Saloli said:Floridas are harder to come by then ornates most of the commercial breeders have ornates. Try turtle source though if I were you I would take the Florida. I plan on having all Carolina subspecies eventually in breeding groups.
Saloli said:Floridas are harder to come by then ornates most of the commercial breeders have ornates. Try turtle source though if I were you I would take the Florida. I plan on having all Carolina subspecies eventually in breeding groups.
Neal said:You are right, Florida Box turtles.
emysemys said:The one on the left is a Florida for sure (Terrapene carolina bauri), however the one on the right isn't. Floridas have a yellow stripe along each side of the head/neck. The turtle on the right doesn't have this stripe. My guess would be an intergrade, with maybe luteola in there someplace.
pryncesssc said:I would also say Florida , but the easiest way to check is flip the turtle over and look at the plastron. Ornates have a colorful pattern on theirs and the Florida's have no design really.
Where do you live ? I don't know too many people who breed ornates. Why do you prefer the ornate to other N. American boxies out of curiosity ??
Saloli said:Luteola has a flattened carapace like ornata. Not all Floridas have the yellow dorsal stripe or even the yellow eye stripe but the one on the right actually has both just faintly showing.