[Dtwg] Turtle identification

[Roosenburg, Willem]

The blotches on the scutes are new and different. I would guess that it is an escaped or released pet and then could be a hybrid among the subspecies.

Cheers,
Willem
Willem M Roosenburg

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From: Dtwg <dtwg-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu> On Behalf Of Chambers, Randolph M
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 9:59 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
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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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