Blanding’s Turtle

The Blanding’s Turtle is a cold-hardy species found in the Upper Mississippi River basin and Great Lakes Region of the United States and Canada, as well as in disjunct populations in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States and Nova Scotia in Maritime Canada. Although somewhat similar in appearance to the Spotted […]

North American Wood Turtle

The range of the North American Wood Turtle spans several geographic regions of the United States and Canada, from the western peripheries of the Great Lakes to Maritime Canada and south through New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and into Northern Virginia. There, the North American Wood Turtle finds refuge in a mosaic of riparian woodlands, moist […]

Spotted Turtle

The Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) lives in the United States and Canada and is a protected species within the South Carolina area. It has a carapace that is jet-black and has yellow dots all over, and usually, it is not more than five inches in length. It lives in shallow wetlands, swamps, and marshes.