scholarly journals Snapping Turtle—Tortue serpentine—turtle mi’ kjikj (snapping; Chelydra serpentina), added to the herpetofauna of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
John Gilhen ◽  
Terry Power
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cape Breton

Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is native to mainland Nova Scotia, but its status on Cape Breton Island has been uncertain. Although it was recorded from Cape Breton Island as early as 1953, until 1984, it was known from only three widely scattered locations. Since that time, additional reports received from the public by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History suggest that the species is native to Cape Breton Island. Thus, we are adding Snapping Turtle to the native herpetofauna of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

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

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Terry Power ◽  
John Gilhen
Keyword(s):  
Carapace Length ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Carapace Width ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Nesting Ecology ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
Cape Breton

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 area south of Bras d’Or Lake. Date of oviposition ranged from 19 June to 10 July (median = 26 June) among 26 nests observed during 2012–2014. Clutch size for these nests was 23–65 eggs (mean = 46) and among 25 protected nests average rate of hatchling emergence was 21.5%. Time from oviposition to emergence of hatchlings (n = 256) was 75–120 days (mean = 87.2; SD = 9.0) among 20 nests. First emergence ranged from 9 September to 20 October (75–114 nest days; mean = 90) and last emergence ranged from 13 September to 28 October (86–120 nest days; mean = 100). Duration of emergence ranged from one day (i.e., synchronous emergence; five nests) to 37 days (mean = 11 days). The number of days on which hatchlings emerged at a nest ranged from one to nine days (mean = 4 days). Maximum carapace length was 25.0–31.8 mm (mean = 29.0 mm) and maximum carapace width was 23.5–30.0 mm (mean = 27.0 mm) for 256 hatchlings that emerged from 20 protected nests. Mass of hatchlings was 4.9–9.9 g (mean = 7.8 g).

Cape Breton ruby, a new Canadian gemstone discovery, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mossman ◽  
James D. Duivenvoorden ◽  
Fenton M. Isenor
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton

DECIPHERING TECTONOMAGMATIC EVENTS IN THE GANDERIAN ASPY TERRANE OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: JUXTAPOSED EARLY EDIACARAN THROUGH DEVONIAN ARC AND WITHIN-PLATE PLUTONS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Barr ◽  
◽  
Chris E. White ◽  
Deanne van Rooyen ◽  
Gabriel Sombini dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton

scholarly journals Ar/Ar thermochronology of the Aspy and Bras d'Or terranes, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Kellett ◽  
S M Barr ◽  
D van Rooyen ◽  
C E White
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton

scholarly journals U-Pb geochronology of the Lime Hill gneissic complex, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

10.4138/1705 ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Sangster ◽  
P. A. Hunt ◽  
J. K. Mortensen
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton
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