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Desert Box Turtle in the road I saw this one while driving to Oliver Lee State Park in New Mexico for some early morning birdwatching. There was no one else on the roads, but I still stopped and helped him safely to the other side. Nice to have a photo from its natural range. Geotagged,Summer,Terrapene ornata luteola,United States,desert box turtle,new mexico Click/tap to enlarge

Desert Box Turtle in the road

I saw this one while driving to Oliver Lee State Park in New Mexico for some early morning birdwatching. There was no one else on the roads, but I still stopped and helped him safely to the other side. Nice to have a photo from its natural range.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Well done, Barry! Posted 8 years ago
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      Barry
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      Well he didn't seem to think so at first! Posted 8 years ago

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The Desert box turtle

The desert box turtle is a subspecies of box turtle which is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

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Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
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Uploaded Aug 20, 2017. Captured Jul 21, 2017 14:16 in 497-499 Dog Canyon Rd, Weed, NM 88354, USA.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/2.7
  • 1/30s
  • ISO160
  • 4.3mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.