The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, finding that doing so was ... damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling ...
Trapping is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival ... Historically the alligator snapping turtle was considered a single species, but more recent ...
"Twins do occur across other species of turtles, for example the alligator snapping turtle [has] three sets of twins per 1,000 eggs." During their time in the lab, the Bell's turtles are assessed ...