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Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 13, February 15, March 14, April 20, May 16, June 10, July 8, August 8, September 11, October 12, November 9, December 11.
United States1,663
Georgia146
Alabama135
Texas105
Louisiana95
South Carolina91
North Carolina60
Mississippi44
Oklahoma16
Arkansas11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusChicken Turtles · Deirochelys

Sources

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Practise Chicken Turtle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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