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Christiansen, J. L., Cooper, J. A., Bickham, J. W., Galway, G. J., & Springer, M. A. (1985). Aspects of the natural history of the yellow mud turtle kinosternon flavescens in iowa: a proposed endangered species. Southwestern Naturalist, 30, 413–425.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Christiansen1985a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Kinosternidae, Kinosternon, Kinosternon flavescens, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises Creators: Bickham, Christiansen, Cooper, Galway, Springer Collection: Southwestern Naturalist |
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Kinosternon flavescens is a xeric adapted turtle; isolated populations are found in the midwestern United States associated with sandy soils and temporary ponds. Turtles at Big Sand Mound, Iowa, are active (aquatic) from late April to mid-July and aestivate terrestrially from mid-July to mid-August. Some turtles might resume activity later in August and early September before winter hibernation. Turtles feed aquatically from mid-May to mid-July. This represents the shortest annual feeding period reported for a turtle. In 1979, following a severe drought, the primary diet shifted from fishes and crayfish to snails. Spring Lake, presently a temporary pond, was occupied more extensively than the semi-permanent Beatty's Pond. The latter probably provides some stability to the system during drought years. The turtle is associated with other sand prairie relict species and has been proposed as an endangered species.
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