Pseudemys gorzugi research in southeast NM
Eastern New Mexico University professor and biologist Dr. Ivana Mali and her students were on the hunt this summer for a small, yet precious species in the Black River in Southeastern New Mexico.
“In New Mexico, it only occurs south of Brantley Reservoir and downstream in tributaries, Black River and Delaware River,” Mali said.
It can be found in the Rio Grande waters that flow through Texas.
Little is known about the turtle, also commonly called the Western River Cooter, except that it is protected in New Mexico as an endangered species.
Mali and her students have captured about 600 individual turtles in different stretches of the Black River, in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and private landowners in the area.
The data they collect ๏ฟฝ size, weight, sex and range ๏ฟฝ may help inform decisions about what can be done to further protect the species and its habitat.
Click the link to read more about their research an breading programme…
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