Notes on Reproduction and Growth of South Dakota Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata)

作者：Quinn Hugh R^*; Quinn Holly; Higa Alessandra

来源：Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2014, 13(1): 65-71.

DOI：10.2744/ccb-1057.1

• Reptilia
• Testudines
• Emydidae
• Terrapene ornata
• ornate box turtle
• reproduction
• growth
• South Dakota

Copulation in South Dakota ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata) was observed from April through September, with oviposition of 2- 5 ((x) over bar = 4.3) eggs in June. Growth was rapid during the first few years of life but slowed thereafter, with adult females attaining significantly larger (p, 0.001) carapace ((x) over bar= 117.8 mm) and plastron ((x) over bar = 123.9 mm) lengths (CL and PL, respectively) than did adult males (CL = 114.5 mm, x PL = 118.1 mm). Both sexes can mature by age nine, with our smallest adult female (CL = 112.1 mm, PL = 115.5 mm) larger than our smallest adult male (CL = 107.9 mm, PL = 110.4 mm).

• 出版日期2014-7