Turtle Wood
Unlike other turtle species that favor either land or water, the wood turtle resides in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Aquatic habitats are required for mating, feeding, and hibernation, while. Wood turtle populations have been reduced by pollution of streams, development of wooded stream banks, the increase in predation due to human-subsidized predators including raccoons and skunks,. Apart from the protection of Wood Turtle habitat at the landscape scale, the habitat management efforts highlighted in this booklet are perhaps the most effective way to positively impact Wood Turtle. Habitat information came from the Northeast Wood Turtle Working Group (2011), peer‐reviewed literature, and a wood turtle species viability report conducted by the White Mountain National Forest. carapaces, hence the name “wood” turtle. Males also have concave plastrons, or lower botom shells, and longer, thicker tails with their cloacal opening or vent located nearer to the tips of their tails.
The wood turtle occurs from Nova Scotia westward to eastern Minnesota. In the east, it ranges southward to the mountains of northern Virginia. In the western part of its range, its distribution is.
Turtle Wood - Eddie Forbes Art
