Hi All,
Please check out: Penn Plax Turtle Pier Functions as more than a Basking Site
“Many semi-aquatic turtles do not often fully emerge from the water, but rather rely upon resting sites that are just below the surface. Included among these are Mud, Musk, Snapping and Chinese Big-Headed Turtles. In the wild, these turtles, as well as Green Frogs, Ribbed Newts and many other amphibians, rest upon submerged logs, branches and rocks that almost, but not quite, reach the water’s surface”. …Read article here: A Sub-Surface Basking Site and Shelter for Semi-Aquatic for Turtles, Newts and Frogs | That Reptile Blog
Comments and questions appreciated,
Thanks, Frank
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Wow this was great to read! Thank You !
Sharing: I grew up ( summers ) in the Catskills (Gilboa, NY) . There is a 3 acre ( man made) pond on this property I still visit. The aquatic turtles ( ? painted turtles ) all sit on the frame of the dock about 10 to 12 inches under the water. If you sit still on the dock for awhile there are so many there they start stacking up on each other ! This area faces south -southeast ; they seem to really enjoy basking there it the sun light that comes through.
What a peaceful way to spend a hour !!!!
Lynn
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Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"
Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"
Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
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Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"
Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)
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Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
Ranitomeya vanzolinii
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Thanks for the kind words, Lynn. I worked summers for a time in New Paltz, many years ago, in a similar situation. Nice to hear that Painted Turtles are still doing well in Gilboa, Best, Frank
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