Amphibian Care

Box Turtles

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Box turtles are long-lived pets that are more challenging to care for than often assumed because they have particular diet, temperature, and lighting requirements. When provided with the correct captive conditions though they are hardy and fun to keep.

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Books Frogs and Toads: Complete Herp Care Series. Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H., 2011. Salamanders and Newts: Complete Herp Care Series. Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H., 2009. Tree Frogs: Complete Herp Care Series. Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H., 2007. Peer-reviewed Edmonds, D., Dreslik, M.J., Lovic, J.E., Wilson, T.P., Ernst, C.H. 2021. Growing as slow as a turtle: unexpected maturational differences in a small, long-lived species. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259978. PDF Edmonds, D. 2021. Poison frogs traded and maintained by U.S. private breeders. Herpetological Review 52(4): 779–786. PDF Cunningham, E.P., Edmonds, D., Stalter, L.,...read more