Turtles
Report your sighting!Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata - 9-11.5 cm; record 12.7cm
- Smooth black carapace with bright yellow or orange spots; spots fade in older turtles
- Plastron yellow-orange with large black blotch on each scute
- Males have tan chin and brown eyes; females have yellow chin and orange eyes
- Head, neck, limbs and tail are grey to black with yellow spots; inside of legs washed with orange
- Most active in spring; often seen basking on tufts of vegetation in shallow water
- Lays 3-8 oval, white, flexible-shelled, leathery eggs
- ENDANGERED
