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BOG TURTLE Clemmys muhlenbergi 

 Order: TESTUDINATA 

 Family: TESTUDINIDAE 



Estimated Numbers : Very difficult to estimate, but probably in magnitude 

 of 30 adults in Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland (Nemuras, 1973); Arndt 

 (1973) estimates 500+ adults in all Chesapeake Bay region; Barton (1973) 

 estimates 1000+ (15 + colonies). 



Present Distribution : 



Maryland : only recorded from 3 counties: Baltimore, Harford 

 and Cecil and most of these locations actually occur on the 

 Piedmont area; however, the following are probably within the 

 Chesapeake Bay drainage (Nemuras, 1967). 



a. Near Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Cecil Co. 1965-68 

 and 1947-1969 records. 



b. Broad Creek, Harford Co. - old record. 



c. Elk Neck, Cecil Co. - 1945 record. 



d. Grave Run Mills, Baltimore Co. - 1941 record. 



e. Eko, Baltimore Co. - 1960 record. 



f. Gunpowder Falls, Baltimore Co. - 1960 record. 



g. Sassafras River, Kent Co. - This is the southernmost point 

 where turtles are found on Delmarva Peninsula. 



h. Bel Air, on Rt. 1 near Baltimore - possibly gone. 



Delaware : 



a. Newark, New Castle Co. - 1955 record (Nemuras, 1972). 



b. Northern 3/4 of New Castle Co. (Nemuras, 1972). 



c. Odessa, New Castle Co. (Arndt, 1972) 

 Virginia : No colonies known on coastal plain. 



