What’s small (reaching a maximum size of 4.5 inches), has a shell, and a distinctive orange patch on each side of its head? A bog turtle! 🐢 This New York State native turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America! It is state listed as endangered and federally listed as threatened. It’s pretty neat that NYS has populations in the wild, but many thanks should be given to DEC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), conservation partners, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS
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What’s small (reaching a maximum size of 4.5 inches), has a shell, and a distinctive orange patch on each side of its head? A bog turtle! 🐢 This New York State native turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America! It is state listed as endangered and federally listed as threatened. It’s pretty neat that NYS has populations in the wild, but many thanks should be given to DEC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), conservation partners, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS
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The Bog Turtle is North America's smallest turtle, reaching up to 4.5 inches in length, and is easily identified by the distinctive orange or yellow patches on the sides of its head. These shy, semi-aquatic reptiles live in open, groundwater-fed wetlands like bogs and wet meadows, and their populations are declining due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and illegal collection for the pet trade. The bog turtle is federally listed as a threatened species. Bog turtle ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii) with Mo
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The Bog Turtle is North America's smallest turtle, reaching up to 4.5 inches in length, and is easily identified by the distinctive orange or yellow patches on the sides of its head. These shy, semi-aquatic reptiles live in open, groundwater-fed wetlands like bogs and wet meadows, and their populations are declining due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and illegal collection for the pet trade. The bog turtle is federally listed as a threatened species. Bog turtle ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii) with Mo
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The Bog Turtle: The One Who Stays
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The Bog Turtle: The One Who Stays
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YouTubePerspicacious History
Bog Turtle Research
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Bog Turtle Research
Jul 12, 2020
wnep.com
A bog turtle, North America’s tiniest turtle, is no bigger than your hand. Its habitat is disappearing, and it needs help. Scientists are launching a tracking program to better understand what needs to be done. Learn more with #SciNC! This story was produced with support from the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Special thanks to NC Wildlife Resources Commission and Tangled Bank Conservation. | PBS North Carolina
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A bog turtle, North America’s tiniest turtle, is no bigger than your hand. Its habitat is disappearing, and it needs help. Scientists are launching a tracking program to better understand what needs to be done. Learn more with #SciNC! This story was produced with support from the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Special thanks to NC Wildlife Resources Commission and Tangled Bank Conservation. | PBS North Carolina
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The Scientists Behind Decades of Bog Turtle Research
The Scientists Behind Decades of Bog Turtle Research
Nov 8, 2022
nature.org
The bog turtle is an endangered species in New Jersey. It is considered imperiled in this state due to its rarity and vulnerability throughout its range in the eastern United States. Tiny, dark and with a distinct orange patch behind the ears, they spend most of their lives underground. NJ Fish & Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP), New Jersey Audubon, and other Federal, State and non-government organization partners initiate conservation efforts including habitat management
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The bog turtle is an endangered species in New Jersey. It is considered imperiled in this state due to its rarity and vulnerability throughout its range in the eastern United States. Tiny, dark and with a distinct orange patch behind the ears, they spend most of their lives underground. NJ Fish & Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP), New Jersey Audubon, and other Federal, State and non-government organization partners initiate conservation efforts including habitat management
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Happy World Turtle Day! This adorable bog turtle is the smallest turtle in North America. When it's fully grown, it's no bigger than your hand! They can live up to 50 years old. These little guys are critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching. To learn more about these tiny friends, stay tuned for an #OutdoorsMaryland segment airing this fall! | Maryland Public Television
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Bog Turtle Habitat Restoration & Kioti Krazy Contest Clue #2
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wnep.com
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It’s a bog turtle, not a big turtle. When they’re born, bog turtles are the size of a quarter. As adults, they’re only four inches. Watch as ARC Southern Appalachian Program Coordinator Mike Knoerr shows off a young bog turtle he found and some of the habitat from our bog turtle program. Although bog turtles are little, our program to recover them is big. For starters, to find remaining populations, we use machine learning that identifies habitat from aerial photography. We also often look for b
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Here’s some rare footage of a wild Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) escaping into his tunnel. They dig these small tunnels to use as hibernacula during the winter, and in the spring, they emerge from among the roots to forage, bask, and mate throughout the fen’s thick tussocks of sedges/grasses and clumps sphagnum moss. Unfortunately, because of their unique characteristics, bog turtles are sought out in the illegal pet trade. An adult bog turtle is worth a few thousand dollars on the black m
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FacebookTurtle Conservancy
Bog Turtle Care Sheet | Reptiles' Cove
Apr 20, 2020
reptilescove.com
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Since 1986, Zoo Knoxville has been playing a major role in the survival of a critically endangered turtle species, the bog turtle, here in Tennessee. Bog turtles are one of the smallest turtle species in the world and are threatened by extinction due to habitat loss, illegal trafficking, and predation. Thanks to support from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, The Nature Conservancy and the University of Tennessee, Zoo Knoxville is able to do the research necessary to help preserve the life and
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The quest to protect the bog turtle: Saving NC’s smallest turtle
Nov 18, 2019
unc.edu
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The Bog Turtle
Mar 11, 2014
VimeoPrinceton University
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What Are Bog Turtle Habitats Like? - Reptilian Wonders
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YouTubeReptilian Wonders
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From Bog Turtle researcher, Mike Knoerr, “Meet male 4.2 (aka Jackie Robinson). I have found this big fella more times than any other bog turtle as I often work in his fen and know where he lives (in some willow roots with 2-3 females and sometimes a bullfrog). This spring he and his lady friends were totally MIA from their usual haunts. I eventually found him ~100m away chowing down on a nightcrawler. Today, we found him and his girlfriends back under their willows. The females are just about bu
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FacebookTurtle Survival Alliance
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Conservation Connect: Bog Turtle
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YouTubeU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Turtle Facts
Apr 17, 2021
facts.net
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Saving the Bog Turtle
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YouTubeDelaware DNREC
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We see a big future for these tiny little diggers. When born, bog turtles are the size of a quarter. As adults, they’re only four inches. They are mysterious and secretive, spending most of their time buried in mud. Bog turtles are imperiled; they are a federally listed threatened species. The challenges facing this little reptile are huge: the bogs they rely on have been drained for development and agriculture, they are poached for the pet trade, and they’re hit by cars when they cross roads, l
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Turtle Facts: 10 amazing things about turtles - Our Planet
Oct 17, 2021
ourplnt.com
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BOG TURTLE Documentary: Preliminary Footage
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YouTubeJonathan Doster Photography
Five fun turtle and tortoise facts from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
May 23, 2018
si.edu
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North America's smallest turtle is the Bog Turtle
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YouTubeDefenders of Wildlife
Turtle facts: 9 amazing things you should know - Greenpeace UK
Jan 15, 2020
greenpeace.org.uk
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Bog turtle #wildlife #wildliferescue #fishrescue
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YouTubeLife Saviours
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Bog turtles will go EXTINCT before our eyes #animals #turtle #nature #conservation #naturelovers
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YouTubeEnter the Biosphere
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A Special Turtle
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YouTubeCheloniaCast
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Meet the Rare endangered Bog Turtle - have you seen those ever ? #turtle #wildlife
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