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Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta)

Wood Turtle (Clemmys insculpta)

Description:

• 13 - 20 cm
• rough, brown carapace with scutes which have ridges that resemble irregular pyramids
• reddish orange neck and forelegs

Habitat:

• most terrestrial of Ontario's turtles
• open woodlands, meadows around gravel bottomed streams

Conservation concerns, distribution and status:

• found in isolated colonies in southern and central Ontario
• has recently been designated as Vunerable by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

Potential climatic domain map

(105 observations in ONHIC database; 41 observations used in analysis)