Spotted turtle

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spotted turtle

The spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) is a turtle found in eastern North America. They are found in the eastern Great Lakes and east of the Appalachian Mountains.[1] They are aquatic omnivores that live in shallow fresh water. These are places such as flooded forests, marshes, wet meadows, bogs and woodland streams.

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  1. Beaudry, F.; DeMaynadier, P. G.; Hunter Jr., M. L. (2009). "Seasonally Dynamic Habitat Use by Spotted (Clemmys guttata) and Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Maine". Journal of Herpetology. 43 (4): 636–645. doi:10.1670/08-127.1. S2CID 86573950.