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Map Turtle
How large is this turtle? |
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| seven to eleven inches in shell length |
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Map Turtle
How do these turtles bask? |
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| Due to limited basking sites, these turtles pile on top of each other on rocks or logs |
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Map Turtle
Is this a shy turtle? |
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Definition
| yes. this is a stupid subjective question |
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Map Turtle
What color is the carapace? |
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Map Turtle
What is the pattern of the carapace? |
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| irregular pattern of thin, yellow-orange lines networking the upper shell randomly like roads |
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Map Turtle
How is the carapace shaped? |
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| somewhat flattened; marked with distinctive keel |
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Map Turtle
Describe the plastron. |
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| yellowish and bears no markings |
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Map Turtle
What color is the carapace? |
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Map Turtle
Describe head, neck and tail; and face |
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| head, neck and tail are accented with narrow yellow lines; a yellow somewhat triangular spot is behind each eye |
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Map Turtle
What is the range? |
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Definition
one larger and two smaller parts:
along Lake Erie; Ohio River Drainage; major portion of Susquehanna Basin; Lower Delaware Basin |
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Map Turtle
How did it travel from native Lake Erie home to Hudson River? |
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| through the canals; Hudson River gave it access to Delaware River |
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| across upper New York to Wisconsin; south to Louisiana |
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| prefers slow-moving large rivers over smaller, faster waters; prefers lakes rather than ponds; prefers mud bottoms with stands of vegetation |
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| not in a hurry to hibernate; comes out sooner than other species |
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| may have two or more clutches of eggs per year (depending on how far north it is); 12-14 eggs in May to mid-July; hatch in mid-August to September |
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Map Turtle
When do hatchlings leave the nest? |
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| sometimes not til the following May or June |
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Definition
| some vegetable, but mostly mollusks and crayfish; females can crush large snails and freshwater clams |
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Blanding's Turtle:
What list is this turtle on? |
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| PA List of Candidate Species |
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Blanding's Turtle
Who was Dr. William Blanding? |
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Definition
| a Philadelphia naturalsit that lived in the 1800s (nineteenth century) |
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Blanding's Turtle
adult shell length |
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Blanding's Turtle
temperatures |
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Definition
| more tolerant of cold temperatures than most other turtles |
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Blanding's Turtle
identification of carapace |
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Definition
carapace is smooth and shaped like helmet
lots of pale yellowish spots (heavy profusion)that sometimes connect |
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Blanding's Turtle
identification of plastron/lower shell |
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Definition
| yellow and accented with large black splotches |
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Blanding's Turtle
chin and throat |
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Definition
| bright yellow; in PA only the softshell turtles have longer necks |
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Blanding's Turtle
head and face |
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Definition
| large protruding eyes in a flat head |
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Blanding's Turtle
How is plastron hinged? |
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| it can be closed but not to the extent the box turtle is able to close up |
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Nebraska to Ohio and Ontario
may benot found in PA at all; never had a large territory |
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~primarily aquatic
~likes to bask but will not go far from water
~Wetlands are a favorite
~favors an area covered with dense growth of vegetation |
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| varied; carnivore; crayfish, insects and snails; berries; sometimes frogs if they are able to catch them |
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