
Clemmys guttata
Spotted Turtle
- Habitat:
- - Swamps
- Marshes
- Small, slow-moving streams
- Temporary wetlands
- Forested floodplains
- Meadows
- Threats:
- - Habitat destruction, alteration, and fragmentation
- Collection for the pet trade
- Road and railroad mortality
- Increased predation by mammalian predators
- Conservation Efforts:
- - Captive breeding
- Reintroduction programs
- Field survey and monitoring
- Protected at the state level throughout its range in the United States
- Federally protected in Canada
- CITES Appendix II
- Wild Population:
- - Decreasing
- Most Populations are small and thus sensitive to localized extinction
- Distribution is localized to preferred habitat
- Endangered Status:
- Endangered

