aspects of life!). I'm in a pretty good state of mind right now, and with field season starting to pickup for us herpetologists, I should hopefully be in the field a lot more and at my desk a lot less. That should mean a lot more new photos and a lot less catchup. But to drop some more truth on y'all, digging myself out of this hole I'm in is going to be quite a daunting task. So as not to get too much more burnt out, I'm only going to try for 2 or 3 photos a day, instead of worrying about catching up all at once. Wish me luck!
So today is day #117 of 365, but this is just photo #94.