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Red Sea turtle too busy munching the coral top be bothered by divers, however close I got wit the camera!
Saw this little guy while coming home. I think he (or she) left the stream on the side of the road to cross over to the other side, perhaps to lay eggs (I've seen turtles do just that in nearly the exact same spot in the past).
Florida Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri
This turtle was found in north Tampa. Most Florida Box turtles have more prominent radiating lines on the carapace, but there is a great deal of morphological variation in the Florida populations. The carapace design of this male is similar to the more northern subspecies, Terrapene carolina carolina, found over a hundred miles north of this location, from (roughly) the Florida/Georgia border northwards. But the neck stripe and the brown, rather than red, eyes are characteristic of T.c. bauri.
I imagine his legs were pulled in bc he was scared of the Otter which was in the same pond! Taken at Muscatatuck NWR in Jackson Co, IN.