The Reproduction and Dormancy of Terrapene major in New Orleans
Penn GH and Pottharst KE. 1940. The Reproduction and Dormancy of Terrapene major in New Orleans. Herpetologica. 2(2):25-29
In the past a great many scattered observations on the reproduction and dormancy of turtles in general and box-turtles in particular have appeared in print. Almost without exception these reports have dealt with the northern and eastern species of box-turtle, 'Terrapene carolina' Linnaeus. Therefore, because the observations made in a study in the New Orleans area dealt with a species living under different ecological conditions and presenting differences in habits, it is considered of value to permanently record the following data.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Penn, George; Pottharst, Karl
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- box-turtles, Herpetology, Reproduction, Terrapene major