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jojodesca said:
wow terryo didnt know?.....hmmmmm I would guess eastern....can we see more shell pattern plz?

Sorry to disappoint you Jo, :rolleyes: but the only Box Turtles I've ever kept are Easterns and one Ornate...just recently some Three Toeds, and now a Gulf Coast. :D My dream is to have a Mexican Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina mexicana)...but I have a lot of dreams.:(
 

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The gcbt inter grades extensively with the ebt and ttbt but there are some really colorful gcbt which he does resemble but with out knowing origin I wouldn't say either way though a DNA test may help.
 

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My GCBT is still very young, but he is showing more yellow on his face and legs each year. His shell has beautiful red patterns on it.
 

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terryo said:
jojodesca said:
wow terryo didnt know?.....hmmmmm I would guess eastern....can we see more shell pattern plz?

Sorry to disappoint you Jo, :rolleyes: but the only Box Turtles I've ever kept are Easterns and one Ornate...just recently some Three Toeds, and now a Gulf Coast. :D My dream is to have a Mexican Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina mexicana)...but I have a lot of dreams.:(

I thought you would have known...I'm no expert either..but the shell pattern threw me off......
 

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I thought inegrade as well. I definetely thought gulf coast when I saw the shell, but the head looked eastern to me. My gulf coast is of the very dark variety. Black skin, a little white on the chin, and a very very dark reddish brown shell. From what I've seen, gulf coasts usually have larger and blunt faces compared to easterns and three toeds.
 

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Haha looked Eastern at first with the colors, that above picture with the flaring of the shell def leans me toward gulf coast, maybe even a hybrid? Or just one colorful gulf
 
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