and many land turtles like box turtles can hibernate under water. in the fall when i gather my water turtles to take them to the basement to hibernate, i must dig through the leaf pile in search of water turtles. then the turtle pond is drained for the winter. and now that we have a muddy bog that has water in it all winter, i must dig though it for water turtles. i often find box turtles dug in among the plant roots under water in the bog. i move them to the leaf pile. the bog is too shallow and will freeze solid to the rubber liner.
one major difference 