Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)

Created: July 5th, 2007 - 12:43 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Corey Raimond
Record 3985

Country: United States		State: Massachusetts	County: Barnstable County	Time: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Male	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Open sandy dune near a drying wetland
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 25.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Only spotted turtle found the entire summer by the National Park Service Crew on Cape Cod National Sea Shore. Either very uncommon or very secretive in the Outer Cape Cod. We marked him and determined he was 7-8 years old.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Corey Raimond on Dec 21, 2007 at 11:59 AM

Yeah, my boss found that guy walking around in the dunes of Cape Cod National Seashore, it was found near a temporary wetland that was pretty much dried up, but there were more wetlands that held more water within 1/4 mile. Just added a photo for habitat.

Posted by Mike VanValen on Dec 21, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Nice clean specimen. Any idea of the habitat it was found in?