A Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) basks on a log in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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A Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) basks on a log in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
by marlin harms

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Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, northern California
Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).
This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.
This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)
photograph by Anton Sorokin
Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys pallida), family Emydidae, Los Padres National Forest, Southern CA, USA
Threatened (proposed listing)
photograph via: Turtle Conservancy
Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys pallida), family Emydidae, Baja California, Mexico
photograph by Myke Clarkson
Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, California
Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).
This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.
This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle still found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)
photograph by Dick Bartlett

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Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys pallida), family Emydidae, southern CA, USA
photograph via: Turtle Conservancy
Western Pond Turtle Moves Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Turtle Battling Steep Declines in California, Oregon, Washington
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a 2012 petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Endangered Species Act protection may be warranted for the western pond turtle. The agency will now conduct a one-year status review on the turtle, which faces declines of up to 99 percent in some areas, including Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) are declining in abundance rangewide, especially in the northernmost portion and the southern third of the range. The animals are listed as state endangered in Washington, sensitive/critical in Oregon, and a species of special concern in California. Although habitat destruction is one of the biggest threats to the turtle, none of these state laws provides effective habitat protection...
(read more: Center for Biological Diversity)
photograph by California department of water resources