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1 March 2011 Annual Frequency of Clutches of Pseudemys texana and Trachemys scripta at the Headwaters of the San Marcos River in Texas
Francis L. Rose
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Abstract

I observed 215 nesting events of Pseudemys texana (134) and Trachemys scripta (81) from 25 April to 14 July 2008 on a golf course in Hays County, Texas. For P. texana, 111 (82.8%) nested one time, 21 (15.7%) nested twice, and 2 (1.5%) nested three times. For T. scripta, 53 (65.4%) nested one time, 24 (29.6%) nested twice, 3 nested three times (3.7%), and 1 nested four times (1.2%). Both species had an internesting interval of ca. 30 days between first and second clutches. Subsequent internesting intervals were shorter but samples were not sufficient to address whether this was fortuitous. On their first attempt, 82% of P. texana and 78% of T. scripta completed nesting. Nesting was diurnal with most activity occurring before noon. Neither distance to nesting site from water nor number of days from the first nesting event to the next nesting event varied with length of plastron.

Francis L. Rose "Annual Frequency of Clutches of Pseudemys texana and Trachemys scripta at the Headwaters of the San Marcos River in Texas," The Southwestern Naturalist 56(1), 61-65, (1 March 2011). https://doi.org/10.1894/PAS-24.1
Received: 10 June 2009; Accepted: 1 June 2010; Published: 1 March 2011
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