Status, distribution, and nesting ecology of Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Power, Terry, Gilhen, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2018
• Subjects: Snapping Turtle; Chelydra serpentina; status; distribution; nesting ecology; clutch size; hatching success; Cape Breton Island; Nova Scotia; Canada; Breton Island
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2042; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v132i1.2042

Based on current knowledge of the ecology and distribution of Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), both in eastern Canada and elsewhere, we conclude this species is native to Cape Breton Island. Seventy-two reports of Snapping Turtle from Cape Breton (1999–2017) indicate a range centred in the are...