samedi 15 octobre 2011

Freshwater Turtles

Hi! Good Morning! I here's Deirochelys reticularia, nick appoint - Chicken turtle, as a result of my long, striped, neck. I feel some sort of freshwater turtle plus belong that will your most respected family Emydidae. I inhabit the calm and quiet weedy fresh water ponds, swamps or perhaps marshes.

Look with the excellent grooves along with green multilevel for the surface area regarding this brown lightly carapace (4 that will 10 inches wide long). Whenever I get bored, I end up in addition to delight in moving forward to the actual land. I thrive on both non-vegetarian in addition to vegetarian foods. Remember, under no circumstances at any time try to worsen me, in addition I will bite!

Let me propose other family members:

Mr. Clemmys marmorata, (Pacific/Western Pond turtle)
Miss Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle/Swamp turtle)
Mr. Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding's turtle).
Mrs. Graptemys geographica (Common Map turtle)
Baby Graptemys pseudogeographica (False Map turtle)
Master Clemmys guttata (Spotted turtle)
Miss Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)
Ma'm Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider) take a look at your important red stripe driving the particular eyes.
Mr.Chrysemys picta picta (Eastern Painted Turtle)
Mrs. Pseudemys rubriventris (Eastern Red-bellied Turtle)
Mr. Calemys insculpta (Wood Turtle)

They tend to be in essence carnivorous nevertheless at times nibble with factories along with signs to get a transform with palate. They all inhabit shallow lakes, weedy marshes, ponds etc.

Let's review there; Kinosternidae family can be having a great picnic upon tadpoles, snails, earthworms in addition to crayfish-

There will be -Mr. Kinosternon subrubrum (Mud turtle and also Eastern Mud Turtle) along with Mrs. Kinosternon flavescents (Yellow Mud turtle) along with yellow throat, easy brown carapace including a massive twice hinged boring coloured plastron.

Meet young and also energetic Musk turtle, Common Musk Turtle along with Loggerhead Musk Turtle. Though close kins, these are different species less than the genus Sternotherus. They include small tail, grey, dark brown or maybe dull colored oval-shaped shell, a particular hinged plastron and white stripes upon the two facets from the head.

But don't dare to disturb them, else they will often emit a robust foul fragrance from the glands that may knock a person available (...just in between everyone and also me, we all call up all of them "stinkpot" due to the odor...yuck)! They will not mature beyond a few inches wide and also have quality fleshy barbels about the chin.

There, basking on the sandbars, is the genius swimmers - Miss Apalone ferox in addition to Apalone spinifera (Spiny- along with Florida soft-shell turtles) in the Family Trionychidae. They are generally big (5-24 inches), carnivoresand have leathery shells.

Wow! There is Mr.Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle) of Chelydridae family; most significant with some of our kind (8-20 inches) along with strong getting upset jaws. How majestic!

Aren't we all fascinating? Then the reason why does one gobble us? Why eh...?


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