39K views · 5.2K reactions | Chinese box turtles are always hungry. The most active species of box turtle I’ve ever kept. Feeding on pellets, meal worms, and earth worms. They thrive when raised in shallow water as hatchlings and prefer to be on land as they get older. | Southern Reptiles | Facebook

Meet the eastern box turtle! 🐢 They can be identified by their domed shell that has blotches of yellow, orange, brown, and black. 🐢 They are terrestrial, meaning they live predominantly on land. 🐢 They are called “box turtles” because they can completely close their lower shells and box themselves in. 🐢 Males have red eyes while females have brown or dark red eyes. 🐢 We think they are stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, and amazing. Learn more about box turtles and all freshwater turtles of Mass