Wildlife

Green vine snake and a box turtle

I almost run over a vine snake right off orange trail going to hog bog. Its a baby and man he's feisty! I almost otb avoiding him and no time to get some pics. But the box turtle is one amazing fella, he even post for a pic.
 

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was probably a Rough Green Snake. We don't have Vine Snakes in New Jersey.

That box turtle is a male. Males have red eyes. He also looks pretty old. I'm guessing 30 Years.
 
capedoc said:
was probably a Rough Green Snake. We don't have Vine Snakes in New Jersey.

That box turtle is a male. Males have red eyes. He also looks pretty old. I'm guessing 30 Years.
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Now you've made me curious.....how can you tell it's age?
 
Wobbegong said:
Look at the photo and think about how you tell the age of a tree... I bet you see it!
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Is that it? I thought it was in their color...I've seen some very much more orange than that. Also being at Allaire I would have guessed it was a Sand Turtle. 🙄
 
gt2brew said:
Now you've made me curious.....how can you tell it's age?
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I just looked at him and guessed. The wear and patina on his carapace leads me to believe he's been around a while. Plus the typical pattern and colorations are fading in a way that I see in older turtles.

You can usually determine the age by counting the growth rings on the turtle's scutes. But they do stop growing at a point, so that becomes moot.

Box turtles will typically live to 50 although some have even made it to 100. In New Jersey, they are more likely to be hit by a car before reaching that age.
 
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Interesting facts capedoc. That vine snake was sleek and fast. And he start doing the s formation ready to strike and then he bolted into the bushes. Im amazed of snakes and reptiles.
 
very pretty turtle 🙂

I posted this in "my" thread, but figured I'd put it here as well.
 

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so when we were packing up yesterday this little fella came to say hello...
 

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I got a ride in at Ceres and came across two box turtles, couldn't take them off the trail. They were hooked up like two dogs in a schoolyard. Then a little later when talking to one of the dog walkers one of his dogs kick up a big black snake, like 4 to 5 ft. Have not seen one that big for sometime and it wasn't giving up any ground.
 
Turtles doing it is a funny sight to see. It's like two VW bugs doing it. Very awkward when you have a shell.
 
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capedoc said:
Turtles doing it is a funny sight to see. It's like two VW bugs doing it. Very awkward when you have a shell.
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I caught these 2 a few years ago while building the now named "turtle love" skinny
 

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Dam! That just how they looked on the two I rode up on. I have to get a smart phone to get better pics on the things I come across. The snake was big and still can't get over on it's size.
 
Hawk or falcon munching on lunch !
 

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