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Northern Red-bellied Cooter

Pseudemys rubriventris

Photo by TylerGraden
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Field Notes

Description:

A young Northern Red-bellied Cooter found basking on top of floating vegetation on the edge of a pond.

Habitat:

Edge of fresh water pond in aquatic vegetation

Notes:

There is a very high population of Eastern Painted Turtles, Northern Red-bellied Cooters and Musk Turtles among other species that populate this pond - Sometimes they have to climb on top of each other at the basking spots because of over crowding.

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Comments (1)
Neil Ross
An excellent photo series of this young turtle. The last photo took me quite by surprise. A wonderful spotting, Tyler.

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Freshwater Wetland Wildlife and Vegetation - Northeastern US
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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Reptiles of the East U.S.
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Delaware Wildlife

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PublishedJune 11, 2013

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