#1698 · 🦎 reptiles

Northwestern Pond Turtle

🇳🇱 Pacifische waterschildpad ·Actinemys marmorata

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The western pond turtle ( Actinemys marmorata or Emys marmorata ), or Pacific pond turtle is a small to medium-sized turtle growing to approximately 20 cm (8 in) in carapace length. It is limited to the west coast of the United States of America and Mexico, ranging from western Washington state to northern Baja California. In May 2002, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Pacific pond turtle as being extirpated in Canada.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,643iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,643 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1852 (174 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.