Results.—Overall, 74% of all turtles escaped from basking traps or funnel traps within 24 h.
Chrysemys picta escaped from basking traps in 56% of trials (55% of males, 86% of females …

Trap efficiency, the rate at which a trap catches animals (Novak 1987), is an important factor
when gathering quantitative data such as relative abundance. Different techniques may …

Semi-aquatic turtle population sampling commonly uses baited aquatic funnel traps.
However, researchers may use different methods of bait presentation within these traps. Two …

The most primitive method used to capture turtles is by hand, and a variety of hand capture
methods appear in the literature (Cagle 1950; Carpenter 1955; Marchand 1945). Non-baited …

Cylindrical, collapsible, baited hoop nets have been used to catch freshwater turtle for
decades (Legler 1960; Plummer 1979). The basic design has been modified because of the …

Discussion.—We found a much lower escape percentage for Texas Spiny Softshells in a
river system (7%) than Frazer et al.(1990) reported for Painted Turtles and Snapping Turtles …

A novel method (hookless trot line) to trap freshwater turtles in aquatic environments from
the Pampas region on southern South America is presented. Cost, functioning …

The Legler hoop trap (Legler 1960) is widely used to trap aquatic turtles. This trap and
modifications of it utilize narrow openings (" throats") that can be fixed in size by tying off the …

Captive matamata turtles, Chelus fimbriatus, report-edly" herd" prey into a shallower, more
restrictive area thereby facilitating prey capture (Holmstrom, 1978). The matamatas …

Hatchling painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and hatchling red-eared sliders (Trachemys
scripta) were released 40 m from a drift fence with pitfall traps. I asked whether larger …