Let's keep shellebrating with the Box Turtle! 📦🐢 Box turtles are native to North America. These turtles are superficially similar to tortoises, but these reptiles live in the water (but mostly on land). There are six subspecies, and the name "box" comes from their distinctive hinged shell that allows it to completely enclose itself. Michigan, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut list the animal as vulnerable or with a DECLINING POPULATION. Maine lists the turtle as endangered. Some of