Figure 4 shows actual data from a population of the slider turtle (Pseudemys scripta), which exhibits Type II survivorship from ages one to fifteen years. Most individuals in populations with Type ...
The reference to the Alabama redbelly turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis) was to make the point that some scientific names refer to the geographic location where the first specimen was described.
Q. I notice you sometimes include scientific names of animals in your columns. One time you identified a timber rattlesnake; another time, two turtles (an Alabama redbelly turtle and a stinkpot).