Hudson-Housatonic Representative Unit Bog Turtle Phase 2 Surveyors List- March 2022

This document contains a list of individuals experienced in field herpetology that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), New York Field Office, New England Field Office, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wildlife Diversity Unit, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection currently recognize as qualified to survey for the presence of bog turtles, known as Phase 2 surveys. 

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A small black turtle white bright orange markings on it's neck walking in grass

This is the smallest emydid turtle, and one of the smallest turtles in the world. Adult carapace length is 7.9 to 11.4 cm (3.1 to 4.5 inches). The dark brown or black carapace may be marked with radiating light lines or a light blotch on the vertebral and pleural scutes. Scute annuli are usually...

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