Spotted Turtle (IMAGE)

USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station

Spotted Turtle

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Spotted turtles are considered a threatened species in areas of the Eastern United States where the main conservation concerns are habitat destruction and over-exploitation (for pets). Spotted turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination which has raised concerns relative to future reproduction and global warming predictions (whether only one sex might be produced in warm years).

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John White, Virginia Herpetological Society

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