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Blanding's turtle

Emydoidea blandingii




1 species ID suggestions

Blanding's turtle
Emydoidea blandingii

5 Comments

John G. Phillips
John G. Phillips 6 months ago

Now that you mention it yeah...that's clearly not an American Crocodile. The snout is WAY too short. I must have been drinking when I wrote that... Anthony, I think you should split this into three spottings.

MarinusDominus
MarinusDominus 6 months ago

John are you sure the crocodilian is an American crocodile? It looks more like the Paleosuchus I've seen.

brennan.caverhill
brennan.caverhill 6 months ago

Hi Anthony, the first turtle in your series of 3 photographs above is definitely a Blanding's turtle, but the 3rd is a "soft-shelled" turtle!

John G. Phillips
John G. Phillips a year ago

Alice is correct. The first looks like a Blanding's hybird, the second is an American Crocodile, and the third is a softshell turtle. Since they are in a zoo, it is hard for me to determine the softshell at this point.

You have three different spottings and each one needs it's own page. Please seperate them so everyone will see them. You put more than one picture on a page only if it is the same subject.

Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA

Lat: 44.77, Long: -93.19

Spotted on Dec 27, 2011
Submitted on Dec 28, 2011

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