Prettiest box turtle ever?

[algoroth1]

Thanks for showing him to us. Many years ago I had a very large collection of boxies but only one Eastern had coloration nearing this GC. Really beautiful!
Ron

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

Work of art. Stunning beauty! More pics please. Although this is indeed the money shot.

 

[Instinct]

He is absolutely stunning!
I'd have to say he is definitely the prettiest box turtle I've ever seen.

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Holy ... gorgeous! But the top-down view is not enough. I wanna see profile and frontal shots. Beautiful!

 

[diamondbp]

Feel free to share the photo if you like. I will do my best to get more shots of him tomorrow on my day off. Thanks again for the comments. He really is my pride n joy. Here is an older shot.

 

[Torts4Life!]

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Wow, amazing!!

 

[LeopardTortLover]

Wowwwwwwww!

 

[diaboliqueturtle]

Wow, he is stunning!

 

[terryo]

How many do you have? Are they all Gulf Coast BT?

 

[diamondbp]

Thanks everyone. I only have sulcatas, p.pardalis, Dalmation Hermanns, & GC box turtles. In the past I've dealt with just about everything but I've narrowed my focus down to those four groups.

 

[diamondbp]

Had a second to grab another quick picture of him. Enjoy

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Yeeesssssss!!

 

[diamondbp]

Him next to his older brother . Both gorgeous but he definitely has the edge.

 

[AndreaRosie]

Where do you get these beauties? Heaven? They are so gorgeous!

 

[Bighungry83]

Do live around south Louisiana? Is that how you found them?

 

[AndreaRosie]

I live in Lousiana! Can I find them?!?!

 

[diamondbp]

I've been raising GC since I was five years old. The odds of simply finding colorations like this are slim to none. The VAST majority of the GC down here are plain horn/brown colored (which I still love). Even though I grew up in louisiana this species is still my absolute favorite to work with. I have a few panhandle gulfs which are noticeably different from Louisiana specimens. And these really are highly unusual colorations but that's what makes them even more special to work with. Who doesn't like a Big beautiful box turtle ya know?? Lol

 

[terryo]

Wow! They are both amazing.

 

[Bighungry83]

I live in south Louisiana and I'm always out in the woods/swamp and never see boxes like that. Nice. Let me know if you ever get babies. I have a sulcata and leopard now but I grew up with boxes.