#TurtlesOfinstagram #SpottedTurtles #Turtles #AnimaliaSeria #ChordataSeria #ReptiliaSeria #TestudinesSeria #EmydidaeSeria #ClemmysSeria ScientificName: #ClemmysGuttataSeria (Schneider,1792) #SpottedTurtlesSeria #TurtlesSeria #Endangered Synonym(s): #TestudoGuttata Schneider, 1792 . natgeo Video by @joelsartore | Spotted Turtles like this one at @theomahazoo hibernate during the winter months, but unlike bears they do so underwater in the muddy bottoms of shallow waterways. These turtles are semi-aquatic, coming onto land during nesting season, when traversing between water sources . Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered A thorough, detailed summary of the Spotted Turtle's status is needed, but with a generation time of probably over 25 years, the species is likely to have suffered more than 50% overall reduction, much of this being irreversible through habitat loss. At remaining locations, habitat succession may be a challenge, while population recovery from past collection for pet trade and ongoing traffic and other accidental mortality, and recolonization of any new sites with suitable habitat, is slow and constrained by subsidized predators and possibly climatic changes. The species meets the criteria for Endangered Clemmys guttata inhabits the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States, occurring from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to the St. Lawrence valley, as well as the upper reaches of the Ohio River system. It also occurs in the Atlantic coastal lowlands and foothills from New Hampshire (possibly southern Maine), southwards to northern Florida (Iverson 1992, Meylan 2006, Ernst and Lovich 2009). Native: Canada (Ontario, Québec); United States (Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia) . #UsaAnimalsSeria #UsaTurtlesSeria #UsaReptilesSeria #NorthAmericanAnimalsSeria #NorthAmericanTurtlesSeria #SpottedAnimalsSeria #SpottedReptilesSeria #NorthAmericanReptilesSeria #EndageredSeria . #09May2018seria #09MaySeria #2018MaySeria #2018WesnesdaySeria (Turtle & Tortoise Society)
