New from SW MO.

[Jentortmom]

We have Dessrt Torts and a subspecies of ornate boxies, I have never seen any though.. I sure hope my vacation comes through, I know in April I am taking a weekend to go to tucson to a reptile show..

 

[Itort]

You should be able to come across desert torts and desert boxes (ornata lutea). I think western painted range there too.

 

[Dreamer]

We have Dessrt Torts and a subspecies of ornate boxies, I have never seen any though.. I sure hope my vacation comes through, I know in April I am taking a weekend to go to tucson to a reptile show..

Oh, let me know how the show was!! We have a couple of them
here. They are 2 hrs away from me and I haven't gone to one yet.
Not sure they are worth the drive. Meaning not sure how good
they are. As for boxies here in Mo. I have to make several road
stops, to pick them up & put them on the other side of the road!
I don't know why drivers can't avoid them If they are close
enough to our place, I bring em home & release them here.
Some yrs. we see several & others not so many. We see them
on the roads in late april & all of may.
We also have a large pond on our place, & it's just full of snappers
painteds, & red-eared sliders.