[Dtwg] FW: Turtle identification

    Chambers, Randolph M rmcham at wm.edu
    Mon Sep 20 09:59:11 EDT 2021 
    Found in a freshwater wetland in Fairfax County, VA.
Released southern subspecies?


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From: Mike Powell < mqpowe at bellatlantic.net 
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Subject: Turtle identification
Date: September 19, 2021 at 2:51:31 PM EDT
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Reply-To: Mike Powell < mqpowe at bellatlantic.net 
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I spotted this cool-looking turtle on 17 September 2021 at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge in Fairfax County. It looks to me like it might be a Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin), though the range map on your website does not seem to include Fairfax County or the surrounding counties. The turtle was adjacent to a small pond that is fed by water from a nearby wetland.

Thanks for assistance in helping to confirm or correct my identification.

Cheers,

Mike Powell
[cid:17c030520eb3b136c71]

Randy Chambers
Professor of Biology
Director, Keck Environmental Field Lab
William & Mary
Keck Lab, 200 Wake Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757.221.2331 https://www.wm.edu/as/kecklab/ 
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