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Spotted turtle

Clemmys guttata

Photo by LouNapier
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The shell's background color is jet black with a series of random small bright yellow spots.The skin of the head, neck, legs, and tail are black above and are orange, pink to salmon colored.The head and neck have a series of yellow spots.- resource: paherps.com

Habitat:

Marshes, swamps, wetlands, bogs

Notes:

I spooked it so i Waited for a half an hour and started to leave and found it foraging on the otherside.

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