Diamondback Turtle

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Beak | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Eyes

Photographed at Waterfront Park, Charleston. Presumed female due to megacephaly.

Malaclemmys littoralis, Female. Figs. 1-4, an individual 7 inches long, from Rockport, Tex. Fig.5, a slightly smaller individual.

Malaclemmys littoralis. The figures represent the same individual, an adult male 5 inches long, from Rockport, Tex. The tip of the tail has been injured.

Malaclemmys littoralis (Young).

Malaclemmys littoralis (Adult).

Malaclemmys pileata.