Black Marsh Turtles are medium-sized
freshwater turtles with a black carapace, and that can grow up to twenty
centimeters.
They
prefer
dwelling
in soft-bottomed,
heavily
vegetated,
shallow
bodies
of
slow-moving
or
stagnant
waters
in
low
elevations,
where
they
spend most
of the
time at
the
bottom
of the
water or
buried
in the
mud.
Black Marsh Turtles
Black Marsh Turtles
Adults have a single keel on the carapace and serrated
posterior margins.
