Terrapins Vs Turtles

The Red-bellied Cooter is being threatened by both man-made and natural causes. Do to economic growth, areas that used to be a good habitat for these turtles are now being turned into new, buildings like apartments, houses, and stores. In areas where the turtles can live, they are threatened before they have even hatched from their eggs by other predators like raccoons, skunks, or even snapping turtles. Almost all of the eggs in a nest are harmed before they have a chance to hatch. So while humans taking up land takes the Red-bellied Cooters’ homes, their predators take their lives.

The ornate box turtle is a extremely common species of turtle that lives throughout the United States. The turtles can be easily recognized by their dark brown shell with bright yellow markings. Almost every box turtle is unique in marking, from yellow to orange spots on their body to the different patterns on their shell. The male and female box turtle are distinguishable by their eye color and tail size. Male ornate box turtles have red eyes and longer tails, while females have brown eyes and shorter tails. These turtles have a interesting life style because they usually live their entire life's within only a few acres. The turtles start out the day basking in the sun. from there they go out hunting for food. Ornate box turtles move and hunt

Hawaii Turtle Tours takes you for a tour around the island of Oahu to see some pretty amazing things. However, most people don’t know about the trouble that the islands face. The islands are home to some amazing and unique plants and animals. Yet, today it is estimated that there approximately 90% of these species are invasive or foreign. Leaving only 10% of native and endemic species left on the island. This means that of this small percentage, these plans and animals are found nowhere else in the world. Plus, the majority of these species are endemic, which means that they are found only in Hawaii and nowhere else.

The threatened bog turtle is a very small turtle, averaging 3.1 to 4.5 inches in length (USFWS 2015z) and it is characterized by a light brown to ebony shell and bright yellow, orange, or red blotches on each side of the head (USFWS 2001). The FWS proposed a final rule in 1997 to list the northern population of the bog turtle as threatened and southern population as threatened due to similarity of appearance, under provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (62 FR 59605 59623, November 4, 1997). Regionally the northern population of the bog turtle is known to occur in localized distributions from western Massachusetts and Connecticut southward to Maryland, and the southern population is known to occur from Virginia southward to Georgia (USFWS 2001). In New York it is known to occur in 15 counties in the southeastern region of the state or along the south coast of Lake Ontario (USFWS

This rare turtle found in the United States is the smallest species of turtle in the United States. It can only grow up to 4.5 inches long! This tiny turtle is in two very small distinct populations that are approximately 250 miles away from each other. These turtles are very recognizable by the orange patches on their head. The National Fish and Wildlife foundation says, “In the last 30 years, these turtles have disappeared from more than 50 percent of the wetlands it once inhabited.” I believe we should be resurrecting more of the land that they used to live on.

Over one hundred million years of existence, capable of traveling through the oceans of the world. One creature so magnificent that it is able to live up to 70 years old and weigh between 200 to 500 pounds. This creature is the majestic Hawaiian green sea turtle. Although they are found throughout the world, Hawaiian green sea turtles are distinctly different from other green sea turtles (NOAA Fisheries par. 4). They travel to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to nest and then travel to the main Hawaiian Islands to feed. Such a unique creature is very important to the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian green sea turtles play an important role in the ecosystem, the economy, the culture, and the

To warm up, they bask in the sun. In winter, all reptiles in our area must hibernate to survive the cold.” This explains the uncommon sighting of most turtles this time of the season. But as soon as the weather warms up, the turtles start to come out to bask for warmth. When we were on our class trip to Prospect Park in Brooklyn, we encountered a dead turtle. The lifeless shell was flipped over and cracked. It almost appeared as it was frozen. As discussed as a class, what we were observing was in fact a turtle trying to bask in the sun on a warm spring day and the weather turn for the worst the following day, leaving the turtle to suffer. Another example of a turtle encounter was last summer in central park. On a warm sunny day, I went on a boat ride in the central park pond. On the nearby rocks, there were numerous turtles basking in the sun and cooled off by diving into the water. With my fascination of turtles, I made the person rowing with me row closer to get an up close look. Some people may wonder how these turtles get here? Most of the time, they are brought into an area as pets and then released by owners. This causes stress on the animal and its

Nesting habitat degradation is an anthropogenic threat to the loggerhead sea turtles. These threats include coastal development, erosion control barriers or beach armoring, artificial lighting, pollution, removal of native vegetation, and vehicle and pedestrian traffic (NMFS and USFWS 2007). Some solutions include protecting and managing turtles on nesting beaches, monitor coastal construction, implement lighting regulations, screen artificial lighting with vegetation, and impose regulations on beach armoring (NMFS and USFWS 1998). Predation is an important threat to consider in nesting areas for the loggerhead. Many places have depredation to protect the eggs and hatchlings against predators such as feral dogs, raccoons, and foxes (NMFS and USFWS 2007).

As a rule, T. o. ornata has a darker background color on its carapace than the desert box turtle, as well as having fewer yellow markings on each of its scutes. See the photograph on page 3 for a comparison of the carapacial markings of the two subspecies.

Recently I went on a trip to Jekyll Island and while there, my family and I went to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Before this, I did not know much about them, other than the fact that the one in my backyard drive my dogs crazy. While at the Turtle Center, we visited a feeding of some of the turtles that the Turtle Center’s hospital was nursing back to health. This experience

Turtle is a reserved, self conscious, frankly tedious Seawing prince. The plot consisted of mainly [him following Darkstalker, after the Nightwing had been released as a result of Peril scorching Darkstalker’s scroll, and the other Nightwings to the lost Night Kingdom. He stayed invisible and mainly observed, waiting for Darkstalker to do anything questionably morally for the entire first half of the book, and a portion of the second. The inclusion of Kinkajou made the entire journey more interesting, as her bubbly personality clashes with Turtle’s introverted disposition. Along the

Turtles are known for their hard shells that protect their body from predators. They are classified in the kingdom of Animalia, which are multicellular eukaryotes. There are 17 different turtle species in Missouri, however, some of the different species are endangered. (Brighton and Johnson 2) For example, the yellow mud turtle is endangered in Missouri.

The main purpose of this study is to provide more information about the Flat-back turtle’s primary route to the conservation team so that they can further enhance their ongoing methods. Along with this, the researchers are also trying to identify the most highly used areas outside the current Reserve Network. Flat-back turtles come under the category of ‘vulnerable’ species; hence it is important to look into their accidental death rate. Protective measures are applied as long as these turtles lay within the Reserve Network; therefore, threats of mortality in the unguarded waters outside the Reserve can be high due to fishery bycatch or collisions with

Loggerhead sea turtles also have long migrations and these migrations transport nutrients and energy from one area to another. The migration of males from foraging grounds to nesting beaches

My brother Broden has a turtle, his name is Sam. Sam is a painted turtle, a painted turtles are the most widespread native turtle of North America. Sam eats about 12 to 15 pieces of food twice a day. My brother has to feed him when he eats breakfast and when he eats supper. Sometimes Broden takes Sam out for a walk on our driveway, other times Broden puts Sam on the trampoline and lets him walk around on it. Broden got Sam from a pet store in Iowa City, and he is not very good at feeding him so often times I have to feed him instead. You can tell if a painted turtle is a boy or a girl because males have long tales that are wide at the base like Sams, and females tales are thin and short.