Recently emerged? Next to small turtle-sized hole.
Temp 85
Two seen close together. This was the first one. It just stayed very still hoping I wouldn’t notice it.
Observed climbing down a vine stem (the stem climbing, itself, up a tree. In open, ~40 yr old woodland.
Found near Ozark, MO
found by naturalist extraordinaire Drew Harvey
Spotted it running across the road, narrowly missing two trucks. I stomped on the brakes, pulled over, and helped it across. Got just a couple of photos before it ran off and vanished. Woohoo!
I definitely wouldn't think that box turtles would be found in this city park, due to the limited habitat, let alone a mating pair!