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Wood turtle
Wood turtle
(Glyptemys insculpta)
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Wood turtle laying eggs
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle eggs in nest in sand bank
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle hatching from egg
© Zig Leszczynski / Animals Animals
Wood turtle hatching
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle hatchlings
© Zig Leszczynski / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle hatchlings emerging from nest
© James H. Harding
Young wood turtle
© Chris Mattison / www.nhpa.co.uk
Close up of a wood turtle
© Ted Levin / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle, front view
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle amongst vegetation
© Chris Sharp / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle
© Zig Leszczynski / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle
© Zig Leszczynski / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle on sand, side view
© Patti Murray / Animals Animals
Wood turtle on sand
© Allen Blake Sheldon / Animals Animals
Wood turtle
© Jack Dermid / www.osfimages.com
Wood turtle in habitat
© Ken Cole / Animals Animals
Wood turtle on log
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle feeding on a worm
© James H. Harding
Wood turtle eating worm
© Joe McDonald / www.osfimages.com
Female wood turtle plastron
© James H. Harding
Old male wood turtle
© James H. Harding
Wood turtles mating
© James H. Harding
Nesting wood turtle
© James H. Harding
Nesting beach of the wood turtle
© James H. Harding
Dead wood turtle
© James H. Harding
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