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Spotted
Turtle
Clemmys guttata (1792,
Schneider) |
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| general
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| description |
A turtle with unhinged
plastron; low, smooth-margined, black carapace usually
with one to several yellow spots per scute. |
| a.k.a |
Yellow-spotted Turtle |
| distribution |
U.S.A. and Canada
(southern Quebec, Canada, to extreme northeastern Illinois
and northern Florida)
code : CA, US |
| adult
size |
approx. 4" carapax length
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| sexing |
Male: Horny portion of both jaws almost completely
covered with dark pigment.
Female: Horny portion of both jaws yellowish and virtually
unmarked.
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| housing |
| natural
habitats |
Semi-aquatic, Cryptic;
Shallow wetlands including sedge meadows adjoining cattail
marshes, and wet dolomite prairies, marshy meadows, bogs,
swamps, small ponds, ditches |
| aquarium |
Land area is necessary.
In water area, preferablly with a lot of aquatic plants.
Water should be no deeper than 24" -- It is poor
swimmer, can drown. |
| substrate |
Soil, mud, gravel, barks
(e.g. Repti Bark,
Coconut Bark) |
| activity
period |
 Nighttime (nocturnal);
give heat and help monitoring by infrared lamps (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp) where the light is invisible for it but
humans |
| temperature |
30 - 32 ¢XC -- basking
spot (e.g. Basking
Spot Lamp)
23 - 27 ¢XC -- cooler area (e.g. Daylight
Blue Bulb)
18 - 23 ¢XC -- at night (e.g. Nightlight
Red Bulb, Infrared
Heat Lamp, Ceramic
Heat Emitter) |
| diet |
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wild diet |
Carnivorous (meat-eating);
Fish, crayfish,
aquatic isopods and insects |
| captive
food |
Fish (e.g. minnows, goldfish),
crayfish, shrimps, insects, Aquatic
Turtle Food |
| reproduction |
| reproduction |
Oviparous |
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