[NatureNS] exotic turtle in downtown Dartmouth

From: "Dusan Soudek" <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:23:52 -0300
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   This afternoon I noticed a medium-sized turtle sunning itself on a =
slanted piece of concrete on the shore of Dartmouth's "Sawmill River" =
near the downstream end of the long Alderney Drive culvert. Clearly, it =
wasn't one of our four local freshwater turtle species.=20
   It looked healthy, looking at me and stretching its legs, even though =
it was in a terrible turtle habitat, surrounded by seawalls, a culvert, =
and the ocean. It may have been swept downriver from Sullivans Pond or =
even lakes Banook or Micmac during the recent high water. Didn't someone =
report an exotic turtle from there this spring?
   The turtle's carapace  was about 25 cm in length, smooth, and =
uniformly dark brown to black. Its legs and neck were also uniformly =
dark brown to blackish, except for reddish stripes on the dorsolateral =
aspect of its neck. It may be a Red-Eared Turtle, from the Southern U.S.
   I cannot see how this escapee/releasee from captivity can survive in =
its current suboptimal urban habitat. Will try to take a photo of it...
   Dusan Soudek   
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; This afternoon I noticed a medium-sized =
turtle=20
sunning itself on a slanted piece of concrete on the shore of =
Dartmouth's=20
"Sawmill River" near the downstream end of the&nbsp;long Alderney Drive =
culvert.=20
Clearly, it wasn't one of our four local freshwater turtle species.=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; It looked healthy, looking at me and =
stretching=20
its legs, even though it was in a terrible turtle habitat, surrounded by =

seawalls, a culvert, and the ocean. It may have been swept downriver =
from=20
Sullivans Pond or even lakes Banook or Micmac during the recent high =
water.=20
Didn't someone report an exotic turtle from there this =
spring?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; The turtle's carapace &nbsp;was about =
25 cm in=20
length, smooth, and uniformly dark brown to black. Its legs and neck =
were also=20
uniformly dark brown to blackish, except for reddish stripes on the =
dorsolateral=20
aspect of its neck. It may be a Red-Eared Turtle, from the Southern=20
U.S.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>&nbsp;&nbsp; I cannot see how this escapee/releasee =
from=20
captivity can survive in its current suboptimal urban habitat. Will try =
to take=20
a photo of it...</FONT></DIV>
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Soudek&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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