Mexican box turtle day 1

[BytTX]

This turtle was a gift from a family friend. But I don't know much about him. He is from tamaulipas, and has nice yellow spot and a red face with beautiful red eyes any tips?

Don't worry the box is what I received him in, it's not a permanent home

 

[DeanMckinney]

Welcome

 

[BILBO-03]

Hi and Welcome! I've never heard of a Mexican box turtle do you know it's that or did your friends just tell you that ?

 

[BytTX]

No that's what it is lol I did some research on this turtle and it's not a turtle normally found in the US and it's illegal to import apparently

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

What a beauty. I've never seen the Mexicana subspecies before (if this is what this is? The region is right) and didn't know there were many out there. I assume the care for T. carolina mexicana is broadly similar to the care for the other T. carolina species (except they do not hibernate). I don't know if their natural habitat range is the forests-grasslands-marshes of the more northern subspecies so ideal enclosures may be different. Interesting.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum!

The Mexican box turtle is very similar-looking to the three-toed box turtle except is a bit smaller. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that you have a three-toe box turtle.

 

[Loohan]

Yeah, i was gonna say, sure does resemble a 3-toed.

 

[MichaelaW]

Looks like triunguis to me @HermanniChris

 

[PJay]

A three-toed box turtle has three toes on the back legs. How many does your turtle have?

 

[HermanniChris]

Certainly looks triunguis to me. Here is a close up of a pure T. c. mexicana here at my place and also here is a poster we put out for sale this year showing some different box turtles of ours. You can see the differences between them including mexicana and triunguis.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello, and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you and your lovely Boxie.