Soft tissue surgery including abdominal, thoracic, head and neck, and limb surgeries. Orthopedic including Total Hip Replacement, TPLO, TTA, fracture repair, angular limb deformity repair, joint stabilization procedures, lameness evaluations, medical management of lameness, rehabilitative therapy.
Physical Description. The eastern box turtle is small (4.5 to 6 inches shell width, up to eight inch shell length), land turtle with a high, dome-like upper shell (carapace). Younger box turtles can be distinguished by their flatter carapaces.
The ornate box turtle is a small (up to about 6â) land turtle with yellow, radiating lines on its shell. These lines may fade as the turtle ages. It has a hinge on the plastron that allows it to close its shell completely, hence the common name âboxâ turtle.The only other land turtle native to Arizona is the desert tortoise, which has a uniformly greenish-brown shell without any yellow radiating lines, and can grow up to 15â in length.The desert tortoise is not able to close its shell completely, and has distinct growth lines on its carapace.f you encounter a box turtle outside its native range, for example, within the Tucson city limits, anywhere in Maricopa County, or the northern or western parts of Arizona, this turtle is likely someone's escaped pet and does not belong in the wild.