Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
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CHICKEN
TURTLE Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille,
1801)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 2 mi NE Farmersville
and 3 mi E of Princeton on FM 2756; Dallas
Co.: Belt Line Rd. at the
Elm Fork of the Trinity River, Sandy Lakd Rd. at the Elm Fork of the
Trinity River, Spring Creek area N of Garland, and Seagoville area;
Denton Co.: 1.2
mi E of Trinity River on US 380 and 1.2 mi E Trinity River on FM 428 near
Aubrey; Tarrant Co.: The
West Fork of the Trinity River near the Bell Helicopter Plant in Hurst and
Trinity Blvd. creek crossing in Euless
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Kaufman, Tarrant, and Wise.
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms
SUBSPECIES: Western
Chicken Turtle (D. r. miaria Schwartz, 1956)
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