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Title: The Canadian field-naturalist
Identifier: canadianfieldnat1973otta (find matches)
Year: 1973 (1970s)
Authors: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Publisher: Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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310 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 87
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Figure 2. Wood Turtle nesting site beside River Inhabitants. banked mostly by alders, hayfields, and meadows. Mr. MacDonald said that although Wood Turtles were seen in the hayfields they never moved far from the river. The number of observations, and the evidence of local inhabitants seems to establish the presence of a natural population in the River Inhabitants watershed. Thus Clemmys insculpta may be added to the list of amphibian and reptile species that probably spread into Nova Scotia before the post- Pleistocene land bridge to Cape Breton Island was flooded. This is the fourth species to be recorded from Cape Breton Island but not from Prince Edward Island. The three in this category which are already recorded (see F. R. Cook. 1967. An analysis of the herpetofauna of Prince Edward Is- land. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 212. pp. 1-60) are the Mink Frog (Rana septentrionalis, the Pickerel Frog (Rana paliistris) and the Four- toed Salamander (Hemidactylium sculatum). Acknowledgments The authors gratefully acknowledge the advice and criticism of Francis R. Cook, Curator of Herpetology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, during the preparation of the manuscript. Useful discussions on Wood Turtle habitat were held with C. Bruce Powell, Univer- sity of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. We also appreciate the advice and hospitality given by local residents Mrs. Nellie Murrand and Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald. John Gilhen^ Brenda Grant myre^ ^Nova Scotia Museum Halifax, Nova Scotia "Department of Lands and Forests Waverley, Nova Scotia Received February 26, 1973 Accepted May 15, 1973

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