Kaili Gregory Pottery A few of the pottery mug with northwestern and southwestern pond turtle at the bottom

Pottery by Kaili Gregory, Georgia and Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units. Western pond turtles were recently split into two species the southwestern pond turtle and the northwestern pond turtles. Both species have exhibited substantial population declines and range contractions in recent decades. The causes of the declines are varied but include habitat loss, the introduction of exotic plant and wildlife species, and disease