- Adult wood turtles have a carapace length of 16 to 25 cm (6.3 to 9.8 inches). The brownish to gray-brown garapace has a low central keel, and the scutes usually show well-defined concentric growth annuli, giving the shell a rough, "sculptured" appearance that probably gave the species its specific name. In some
specimens, the accumulated annuli may give each carapace scute a somewhat flattened pyramidal shape.The head of the Wood Turtle is black, occasionally with light dots or other markings; the scales on the upper legs are black to mottled brown, while the skin on the throat, lower neck, and on the lower surfaces of the legs can be yellow, orange, or orange-red to salmon-red, sometimes speckled with darker pigment. This skin color varies between localities, and shows some regional variation, with yellow to yellow-orange predominating in the western and orange to reddish skin color characterizing eastern specimens. Ubication: This turtle live in a relatively small area of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

Translated by: SILVIA CAVALIERI