Jagüeyes y su papel potencial en la conservación de tortugas continentales en el golfo de Morrosquillo, Sucre, Caribe colombiano.

This study analyzed the territorial occupation of cattle ponds by turtles and established the relationship that this habitat has with local conservation in a human impacted zone in the Gulf of Morrosquillo, Sucre, Colombia. Sixty-five cattle ponds were selected, with an area greater than 1,000 m2 and a representative sample of 12 randomly selected waterholes that were not connected was used. The population data were collected with samples taken between January and March of 2014, between 08:00 and 12:00 p.m., using a trammel net that was100 m long and 6 m wide with 5 cm mesh. Two sweeps were carried out for each session, covering 90 % of the area of each pond. A population of 383 individuals was obtained: 241 Trachemys callirostris, 66 Kinosternon scorpioides and 76 Mesoclemmys dahli. The estimated population calculated for each species was obtained with the Lincoln-Petersen method, obtaining estimated populations of 259 for T. callirostris, 82 for K. scorpiodes and 62 for M. dahli. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]