Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Florida chicken turtle (D. r. chrysea ) has the most distinctively patterned carapace of all the chicken turtles, featuring bold, broad yellow-orange reticulation. [ 3 ] The shell is cuneiform (wedge-shaped), especially so in males and juvenile turtles, [ 21 ] and measures up to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) for males and 25.0 cm (9.8 in) for females ...
Deirochelys is a genus of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae, the pond and marsh turtles. It contains one extant species, the chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia), which is native to the southeastern United States. A second extinct member, Deirochelys carri, is known from a fossil found in Alachua County, Florida. [3]
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Florida. All three rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Florida's Gulf Coast after being ...
A Florida man pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of turtles to Germany and Hong Kong and falsifying documents to conceal his crimes. John Michael Kreatsoulas, 36, of Alva, Florida, sold ...
eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857: Deirochelys reticularia - chicken turtle Eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia) Florida chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia chrysea)
Sea turtles, marine birds and children under 7 will be protected under a new Florida law that bans the intentional release of balloons. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday ...