This gorgeous, starry-backed Spotted Turtle was spotted in a coastal plain wetland by Turtle Survival Alliance’s Jordan Gray on a recent afternoon survey. This turtle was first cataloged by Jordan in 2021 just meters away from where he was rediscovered last week. Due to experiencing more than two years of drought where this turtle lives, it’s likely that he has been in a relative state of dormancy, buried beneath moist leaf litter and other decomposing debris in the forest surrounding “his” wetl

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