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Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Chrysemys picta picta, Eastern Painted Turtle
Congers Lake
Congers, Rockland Co., NY
Taken in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
After laying down a few feet from this gal she opened her mouth nice and wide (not sure if it was a threat display or if she was just stretching her jaw). She quickly realized I wasn’t that much of a threat and and decided I wasn’t worth her time, and went on her way.
A turtle, three workmen, a dog and I. What do we have in common? We were all in the same place doing different things.
near Tampa Florida, I saved its life. It was in the road and I picked it up and moved it off the road. it went into its shell when i picked it up.
The eastern snapping turtle's tail is typically about the length of half of its carapace (shell). However, juvenile's tails are longer than their carapaces.
This turtle did not look quite as sleek as some of the others. An older animal, or maybe a different species?
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Turtles sunning themselves in the middle of the Eno River (Durham, NC). Taken near the Cox Mountain Trail in the Eno River State Park.
This is a Stinkpot Turtle photo taken at Tuckahoe State Park on The Lore Of the Land Nature trail . They are a kind of Mud turtle . They can excrete a foul smelling liquid and live in Streams and Creeks .
This turtle came up in the garage yesterday afternoon, April 20, 2010, for a visit. I gave him a ride back out into the woods. This was imaged with my cell phone.
An Eastern Box Turtle crawls along one of the trails at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Photographed on 10/30/2015.
Red eared turtles. they all had their necks out sunning themselves. About twenty in all. Interesting to see. these fellas were about 12 to 14 inches in length approx.