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Eastern Box Turtle |
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Stinkpot (Musk Turtle) |
- Size: 31" to 48"
- Habitat: ocean
- Food: sponges, mollusks, crabs, sea urchins, seaweeds
- Notes: nests on beaches from Texas to Virginia, sometimes visits Maine
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- Size: 4" - 8½"
- Habitat: wet woods and pastures
- Food: worms, slugs, raspberries, and mushrooms poisonous to people
- Notes: has high, domed shell; some have lived over 100 years
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- Size: 3" - 5½"
- Habitat: spends most of its time in quiet, murky ponds
- Food: snails, insects, crayfish, clam, carrion
- Notes: small but feisty, can snap as far back as its hind legs, lets off musky smell when disturbed
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| Wood Turtle |
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Eastern Painted Turtle |
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Snapping Turtle |
- Size: 5" - 9"
- Habitat: stream banks, summers in fields or woods
- Food: earthworms, slugs, tadpoles, insects, berries
- Notes: "woodies" thump the ground to make worms think it's raining so they come up, then get eaten
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- Size: 4" - 10"
- Habitat: ponds, streams, and wetlands
- Food: tiny animals and aquatic plants
- Notes: most widespread turtles species in North America, likes to bask on floating logs
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- Size: 8" - 18½"
- Habitat: muddy, weedy ponds and marshes
- Food: scavenger, eats crayfish, small turtles, frogs, fish, and ducklings
- Notes: won't bother you if you won't bother it, but stands its ground when provoked
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Spotted Turtle |
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- Size: 3½" - 5"
- Habitat: marshy meadows, bogs and wet woodlands
- Food: most anything, including spiders, earthworms, crustaceans
- Notes: overcollecting, filling swamps, and possibly pollution have made this turtle rare
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