Chicken turtle - Wikipedia
The chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) is a turtle native to the southeastern United States. It is the only extant member of the genus Deirochelys and is a member of the freshwater marsh …
ADW: Deirochelys reticularia: INFORMATION
Deirochelys reticularia is found in coastal areas from Virginia to Texas and northward into Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Florida subspecies, D. r. chrysea, is limited to peninsular …
Deirochelys reticularia miaria - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The western chicken turtle is a small to medium-sized freshwater turtle that is easily identified by its extraordinarily long, striped neck. The egg-shaped carapace (top half of the shell) is rough …
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) - University of Georgia
Chicken Turtles are unusual among turtles in that they have a winter egg-laying period that begins in late summer and early fall, declines during the coldest months and resumes again in …
Deirochelys reticularia
Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) (TSN 173786) Includes three subspecies: D. r. chrysea, D. r. miaria, and D. r. reticularia. This turtle has a broad range that …
Eastern Chicken Turtle - Virginia Herpetological Society
Deirochelys is derived from the Greek word deire which means "neck" and chelys which means "tortoise". Species: reticularia is from the Latin word reticulatus which means netlike referring …
Chicken Turtle - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) is a turtle native to the southeastern United States. It is the only extant member of the genus Deirochelys and is a member of the freshwater marsh …
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