#1766 · 🦎 reptiles

Wood Turtle

🇳🇱 Bosbeekschildpad ·Glyptemys insculpta

ENendangered 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Charlie Mellor · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Elinor Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gracie Catanzaro · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © batwrangler · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Baraga County, US-MI, US:© Tammy Bates · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Virginia, US:© Gracie Catanzaro · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Grover J. Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© ademsembryo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The wood turtle ( Glyptemys insculpta ) is a species of turtle endemic to North America. It is in the genus Glyptemys , a genus which contains only one other species of turtle: the bog turtle ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii ). 9 in), its defining characteristic being the pyramidal shape of the scutes on its upper shell. Morphologically, it is similar to the bog turtle, spotted turtle...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,626iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
5,626 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1830 (196 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.