Blanding's turtle is also fully protected in Michigan as a special concern species.

Blanding's turtles take 14-20 years to reach sexual maturity.

During the nesting season, a female Blanding's turtle may be found more than a kilometer from where it hibernated.

In one rare instance, a female wood turtle hybridized with a male Blanding's turtle.

It features one of the state of Illinois' few groups of Blanding's turtles.

Blanding's turtles are awkwardly endearing creatures with black speckled shells and yellow necks.

Examples of endangered fauna that find a home within the boundaries of the proposed refuge include the Blanding's turtle.

The provincially significant Blanding's Turtle is known from the lake; its long term survival likely depends upon sufficient nesting areas.

Records indicate that both Blanding's turtle and spotted turtle occur in many locations along the refuge boundary.

When a stranger calls about the Blanding's turtles in her backyard, Georgianna Garrison's response is icy.

Walking along the Minnesota, I saw a rare Blanding's turtle plop from a mossy log into the water.

These include the Fowler's toad, the six-lined racerunner and the state-endangered Blanding's turtle.

Blanding's turtle overwinters under or near water, in mud or under vegetation or debris.

Blanding's turtle is a timid turtle and may plunge into water and remain on the bottom for hours when alarmed.

Enzo Creek is home to the Blanding's Turtle, which is threatened and even endangered within its range.

Morphologically, it is similar to the bog turtle, spotted turtle, and Blanding's Turtle.

The park is noted for its population of Blanding's turtles, considered an endangered or threatened species by many U.S. states and Canada.

The Boone County Conservation District has identified the state-threatened Blanding's turtle in the creek.

The primary threat to Blanding's turtle is habitat fragmentation and destruction as well as nest predation by unnaturally large populations of predators.

The eastern box turtle and Blanding's turtle are similar in appearance to the wood turtle and all three live in overlapping habitats.

Significant animal species include the black rat snake (now officially renamed the Gray Ratsnake by experts on this species) and the Blanding's turtle.

Other threatened or rare species at the site include the Karner Blue butterfly, massasauga rattlesnake, Blanding's Turtle, and gray wolf.

The creek is also home to two species of reptile, the federally-threatened Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) and the snapping turtle.

Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)

However, unlike the wood turtle, both the Blanding's turtle and members of the box turtle family have hinged plastrons that allow them to completely close their shells.

Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)