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Page 211
... cavity is a series of such bilateral re- ciprocal actions . At 10:45 P.M. the turtle stopped digging , dropped her tail low in the cavity , and began to lay . The complement was dropped singly and by two's , the intervals between ...
... cavity is a series of such bilateral re- ciprocal actions . At 10:45 P.M. the turtle stopped digging , dropped her tail low in the cavity , and began to lay . The complement was dropped singly and by two's , the intervals between ...
Page 226
... cavity , snaps sharply forward , throwing sand from beside the hole to the front and side . This whole operation is then repeated in reverse . The entire nest - digging process is a series of these re- ciprocating actions of the hind ...
... cavity , snaps sharply forward , throwing sand from beside the hole to the front and side . This whole operation is then repeated in reverse . The entire nest - digging process is a series of these re- ciprocating actions of the hind ...
Page 252
... CAVITY . When the dwindling mound under the back end of the body has been reduced to the general level of the bottom of the body pit , the hind feet continue to work away at this point , and the cavity that grows there becomes the nest ...
... CAVITY . When the dwindling mound under the back end of the body has been reduced to the general level of the bottom of the body pit , the hind feet continue to work away at this point , and the cavity that grows there becomes the nest ...
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adults agassizii algae aquatic basking behavior blotches box turtles burrow Cagle CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ captive carapace length Caretta Carr cavity Chelonia mydas Chelydra Chrysemys Chrysemys picta Clemmys clutch concinna CONFUSING SPECIES Copeia CRUZ The University dark Deirochelys diamondback terrapin eggs females fish flippers Florida floridana gopher tortoise Gopherus Gopherus polyphemus Graptemys green turtle growth HABITAT hatchlings head Herpetologica hibernation hind feet inches juveniles Kinosternon Kinosternon baurii Kinosternon hirtipes leatherback loggerhead Macroclemys Malaclemys males map turtles Marsh Turtles mature mud turtles neck occurs odoratus ornata painted turtle PARASITES pattern plastral plastron plastron length pleural Pond and Marsh population posterior PREDATORS range reported reptiles River sand scutes sea turtles season Semiaquatic Pond serpentina shell Skull snapping turtle softshell Sternotherus Sternotherus minor Sternotherus odoratus stinkpots stripes subrubrum subspecies surface tail temperature Terrapene carolina terrapin Texas tortoises trematodes Trionyx University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usually vertebral width yellow