Shrine for the Desert Box Turtle

August 19, 2025 00:04:18
Shrine for the Desert Box Turtle
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Shrine for the Desert Box Turtle

Aug 19 2025 | 00:04:18

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Show Notes

The better common name for Terrapene ornata luteola is the ornate box turtle. The name desert box turtle is old like me….not Miocene old…maybe early Holocene. Hey, I recently read some nice essays about shrines in the borderlands written by the Tucson desert rat and artist Linda Victoria. Below is a link to her writing. https://substack.com/@lacorua The photos are mine. Oh, and I’ve talked about box turtles before, so here is a link to another episode: Turtles, Dogs, Plants  

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