Summary[edit] Description: English: Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata). Date: 1980. Source: Verner, Jared, and Allan S. Boss, technical coordinators. 1980. California Wildlife and their Habitats: Western Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-37, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Berkeley, Calif. USDA linkHathiTrust. Author: Ellen Blonder.
Summary[edit] Description: The western pond turtle prefers quiet water and finds sanctuary on riverbanks. For these turtles, the area around the Whilamut Passage Bridge in Eugene-Springfield, Ore., has long been a desirable habitat. Date: 23 May 2009, 15:26. Source: Turtle on a log. Author: Oregon Department of Transportation.
Summary[edit] Description: English: An extremely rare Mojave River western pond turtle was recently observed by USGS scientists and staff from The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in the Mojave Desert. Turtles of this population have rarely been seen since the late 1990s. Date: Taken on 4 May 2017. Source: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/extremely-rare-mojave-river-western-pond-turtle (direct link). Author: Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist USGS.
Summary[edit] Description: Populations of western pond turtles and their habitats have been declining. As a result, the species is on Oregon’s Sensitive Species List. Date: 26 May 2012, 12:35. Source: three_western_pond_turtles. Author: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Summary[edit] Description: Western pond turtles, a species of special concern. These were fitted with transmitters and reintroduced to Sycuan Peak Ecological Reserve (San Diego Co.) in 2013. Date: 29 April 2014, 09:56. Source: Western Pond Turtles-IMG_1657. Author: California Department of Fish and Wildlife from Sacramento, CA, USA.