The simple elegant beauty of, ..a mud turtle?! The striped mud turtle has those beautiful golden stripes on a dark or light “blonde” background, as well as stripes on the face. However, not all striped mud turtles have stripes; north of the Florida panhandle these stripes fade, or sometimes don’t exist at all. In fact, turtles previously thought to be eastern mud turtles have been found to be striped mud turtles, increasing the species range up the east coast. What other secrets could the Kinost