World Turtle News, 02/16/2016

Conservationists in Chennai sight season’s first nesting turtle

Sunday evening was a memorable time for a group of sea turtle conservationists in Chennai, as they sighted a nesting turtle on Neelankarai beach. This was the first ever sighting during the sea turtle nesting season this year, which begins in January and goes on till March end. TREE Foundation chairwoman Supraja Dharini said they received information about a turtle digging the sand to lay the eggs on the beach.

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The wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) is a turtle endemic to North America. It is found in most New England states, Nova Scotia, west to Michigan, northern Indiana and Minnesota,[6] and south to Virginia. Overall, the distribution is disjunct with populations often being small and isolated.

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