Box turtles have an average length of 4.5 inches and weigh between 1-2 pounds. Their coloration typically includes red, orange, white, black, and brown. They have a shell that covers most of their body and use it for protection. Box turtles breathe through lungs, lay eggs in clutches of 3-8, and the babies are called hatchlings. They travel on foot and live in woodlands, grasslands, and semi-desert areas. Box turtles hibernate over winter and are omnivores that eat plants and insects. They protect themselves by retracting their entire body inside their shell.

1. Box turtles
Terrapene
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2. Weight and length
The average length and weight of the box turtle 4.5 inches for length
and 1-2 pounds for weight.

3. Color
The box turtles colors are normally red, orange, white, black, and brown.

4. Body Covering
The box turtles body is covered is one shell and the rest is just covered
with skin. The turtles use the shell for protection.

5. How it Breathes
The box turtle breathes through lungs. A reptile will always breathe
through its lungs. Itś one of the things that make a reptile a reptile.

6. Born Alive or Eggs
Box turtles lay eggs.

7. How Many Babies
The box turtle gives birth up to 3-8 eggs per clutch.

8. What are the Babies Called?
The babies are called hatchlings.
HATCHLINGS!?!?

9. How Do They Travel
The box turtle travels by foot, so it walks.
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10. Where Do they Live?
The box turtles would normally live in mesic woodlands, grasslands, and
semidesert.

11. Migrate or Hibernate?
The box turtle hibernates.

12. Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore?
Box turtles are omnivores. They eat vegetation and insects.

13. How Do They Protect Themselves?
Box turtles protect themselves by putting its head, legs, and tail
entirely in its shell.

14. Endangered, if so why?
These turtles, though not listed as endangered by US Fish and Wildlife
service, are considered threatened by many conversationalists.

15. Additional data
● The scientific name for box turtles is Terrapene.
● To identify a male or female box turtle is by their eyes. A male box
turtle has a reddish eye color, and the female box turtle has a bark
brown.
● Box turtles like to swim.

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