this is post-hatchling Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa. Although most definitely not a box turtle, they are terrestrial and we house the taxa communally.
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Mexican wood turtle
rdbartlett
Oct 15, 2003 07:41 PM
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bloomindaedalus
Oct 17, 2003 12:02 AM
not a box but this forum gets most of the rhinoclemmys. glyptemys traffic anyway. I don't keep incisa but they are great turtles. What temp do you incubate them? Is incubation long?
rdbartlett
Oct 17, 2003 06:56 AM
Being in nc FL allows natural incubation of Terrapene, Cistoclemmys, Rhinoclemmys eggs. We don't dig them.
bloomindaedalus
Oct 17, 2003 01:20 PM
so no diapause?
interesting. what is your success rate, if i may ask?
what time of year do you have hacthlings emerge?
"being in florida" is a little indirect
the weather in Pensacola is way different from that in Miami i would think seasonal variation is an issue.
I am curious because i have a friend who is interested in incubating some incisa.
rdbartlett
Oct 18, 2003 06:35 AM
The pen they are in is 40 x 50 feet, contains various 10 to 20 twenty inch high grass and taller shrubs. There is a mowed area about 10 x 10 feet where the turtles are fed, but they are almost never seen there otherwise. I seldom see the turtles breed, almost never see them lay, and find babies in the autumn only when I enter the pen to remow the feeding area.
We are in north-central FL now where there is a very definite seasonal influence. We also bred them successfully in southwest FL where the pen was even larger and the turtles seen more infrequently. rdb
