{"id":16001,"date":"2015-04-17T21:26:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2015-04-17T21:26:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:26:52","slug":"possible-transitional-adult-spotted-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16001","title":{"rendered":"POSSIBLE TRANSITIONAL ADULT SPOTTED TURTLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-profile-001-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16009\" title=\"POST spotted turtle 156 transitional male profile 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-profile-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-profile-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-profile-001-480-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Male Spotted Turtle #156 Possibly in Gender Transition\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As reported earlier this week (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15881\" target=\"_blank\">Possible Gender Changes in Adult Spotted Turtles on SouthCoast of Massachusetts<\/a>), we detected possible gender changes in two adult spotted turtles, #206 and #207, first observed in April 2014 with female chin and neck pigmentation and then documented in April 2015 with male pigmentation and other male gender characteristics. \u00c2\u00a0Yesterday, April 16th, we captured a new spotted turtle (#157) at the same bog. \u00c2\u00a0This turtle, that we have identified as male, presented with possible transitional pigmentation of the chin and neck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-002-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16005\" title=\"POST spotted turtle 156 transitional male plastron 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-002-480-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Male Spotted Turtle #156 with Possible Transitional Pigmentation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spotted turtles feature gender dichromatism with females showing a brightly (orange) colored chin and neck and males sporting dark, drab chins and necks. \u00c2\u00a0Spotted Turtle #156 appears to be in transition. \u00c2\u00a0The chin is not bright orange and has not yet become drab black. \u00c2\u00a0The neck sports some &#8220;bumps&#8221; that still hold an orange pigmentation, but is dominated by darker color.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-003-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16007\" title=\"POST spotted turtle 156 transitional male plastron 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-plastron-003-480-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Spotted Turtle #157 with Slight Abdominal Cavity<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We assessed Spotted Turtle #157 at 11+ years old based on annual growth lines and size. \u00c2\u00a0The turtle measured 10.22 centimeters straight-line carapace length, 7.84 centimeters maximum width, and 8.65 centimeters plastron length. \u00c2\u00a0The weight was 144 grams. \u00c2\u00a0With an abdominal cavity and the location of the anal vent, we identified #157 as a male.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-closeup-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16003\" title=\"POST spotted turtle 156 transitional male closeup 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-closeup-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-closeup-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-spotted-turtle-156-transitional-male-closeup-480-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Close Up of Spotted Turtle #157<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although it seems to us to be a turtle in transition, we have no history for this individual since 16 April 2015 marked its first capture. \u00c2\u00a0Now that we have documented its appearance, we look forward to compare future observations of chin and neck pigmentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male Spotted Turtle #156 Possibly in Gender Transition\u00c2\u00a0 As reported earlier this week (see Possible Gender Changes in Adult Spotted Turtles on SouthCoast of Massachusetts), we detected possible gender changes in two adult spotted turtles, #206 and #207, first observed in April 2014 with female chin and neck pigmentation and then documented in April 2015 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16001"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16025,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions\/16025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}