Northern Diamondback Turtle
The Northern Diamondback Turtle is different from other turtles , because this is a turtle whose appearance is not determined. The reason why it is said is that the common turtle species have large differences between juveniles and adults, while the northern diamondback turtle can have different appearances according to different places of origin, so It is difficult to distinguish. To sum up, there are the following points.
The male body length is 10.2-13.8 cm; the female body length is 15.2-23.8 cm. There are ribs on the carapace, which are light brown or gray to black; there are deep growth rings on the scutes, which look like sculptures. The plastron is oblong, slightly yellow or green, and has dark freckles or patches; there are no hinge joints. The head and neck are gray with black fine spots. The eyes are dark and bright, and the jaw is light in color. The northern diamondback turtle is the named subspecies, with a wedge-shaped carapace when viewed from above. It is scattered in the area from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras in Northern California. The Carolina diamondback turtle is similar to the northern subspecies but more oval in appearance and is found from Cape Hatteras to northern Florida. The carapace of the East Coast Diamondback Turtle of Florida appears to be dark, while the center part of the scute is lighter in color, and the growth ring pattern on the carapace is not very obvious. It is scattered in the coastal areas of Florida and the United States. The mangrove diamondback turtle has stripes on its neck and vertical stripes on its hind legs and is found in the Florida Coral Islands. The golden turtle has a large orange and yellow patch in the center of the larger scute on its back, Florida Bay and the Florida Peninsula. Mississippiensis diamond turtles have dark brown or black carapace, yellow plastron, and extremely dark leg skin. They are distributed from the westernmost point of Florida to western Louisiana. The highest point on the Texas Diamondback Turtle's carapace points backward, the plastron is almost white, the legs are gray-green, and there are many tiny black spots. They are scattered from western Louisiana to western Texas. .
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