Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata)

Created: April 19th, 2009 - 11:46 PM
Last Modified: September 5th, 2013 - 04:51 AM Entered by: Jonathan Hakim
Record 24089

Country: United States		State: California	County: Riverside County	Time: 2009-04-17 14:55:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Male	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Stream pool in scrub hills
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 1430.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Saw this one just chilling in the water, then he freaked out when he saw me and tried to hide in the rocks on the bottom. Had earlier heared two turtle-splashes in seperate areas upstream of this pool, but could not verify the species for sure.

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Comments

Posted by Brian Hubbs on Sep 04, 2013 at 12:34 AM

This is a male Jonathan...

Posted by Danielle Kruger on Jul 12, 2013 at 11:32 AM

Nice. I have been to the Santa Ana Mountains many times and I've never been able to spot any. I'm envious.

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on Jul 12, 2013 at 02:24 AM

They were in the Santa Ana Mountains. I've been back to that stream a few times, and usually seen a couple every time, though I haven't gotten any other pictures.

Posted by Danielle Kruger on Jul 10, 2013 at 10:45 PM

May I ask exactly where in Riverside County this was?