My endangered species is called the Bog Turtle. The Latin name for the bog turtle is the
Glyptemys Muhlenberg. The bog turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America, growing to only 3 to 4 inches and weighing less than 4 ounces. They are mostly found in the northeast
U.S region. My species is going to go extinct because bog turtles are not needed much in the food chain and the animals that do consume it, the turtle isn’t their primary source of food intake, there aren’t many left and they are very rare, lastly because they are extremely small and vulnerable. Bog turtles are found in the northeast population, mostly in Connecticut, Delaware,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. This region has cold winters and moderately hot summers. It also has a …show more content…
Being that bog turtles are smallest turtles in the United States they are extremely vulnerable to predators. Bog turtles consumes a varied diet including insects, snails, worms, seeds, and carrion. They inhabit open unpolluted shrub wetlands such as shallow swamps, marshy meadows, and wet pastures. Erratic weather patterns from global warming disrupts the fragile balance key to the turtle’s survival. By changing hydrological cycles global warming dries out or floods the turtle’s habitat. In the northeast region invasive plants such as purple loosestrife dries out large areas of suitable habitat for the bog turtle. They generally live in areas
with soft muddy bottoms so when invasive plants dry out their habitat they can no longer live there and have to migrate to another area. Migrating for such small turtles can be very dangerous. Over the past twenty years, the bog turtle population has declined by at least fifty percent. The current estimate range of bog turtles left is from two thousand- five hundred to ten thousand. Being that they are really small and they are really rare to find it might be even
Glyptemys Muhlenberg. The bog turtle is the smallest turtle species in North America, growing to only 3 to 4 inches and weighing less than 4 ounces. They are mostly found in the northeast
U.S region. My species is going to go extinct because bog turtles are not needed much in the food chain and the animals that do consume it, the turtle isn’t their primary source of food intake, there aren’t many left and they are very rare, lastly because they are extremely small and vulnerable. Bog turtles are found in the northeast population, mostly in Connecticut, Delaware,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. This region has cold winters and moderately hot summers. It also has a …show more content…
Being that bog turtles are smallest turtles in the United States they are extremely vulnerable to predators. Bog turtles consumes a varied diet including insects, snails, worms, seeds, and carrion. They inhabit open unpolluted shrub wetlands such as shallow swamps, marshy meadows, and wet pastures. Erratic weather patterns from global warming disrupts the fragile balance key to the turtle’s survival. By changing hydrological cycles global warming dries out or floods the turtle’s habitat. In the northeast region invasive plants such as purple loosestrife dries out large areas of suitable habitat for the bog turtle. They generally live in areas
with soft muddy bottoms so when invasive plants dry out their habitat they can no longer live there and have to migrate to another area. Migrating for such small turtles can be very dangerous. Over the past twenty years, the bog turtle population has declined by at least fifty percent. The current estimate range of bog turtles left is from two thousand- five hundred to ten thousand. Being that they are really small and they are really rare to find it might be even