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Species Spotlight! Spotted Turtle!

Common name: Spotted Turtle

Scientific name: Clemmys guttata

Countries of origin: United States of America

Habitat: Swamps, marshes, small, slow-moving streams, temporary wetlands, forested floodplains, and wet meadows

Threats: Habitat destruction, alteration, and fragmentation; collection for the pet trade; road and railroad mortality; increased predation by mammalian predators

Wild Population: Decreasing; most populations are relatively small and thus sensitive to localized extinction; distribution is localized to preferred habitats

Conservation: Captive breeding; reintroduction programs; field surveys and monitoring; protected at the state level throughout its range in the United States; federally protected in Canada; CITES Appendix II