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Document Type
Research
Abstract
This investigation summarizes an attempt to obtain conclusive evidence as to food habits of one of our very common turtles, Chrysemys marginata bellii (Gray). In the literature of the food habits of turtles little data is recorded in regard to Chrysemys marginata bellii, although there is much scattered information concerning other species of this genus. The food habits of many of our turtles on the other hand have been briefly reveiwed by Ditmars (1), Babcock (2), Morgan (3), Ruthven (4), and Surface (5). Surface has studied the food habits of several species of turtles and his data seem to be the most complete. Pope (6) has recently reviewed most of the available data on food and food habits of turtles in his interesting popular treatise: "Turtles of the United States and Canada."
Publication Date
1940
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
47
Issue
1
First Page
361
Last Page
369
Copyright
©1940 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Fritsch, Emery G.
(1940)
"Food Habits of the Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys marginata bellii Gray,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 47(1), 361-369.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol47/iss1/94