DFW HERPS

Deirochelys reticularia

Chicken Turtle

 
     

CHICKEN TURTLE Deirochelys reticularia  (Latreille, 1801) 

STATUS:  Uncommon

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, Tarrant, and Wise.

HABITAT:  Trinity River Bottoms

SUBSPECIES:  Western Chicken Turtle (D. r. miaria Schwartz, 1956)