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Mississippi mud turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Description:

Small brown turtle wading around in the mud and aquatic plants as approached looked like a weathered rock upon closer inspection was a turtle :)

Habitat:

Small pond shallow with allot of aquatic plant life

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2 Comments

KevinBBabbitt
KevinBBabbitt 11 years ago

Sure will do as he did look like a rock in the mud

smcrenshaw
smcrenshaw 11 years ago

Good eyes. I would have thought he was a rock! Perhaps you could add it to the Mimetic Animals mission.

KevinBBabbitt
Spotted by
KevinBBabbitt

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Aug 25, 2012
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012

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