The Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, at River Denys: A Second Population for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Gräf, Andreas, Gilhen, John, Adams, Jill D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2003
• Subjects: Wood Turtle; Glyptemys insculpta; River Denys; Inverness County; Bras D'or Lake Drainage; second breeding population; Cape Breton Island; Nova Scotia; Bras d'Or Lake; Breton Island
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/743; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v117i3.743

The Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, population at River Denys, Inverness County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, was unknown except locally until listed in a provincial survey in 1995. Subsequently a hatchling was photographed at McLennan Brook on 17 September 1999, and three adult males were pho...