Western Pond Turtle Subspecies


    A:
      Extra triangular-shaped scutes on bridge (where upper & lower shells meet). Along west coast from Canada southward to San Francisco. Isolated population in western Nevada.
      Northwestern Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata marmorata

    B:
      No extra scutes. From San Francisco southward to Baja California.
      Southwestern Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata pallida


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