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... blotches at their outer ends . CLEMMYS INSCULPTA ( Le Conte ) Wood Turtle VII RECOGNITION : A medium - sized ( 12.5 ... blotches along the seams . The hingeless , yellow plastron has a pattern of oblong dark blotches on each scute . The ...
... blotches at their outer ends . CLEMMYS INSCULPTA ( Le Conte ) Wood Turtle VII RECOGNITION : A medium - sized ( 12.5 ... blotches along the seams . The hingeless , yellow plastron has a pattern of oblong dark blotches on each scute . The ...
Page 147
... blotch behind the eye . 127. Chrysemys scripta elegans ( shown ) has a carapacial pattern very similar to Chrysemys ... blotches to bars . The hingeless plastron is yellow and exhibits a pattern that varies geographi- cally from a ...
... blotch behind the eye . 127. Chrysemys scripta elegans ( shown ) has a carapacial pattern very similar to Chrysemys ... blotches to bars . The hingeless plastron is yellow and exhibits a pattern that varies geographi- cally from a ...
Page 148
... blotch behind the eye . on each anterior scute . C. s . elegans ( Wied ) , the red- eared turtle , occupies the Mississippi valley from Illinois to the Gulf ... blotches . Pond Slider DISTRIBUTION : C. scripta ranges , in the. 148 EMYDIDAE.
... blotch behind the eye . on each anterior scute . C. s . elegans ( Wied ) , the red- eared turtle , occupies the Mississippi valley from Illinois to the Gulf ... blotches . Pond Slider DISTRIBUTION : C. scripta ranges , in the. 148 EMYDIDAE.
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adults agassizii algae aquatic basking behavior blotches box turtles burrow Cagle CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ captive carapace length Caretta Carr cavity Chelonia mydas Chelydra Chrysemys Chrysemys picta Clemmys clutch concinna CONFUSING SPECIES Copeia CRUZ The University dark Deirochelys diamondback terrapin eggs females fish flippers Florida floridana gopher tortoise Gopherus Gopherus polyphemus Graptemys green turtle growth HABITAT hatchlings head Herpetologica hibernation hind feet inches juveniles Kinosternon Kinosternon baurii Kinosternon hirtipes leatherback loggerhead Macroclemys Malaclemys males map turtles Marsh Turtles mature mud turtles neck occurs odoratus ornata painted turtle PARASITES pattern plastral plastron plastron length pleural Pond and Marsh population posterior PREDATORS range reported reptiles River sand scutes sea turtles season Semiaquatic Pond serpentina shell Skull snapping turtle softshell Sternotherus Sternotherus minor Sternotherus odoratus stinkpots stripes subrubrum subspecies surface tail temperature Terrapene carolina terrapin Texas tortoises trematodes Trionyx University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usually vertebral width yellow