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Wellfleet is home to the most northerly population of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). This striking species is the only turtle in North America that makes its home exclusively in brackish water, where salt water from the ocean mixes with fresh water.
Nearly hunted to extinction in the nineteenth century as a culinary delicacy, the Diamondback Terrapin population rebounded after its popularity as a food declined. However, the species is once again threatened throughout its range by increased predation, habitat loss, and the wildlife pet trade.
Terrapins spend nearly all of their life in a narrow strip of salt marsh that connects the ocean to the mainland. Each year in June and July, females come on land to lay their eggs in sandy patches above the high tide line. After about 70 days of incubation the eggs hatch, and the hatchlings make their way into the upper grasslands of the marsh. They remain in the uplands for about four years, after which they make their way into the marsh itself.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary has been marking individual terrapins with unique identification numbers since the 1980s, which allows us to track individuals from year to year. Then, in 2005, we began actively protecting terrapin nests in the hope of preventing the loss of eggs to predators. Since then, we have released thousands of hatchlings around the sanctuary and our satellite monitoring sites. In 2019 alone, we safely released over 4,000 hatchlings!
Northern diamondback terrapins exclusively inhabit coastal salt marshes, estuaries, tidal creeks and ditches with brackish water (a mix of both salt and freshwater) which is bordered by spartina grass. They are the only turtle in the world that is specially adapted to spend its entire life in this type of water. Studies have shown that terrapins exhibit a high level of site fidelity or they return to the site territory every year.
Females leave the protection of open water in search of nesting areas (a mixture of sand and gravel areas above the high tide line) where they lay their eggs. In many cases they must cross roads, highways and navigate around areas with bulkheading in order to deposit their eggs. They actively search for nesting sites from as early as late April into early July. Juveniles, males, and hatchlings are usually active in mid-April through August. They spend most of their time in water, but they are known to sometimes "bask" in the sun to raise their body temperature.
The data collected from this form will be used by CWF to identify potential road kill "hot spots" along the coast of New Jersey. These hot spots will be targeted and mapped by CWF biologists. We will contact and work with the local municipality and road management authority to address the problem and possible solutions, like having "Terrapin X-ING" signs installed, lowering of the posted speed limit, or the feasability of installing a short barrier fence to prevent terrapins from entering the roadway. We will summarize the data collected from this form in our annual newsletter. In 2010, we received only a couple sightings. One sighting reported dozens of female terrapins that were being hit-by-car while trying to cross Rt. 72 on Bonnet Island. We have contacted DOT and are trying to determine what if any conservation action would be best for this highway.
The sightings will also be submitted to the Endangered and Nongame Species Program for inclusion into Biotics, the state's rare wildlife database. Rare species data within the Biotics database plays a critical role in wildlife and habitat conservation within New Jersey. Biotics data is the foundation of the NJ DEP's Landscape Project, a GIS product that maps critical areas for imperiled species based upon species locations and land-use classifications. The resulting maps allow state, county, municipal, and private agencies to identify important wildlife habitats and protect them in a variety of ways. This information is used to regulate land-use within the state and assists in preserving endangered and threatened species habitat remaining in New Jersey. Besides Landscape Project mapping, Biotics data is used for a number of additional scientific and conservation efforts such as Critical Wildlife Habitat Mapping (another NJ DEP GIS product), environmental review, research (GIS modeling), status review (determining whether a non-listed species should become listed as endangered or threatened and vice versa), and it also assists biologists in targeting future survey efforts to new areas.
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