[Dtwg] Turtle identification

[Jordan Gray]

Just appears to be a captive reared Northern. The light centers in the scutes are a common fungal infection of the upper layer of keratin on the scute.


Jordan Gray

Communications and Outreach Coordinator

Turtle Survival Alliance

1030 Jenkins Rd. Ste. D

Charleston, SC 29407

(912) 659-0978

jgray at turtlesurvival.org

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From: Dtwg <dtwg-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu> on behalf of Chambers, Randolph M <rmcham at wm.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 9:59:11 AM
To: dtwg at listserv.ohio.edu
Subject: [Dtwg] FW: Turtle identification

Found in a freshwater wetland in Fairfax County, VA.
Released southern subspecies?


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From: Mike Powell <mqpowe at bellatlantic.net<mailto:mqpowe at bellatlantic.net>>
Subject: Turtle identification
Date: September 19, 2021 at 2:51:31 PM EDT
To: "animal-identification at virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com<mailto:animal-identification at virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com>" <animal-identification at virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com<mailto:animal-identification at virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com>>
Reply-To: Mike Powell <mqpowe at bellatlantic.net<mailto:mqpowe at bellatlantic.net>>

I spotted this cool-looking turtle on 17 September 2021 at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge in Fairfax County. It looks to me like it might be a Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin), though the range map on your website does not seem to include Fairfax County or the surrounding counties. The turtle was adjacent to a small pond that is fed by water from a nearby wetland.

Thanks for assistance in helping to confirm or correct my identification.

Cheers,

Mike Powell
[cid:17c030520eb3b136c71]

Randy Chambers
Professor of Biology
Director, Keck Environmental Field Lab
William & Mary
Keck Lab, 200 Wake Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757.221.2331
https://www.wm.edu/as/kecklab/


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