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A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

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An Eastern ribbon snake or common ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita saurita) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An Eastern ribbon snake or common ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita saurita) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An Eastern ribbon snake or common ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita saurita) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A lesser siren (Siren intermedia texana) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A lesser siren (Siren intermedia texana) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A lesser siren (Siren intermedia texana) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A lesser siren (Siren intermedia texana) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An unknown species of sea star at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A sharp-nosed crab (Scyra acutifrons) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Red-cheeked mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A critically endangered yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Northern white-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum leucostomum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Yellow-faced turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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African dwarf mud turtle (Pelusios nanus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A critically endangered yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Northern white-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum leucostomum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Yellow-faced turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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African dwarf mud turtle (Pelusios nanus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Caspian pond turtle (Mauremys caspica) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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New Guinea snapping turtle (Elseya novaeguineae) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Yellow-faced turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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African dwarf mud turtle (Pelusios nanus) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Caspian pond turtle (Mauremys caspica) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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