Notes on the Growth Rate of the Gopher Turtle, Gopherus polyphemus
Goin CJ and Goff CC. 1941. Notes on the Growth Rate of the Gopher Turtle, Gopherus polyphemus. Herpetologica. 2(3):66-68
Most of the turtles reported on in this paper were taken in the vicinity of Leesburg, Florida in 1937. When captured they were weighed, measured, marked, and released; then, after an interval of about a year, they were recaptured and again weighed and measured to determine growth. There were 131 turtles marked but of these only 33 were ever taken again. In the following table two figures are given under the headings of length, width, and weight; the first of these figures refers to the measurement on the day the specimen was released, the second to the measurement of the same specimen on the day it was recaptured. Besides the length, width, and weight measurements were kept of the height, and length of plastron, of the specimens.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Goin, Coleman; Goff, C
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- growth studies, Herpetology