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Endangered Species Activity

The Spotted Turtle

(Clemmys Guttata)

By Tyler Dadula, Camille Reyes, & Edward San Jose

Video of a Spotted Turtle Swimming

Interesting Facts about the Spotted Turtle

  • The females store the sperms for more than 5 years in order to give birth to healthy babies
  • The karyotypes of these species have about 50 chromosomes.
  • The adult turtles consist of 100 spots all over their body
  • These species usually have their mating season in the periods of March and May.
  • They prefer to mate under water areas
  • These species live up to 25-50 years of age

Threats to Species

The spotted turtle's habitat can be altered by humans, nest predation by raccoons, and pollution. It makes small clutches of eggs which do not have a good chance of hatching, which hinders the ability of increasing spotted turtle populations. This species is also very easily affected from pollution and toxic waste changing their water quality.

Population

Work/Research Being Conducted to Save Species

About 2000 spotted turtles are left in Canada, with less then 50 reproductive individuals. Their population continues to decline.

The spotted turtle has been listed under the "Endangered Species Act" and the "Species at Risk Act (SARA)". It has also been designated as a specially protected reptile under the "Ontario Fish and Wildlife Act". These acts offer protection to the animal and its habitat. Additionally, permits are now required in Ontario and Quebec to capture this species.

Food Web

Habitat

On the food web, the spotted turtle could be considered a primary consumer because it feeds on chlorophyta, which are producers. However, it also eats slugs and millipedes that are primary consumers, making it qualified to also be a secondary consumer. Thus, this species is an omnivore because it feeds on both plants or other producers, and animals. The spotted turtle is then predated by raccoons, which are omnivores and scavengers, and muskrats that are omnivores.

Areas in which the spotted turtle inhabits

3rd Trophic Level

1st Trophic Level

2nd Trophic Level

chlorophyta

raccoon

producer

omnivore/scavenger

tertiary consumer

slugs

herbivore

primary consumer

spotted turtle

omnivore

primary/secondary consumer

muskrat

The spotted turtle inhabits many habitats including swamps, bogs, fens, marshes, woodland streams, wet pastures, brackish streams, ditches, vernal pools, and sedge meadows.

Areas in which the spotted turtle lives must have soft substrate and at least aquatic vegetation.

The best habitat for this species to occupy should include shallow and slow moving waters with soft muddy soil, sledge tussocks, water lilies, sphagnum moss, and cattails.

It usually lives in habitats that contain duckweed which can be used as camouflage.

The spotted turtle avoids living in artificial reservoirs and deep, open water areas.

omnivore

herbivore

tertiary consumer

primary consumer

millipedes

This concludes our presentation!

Thank you for listening!

Bibliography

  • http://wildlifepreservation.ca/species-in-need/canadian-species/fresh-water-turtles/spotted-turtle/
  • http://www.ontarionature.org/protect/species/reptiles_and_amphibians/spotted_turtle.php
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_turtle
  • http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=285
  • http://www.animalplace.net/reptiles/spotted-turtle-facts-characteristics-habitat-and-more/

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