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Category: Reptilia

Chrysemys picta bellii (Western Painted Turtle)

May 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I love to see turtles! There is something so endearing and enduring about them, a zen like equanimity that calls…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Chrysemys, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines Filed under: Chrysemys picta, Western Painted Turtle

Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider)

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

A couple years ago I posted some photographs on Facebook, confidently stating that they were Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta),…

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Posted in: Animals, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines, Trachemys Filed under: Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta

Sceloporus occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard)

April 17, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Western Fence Lizards are, by far, the lizard species I most frequently encounter. Although those encounters mostly consist of a…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Phrynosomatidae, Plants, Reptilia, Sceloporus, Species Profiles, Squamata Filed under: Sceloporus occidentalis, Western Fence Lizard

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