Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Emydidae > Actinemys > Actinemys marmorataActinemys marmorata (Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle)Synonyms: Actinemys marmorata marmorata; Actinemys owyheensis; Clemmys hesperia; Clemmys marmorata; Clemmys marmorata marmorata; Clemmys owyheensis; Clemmys wosnessenskyi; Emys marmorata; Emys nigra (heterotypic) The western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata or Emys marmorata), or Pacific pond turtle is a small to medium-sized turtle growing to approximately 20 cm (8 in) in carapace length. It is limited to the west coast of the United States of America and Mexico, ranging from western Washington state to northern Baja California. In May 2002, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Pacific pond turtle as being extirpated in Canada. |
Gestation [2] | 80 days | Hibernates [1] | Yes | Litter Size [2] | 4 | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [3] | 27 years 3 months | Water Biome [1] | Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Brackish Water |  | Adult Weight [2] | 282 grams | Female Weight [2] | 282 grams |  | Diet [1] | Omnivore |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Blue Mountains forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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California coastal sage and chaparral |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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California interior chaparral and woodlands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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California montane chaparral and woodlands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Central and Southern Cascades forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Central Pacific coastal forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Chihuahuan desert |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Great Basin shrub steppe |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Klamath-Siskiyou forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Northern California coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Okanagan dry forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Palouse grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Puget lowland forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Snake-Columbia shrub steppe |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Willamette Valley forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve |
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153447 |
California, United States |
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Dye Creek Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
38152 |
California, United States |
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Elkhorn Slough Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
964 |
California, United States |
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Fairfield Osborn Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
190 |
California, United States |
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
V |
26135 |
California, United States |
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Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
7008 |
California, United States |
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Jepson Prairie Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
1553 |
California, United States |
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Lassen Volcanic National Park |
II |
29388 |
California, United States |
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Nipomo Dunes Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve |
Ia |
3725 |
California, United States |
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Parque Nacional de Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park |
II |
180607 |
Baja California, Mexico |
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Pinnacles National Monument |
V |
2869 |
California, United States |
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Point Reyes National Seashore |
II |
27068 |
California, United States |
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Redwood National Park |
II |
77867 |
California, United States |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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San Francisco Peninsular Watershed County Wildlife Refuge or Management Area |
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30320 |
California, United States |
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San Joaquin Biosphere Reserve |
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4527 |
California, United States |
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area |
V |
38440 |
California, United States |
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve |
II |
172261 |
California, United States |
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Spivey Pond Management Area |
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54 |
California, United States |
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Whiskey-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area |
V |
197791 |
California, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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