The pattern consists of rounded pits with somewhat raised borders, with the pits being sometimes linked and some times isolated, and with its pit borders occasionally open (Hay 1908, plate 86) as in Trionyx (Amyda in Hay 1908).
In order of abundance the seven species of turtles currently inhabiting the lake are painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginate), snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), spiny soft shell turtle (Trionyx spiniferus), map turtle (Grapteinys geographica), Blanding turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), and stinkpot turtle (Sternotherus odoratus).
Research revealed that the trade targets three species of softshelled turtles (Amyda (formerly Trionyx) cartilagenea, Dogania subplana and Pelochelys bibroni) and the Malaysian giant tortoise Orlitia borneensis.
Turtle virus 3 carolina) Central Asian tortoise Tortoise virus 5 (Testudo horsfieldi) Soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis) Green tree python Wamena virus (Chondropython viridis) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Country or region Host where isolated Ref.
The absence of Kinosternon flavescens at Quahadi Pond and the presence of only two individuals of this species at Sims Pond over a two year period and the absence of soft shelled turtles (Trionyx spiniferus) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) attest to the isolation of the two study ponds.