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Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata
35.9138, -76.256
Field Notes
Description:
Broad, smooth, low dark-colored upper shell, or carapace, ranges in its exact colour from black to a bluish black with a number of yellow tiny round spots. The spotting patterning extends from the head, to the neck and out onto the limbs.
Habitat:
Creek leading to a river.
Notes:
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
Evaluated as Endangered by IUCN Red List.
Conservation Status: vulnerable (S3) in North Carolina, US (NatureServe)
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