Natural Selection is the survival of the fittest, wood turtles are pretty stable due they don't have big competitors, also they are not prey to alot of other creatures. Specification of a wood turtle occurred a long time ago around the dinosaurs they are a bright orange color to scare of predators and also have a very abstract shell to blend in with rocks and confuse predators.
Taxonomy_ science of classifying organisms.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydinae
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Emydinae