Baby yellow-blotched map turtles at the Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium has had eight yellow-blotched map turtle hatchlings this year. This species of map turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata, is endemic to the Pascagoula River and some of its tributaries in Mississippi. They're declining in the wild because of habitat loss and are currently federally-protected.

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