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State Reptile: Turtle

Emblem: Eastern Box Turtle

Eastern Box Turtle

The General Assembly of 1979 designated the turtle (Terrapene carolina) as the official State Reptile for North Carolina. (Session Laws, 1979, c. 154).

§ 145-9.  State reptile.

The turtle is adopted as the official State reptile of the State of North Carolina, and the eastern box turtle is designated as the emblem representing the turtles inhabiting North Carolina. (1979, c. 154, s. 1.)

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AWWWW... SO CUTE!

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Give me info on the eatern box turtle to my north carolina project.

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Sure! There's a lot more information on this page: http://ncpedia.org/wildlife/box-turtle

Good luck on your project!

Michelle Underhill, Government & Heritage Library

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awwwwww adorible!

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i love them they are so cute and so cool

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its just a turtle

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stop it guys. they are soooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttteeeeee.

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I wouldn't call them cuteeeeeee but they are cooooooooooolll.

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soooooo cuteeeee!!!!!!

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