Western Pond Turtle Research

This is part of our ongoing research on Western Pond Turtles (Emys/Clemmys/Actinemys marmorata) here in Central Cali. The goals of the pilot year are to document nesting and overwintering in an insular population whose habitat dries out almost every year. We are also looking at the effect on these guys of the removal of a key predator, bullfrogs.