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Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

Description:

Chicken Turtle

Habitat:

Tributary Subdivision

Notes:

Chicken Turtle

2 Species ID Suggestions

Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia retucularia Chicken turtle
NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna http://srelherp.uga.edu/turtles/psecon.htm


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4 Comments

swain14
swain14 4 years ago

Why is it called a chicken turtle

Logan Pinty
Logan Pinty 8 years ago

Cool

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 11 years ago

This one is actually a young River cooter, Pseudemys concinna. See 2nd picture on the SREL page - link provided on my Suggested ID.

marcus.durr
marcus.durr 11 years ago

bandhturtlesite, Thanks for the ID.

marcus.durr
Spotted by
marcus.durr

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Apr 19, 2012
Submitted on Apr 19, 2012

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