Question 9


    9A:
      Turtle has white or grey skin with dark spots or lines. Shell with deep concentric grooves on each scute. Found in brackish water along East Coast only. See an example
      Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin M. terrapin Subspecies

    9B:
    9C:
      Skin and shell black with yellow spots.
      Spotted Turtle, Clemmys guttata

    9D:
      Shell smooth, mottled olive or tan colored, without pattern. From West Coast.
      Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata C. marmorata Subspecies


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