N.H. Fish and Game’s “Wildlines” spring newsletter mentioned finding an Eastern box turtle one previous summer in Hudson. Now three others have been found, including the town of Lee for a total of seven.
The non-game program has done a lot with Blanding’s turtles and the spotted turtle, but this was a first for the biologists who care about turtle species in this state. What’s more, upon using a radiograph on this solitary find, it was determined that turtle was a female, and carrying several eggs within her body.
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