PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Painted Turtle, Sea Mink, American Mink
20 Jan 2016
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Testudines of nova scotia an overview of our turtles. Temperature of the nest determine sex of turtles sometimes only males sometimes only females dangerous, global warming has huge impact on turtle populations. General features: 4 terrestrial species in ns: painted, snapping, blandings, within reptiles, theyre the fringe of the group - now brought back at the core of the reptiles. Dna information confirmed that theyre not that different from reptiles: taxonomy is revised constantly, on mustelid slides. Within that there was the extinct sea mink, and. They are now categorized inside their own genus: would often hibernate in water at bottom of lakes, ponds and rivers. Oxygen need is minimal: midapril mid october active, need to grow a long time to mature sexually sex, hibernate, sexual maturation is often late (over a decade) determination is temperature dependent. Used as pets in the 90s due to diseases such as salmonella, but now banned, can"t buy them.
