Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) COSEWIC assessment and status report 2012
Official title: Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys Picta Bellii)
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- List of Figures
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements, Authorities Contacted, and Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer and Collections Examined
COSEWIC
Assessment and Status Report
on the
Western Painted Turtle
Chrysemys Picta Bellii
Pacific Coast population
Intermountain – Rocky Mountain population
Prairie/Western Boreal – Canadian Shield population
in Canada
Pacific Coast Population – Endangered
Intermountain-Rocky Mountain Population – Special Concern
Prairie/Western Boreal - Canadian Shield Population – Not at Risk
2006
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2006. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii (Pacific Coast population, Intermountain-Rocky Mountain population and Prairie/Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 40 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Linda Dupuis for writing the status report on the Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii (Pacific Coast population, Intermountain-Rocky Mountain population and Prairie/Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population)in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Ron Brooks, Co-chair (Reptiles) of the COSEWIC Amphibians and Reptiles Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca/eng/sct5/index_e.cfm
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la Tortue peinte de l'Ouest (Chrysemys picta bellii) (population de la côte du Pacifique, population intramontagnarde - des Rocheuses et la population des Prairies/Boréale de l'Ouest - Bouclier canadien) au Canada.
Cover illustration:
Western Painted Turtle -- Photo by Bill Leonard.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2006.
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/505-2006E-PDF
ISBN: 662-43320-3
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