2turtles
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| cliffs notes version wrote: | there is 'copulation', then after some amount of time (not sure how much), the female will become 'gravid' (with eggs).. She will then leave the water and look for an appropriate location to dig a nest (aka. hole in the ground) and deposit her eggs, and cover them.
The embryos will develop inside the egg for about 11 weeks or so, and the hatchling turtles will emerge. |
http://www.animalhospitals-usa.com/reptiles/w_turtle_reproduction.html
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1.0.0 Trachemys scripta scripta----1.0.1 Chrysemys picta picta
0.0.2 Emydura subglobosa subglobosa----0.0.1 Testudo hermanni boettgeri |
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