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Clemmys guttata
SPOTTED TURTLE
Cape Lookout National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		SPOTTED TURTLE
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Emydidae, Genus Clemmys, Species Clemmys guttata


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		UR
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 2 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Assateague Island National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Fire Island National Seashore	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
National Capital Parks-East	Petersburg National Battlefield
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	9/23/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/4/2025 10:38:59 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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