Western Pond Turtle
A western pond turtle basks in the sun on a beautiful California day on Lower Klamath Lake near the Oregon border. Listed as a vulnerable/threatened species, these small turtles are slow-growing, often maturing at around 10 years old and are taking a hard hit from invasive bird and animal species - especially bullfrogs and bass.
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A. marmorata, Actinemys, America, Animalia, California, Chordata, Clemmys marmorata, Emydidae, Emys, Emys marmorata, Klamath, Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, March, NWR, National Wildlife Refuge, Pacific Freshwater Turtle, Pacific Mud Turtle, Pacific Terrapin, Pacific pond turtle, Reptilia, Siskiyou County, Testudines, Tortuga Estanque Del Oeste, USA, United States, animal, arid, beautiful, beauty, beauty beautiful, black, carapace, cold-blooded, color, dry, fauna, geology, marmorata, native, natural, nature, pond turtle, reptile, shell, terrapin, tortuga, vertebrate, wild, wildlife, winter
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