In this week's Zoo Buddy segment, we're meeting some of the box turtles at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.

Pearl River map turtles are beautifully patterned freshwater turtles that are endemic to the Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana. These turtles depend on the river’s flowing freshwater to find ...

while the Pearl River map turtle is only found in creeks and rivers within the Pearl River drainage in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Pearl River map turtle was once considered to be the same species ...