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Topic: Philippine Pond Turtle

	Andaman Islands
		Their chief food in the hot season consists of turtle, wild fruits, and honey, which they procure with great dexterity.
		In the rains the seeds of an Artocarpus are a staple, and in the intermediate season the wold hog; when the hog becomes scarce, fish and turtle.
		The wife provides shelter and mats to lie on does the cooking (all food is cooked), procures water and shell-fish, carries loads, shaves and paints her husband, and tends him when sick.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /A/AND/andaman-islands.html (3732 words)

	ZOO -- REPTILE WORLD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is a master in the art of concealment, a "pond turtle" that often remains hidden in the soil for weeks at a time.
		It has a long snout, somewhat reminiscent of a soft-shell turtle, which is used as a snorkel in a similar way when the turtle is in shallow water.
		Philippine Sailfin Lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus -- family Agamidae, the Agamids) is found in forest streams of the Philippines.
	members.aol.com /plcooney/zreptile.html (5565 words)

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		Procedure Six green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) spontaneously infected with cardiovascular flukes (Digenea: Spirorchidae) were treated orally with praziquantel, and necropsied 3 or 7 days later to look for flukes in the heart and major blood vessels, Six similar animals were maintained as untreated controls.
		The prevalence of fibropapilloma in turtles captured near densely populated, industrial regions (26.3%) was greater than in turtles from sparsely populated areas (17.7%).
		However, samples of skin, even from asymptomatic turtles, were RT positive, although the levels of enzyme activity in healthy turtles hatched and raised in captivity were much lower than those observed in asymptomatic free-ranging turtles.
	homepage.mac.com /herplit/.Public/1997.txt (6296 words)

	Status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific
		Backyard ponds are an increasingly common sight in many States; however this production is frequently missed in national statistical surveys due to the small unit size.
		However, the large numbers of these ponds and the aggregated production and value to the households engaging in the activity is probably very significant.
		Pond based brackishwater culture of mullet is typical but Korea RO is reporting increasing mariculture production since 2000.
	www.fao.org /docrep/007/ad514e/ad514e07.htm (2927 words)

	RP Biodiversity Conservation Efforts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The National Integrated Protected Areas System or NIPAS is the classification and administration of all designated protected areas to maintain essential ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure sustainable use of resources found therein, and to maintain their natural conditions to the greatest extent possible.
		The faunal regions in the Philippines are Mindanao, Luzon, Palawan, Mindoro, and the Negros-Panay group of islands.
		To protect nature and maintain natural processes in an undisturbed state in order to have ecologically representative examples of the natural environment available for scientific study, environmental monitoring, and education, and for the maintenance of genetic resources in a dynamic and evolutionary state.
	www.bwf.org /bk/pamayanan/r-efforts.html (2176 words)

	Robyn's Pond Newsletter August 2003
		On the morning of 7/14/03, as I passed by the 153 gallon pond to feed the fish, I came across a pair of green frogs amplexing in the grass.
		The turtle rehabilitator we visited last year said almost all box turtles he gets have scars from lawn mowers and sometimes the injuries are deadly.
		So, when my female Philippine's sailfin lizard lays an egg, I admire it for a day or so, take a picture, and toss it in the trash which is what those people who have female turtles without a male of the same species should do.
	www.fishpondinfo.com /news/0803.htm (2417 words)

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		Turtles of similar size classes from both groups were collected under the same conditions in the same study area and season at the same time of the day.
		On the basis of the differences identified between groups and times within a group, we conclude that turtles with GTFP are chronically stressed and immunosuppressed.
		A model of oral transport of fluids in snakes, the buccal-pump mechanism, predicts that snakes possess a functional sphincter guarding retrograde flow of accumulating fluid from the esophagus, and that intraoral transport proceeds sequentially under active pressure generation by the buccal-pump mechanism.
	www.herplit.com /herplit/download/1995.txt (4046 words)

	TRAFFIC \| COP12 \| CONFERENCE ROOM
		The 12 proposals to list Asian turtle species in Appendix II at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES have great potential to enhance efforts to reduce the substantial threat that unsustainable trade poses for these and other species.
		Background — The Yellow Pond Turtle Mauremys mutica is a rather small freshwater turtle species inhabiting wetlands and streams at moderate altitudes and lowlands of southern China including Hainan, Taiwan, northern Viet Nam and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
		All Pelochelys forms are large soft-shelled turtles that inhabit lowland rivers and estuaries from India and China to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
	www.traffic.org /cop12/proposal20_34.html (3810 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		For the pet turtle had been her constant companion for the last two months.
		In the morning, greeting her turtle was her first act.
		And at night, bidding goodbye was her last action by the pond.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/05/20/OPED2005052035094.html (363 words)

	Category:Turtles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Category Turtles
		This category contains articles about taxa above the family in the order Testudines - the turtles.
		There are 3 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Turtles (92 words)

	Global Nation \| INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since operations started over a year ago, 25 marine turtles have been rescued or "captured," given temporary shelter in a resort pond, fed, tagged and finally released back to the sea with much funfare.
		The turtles are known to travel long distances, and have been monitored from Indonesia and Guam to Okinawa.
		Then she was strapped onto a surfing board and borne triumphantly to the shore, as lensmen scrambled for a photo op.
	www.inq7.net /globalnation/sec_phe/2005/oct/26-01.htm (793 words)

	Turtle Site .com - Endangered turtles and tortoises around the world
		Below, you will find a complete list of turtles and tortoises that are now endangered around the world from IUCN.
		TurtleSite.com has obtained a complete listing of endangered turtles and tortoises from the IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Red List.
		After searching their database, the following information has been compiled and provided to you to show which turtles and tortoises around the world are endangered, including critically endangered species.
	www.turtlesite.com /information/endangered.html (104 words)

	Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist--4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern India to Vietnam and the Philippines and the western Indo-Australian Archipelago.
		DISTRIBUTION: Extreme eastern India to Vietnam and the Philippines and the Greater Sunda Islands of Malaysia and Indonesia.
		TYPE: Holotype: "An unnumbered specimen in the zoölogical laboratory, University of the Philippines," Diliman, Quezon City, later transferred to the Bureau of Science according to Taylor 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/turtcroclist/chklst4.htm (1813 words)

	MyZoo - Wildlife - Endangered Species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to studies carried out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (based in the United Kingdom), there are at least 566 endangered species in the Philippines - 84 of which are listed as "critically endangered".
		Less than ten countries in the entire world have a situation that is more critical than the Philippines - and most of those countries are significantly bigger (in terms of land mass).
		MyZoo is concerned with protecting the endangered species of the Philippines – some of which are kept in zoos and wildlife centers around the country.
	www.myzoofoundation.org /MYZendangeredspecies.html (165 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Besides dugong, the all-inclusive names "cockatoos" and "turtles" are also included in the free-trade agreement with China, even if the Philippine cockatoo, hawksbill turtle and Philippine pond turtle are also listed among critically endangered species in DAO 15.
		The Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) has remitted nearly P200 million in dividends to the National Treasury, after posting huge profits as of end-2005.
		As of 11:24 a.m., the Philippine Stock Exchange index was down 5.82 points, or 0.2551 percent, at 2,275.57.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=28328 (1043 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Booth, D. "The doubly- labeled water technique is impractical for mesuremtn of field metabolic rate in freshwater turtles." Herpetol.
		Brattstrom, B. "Breeding of the Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, on the Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico." Herpetol.
		Broderick, A. "Insect infestation of Mediterranean marine turtle eggs." Herpetol.
	www.bios.niu.edu /herpetol_review.txt (7378 words)

	Buying Your Own Private Island — Things To Consider
		Palawan has 1,781 islands, a full 1/3 of the Philippines 7,017 islands, which are arguably the last set of "undiscovered" islands in the world.
		By Presidential Proclamation all islands in the Philippines have a Moratorium on their status, this means that if they are currently Tax Declared or Alien and Disposable they can’t be upgraded to Fully titled.
		Therefore, the surrounding shoreline of an island is the property of the Philippines Government, the owner of an island must apply for a “Foreshore Lease”.
	www.escapeartist.com /OREQ9/Phinlippine_Island.html (4284 words)

	Turtle Conservation Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects dealing with tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with either partial or full support as funding allows.
		Priority for funding is usually given to projects that focus on species that are already highly threatened according to the IUCN Red List criteria, either Critically Endangered or Endangered, or which may be highly threatened but not yet recognized as such.
		Diesmos, Arvin C. Unraveling the myth of the Philippine pond turtle Heosemys leytensis.
	www.chelonian.org /tcf (583 words)

	Earth Negotiations Bulletin
		Cape Parrot: SOUTH AFRICA withdrew its proposal to transfer its population of Poicephalus robustus from Appendix II to I (Prop.12.19).
		Heosemys Turtles: The EU presented its joint proposal with CHINA to include four species of Heosemys in Appendix II (Arakan forest turtle H.
		Roofed Turtles: INDIA presented its joint proposal with the US to include six species of Kachuga in Appendix II (Prop.12.24).
	www.iisd.ca /vol21/enb2127e.html (1947 words)

	2005 CHS HerPET-POURRI columns by Ellin Beltz
		Although green turtles have long played a significant, symbolic role in traditional Indonesian Hindu rituals and ceremonies, religious leaders have asked Balinese Hindus to stop using turtle meat in religious ceremonies until such time as the turtle population was deemed stable by the government...
		Gopher turtles, known during the Great Depression as `Hoover chickens,' a reference to President Hoover and to the fact that they were hunted for food then, are seeing much of their habitat destroyed by the ever-expanding use of land.
		The population of the yellow-throated large turtles at the marsh is considered the largest in McHenry County and perhaps the state.
	ebeltz.net /column/chs/2005colu.html (21101 words)

	Documentation Center for Species Protection: Recommendations
		All these turtle species live in Asia and are in fact better known by their synonym genus name Geomyda, the name with which they are still traded today.
		The Temple Turtle is commonly eaten in Asia, particularly in China.
		The Malayan Giant Turtle is rarely offered for sale in the reptile trade, the demand is negligible with regard to the decline of the species.
	www.dcsp.org /COP12-e.html (11090 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Southeast \| Aquatic Fauna In Peril \| State and Fate of the World’s Aquatic Fauna
		In the Philippines, the introduction of the exotic apple snail, Ampullaria canaliculata, has resulted in an ecological nightmare of major proportions (Anderson, 1993).
		The red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, seems to be outcompeting the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis in parts of France.
		Although the study of this phenomenon is still in its infancy, Larson and Fivizzani (1994) have documented, in Ambystoma tigrinum larvae, elevated corticosterone levels that were positively associated with the amount of agricultural land in the vicinity of the pond used by the larvae.
	www.sherpaguides.com /southeast/aquatic_fauna/chapter_1 (7618 words)

	Fishpond
		A Philippine butterfly knife among my collection of deadly objects presented a cold stainless obsessively sharp blade with all to obvious utility.
		One of the boats was blue very small and always half submerged in pond.
		Blue flippers: I once sneaked into a pond in Stow during an assignment with the Marlboro Enterprise.
	home.neaccess.net /~kalden/FISHPOND.htm (11291 words)

	Earthwatch: Local Community Action - Earthwatch Europe Institute
		Nars is undertaking research on a national level about the current programs of the Philippine Eagle Foundation.
		This national eagle is endangered and relies heavily on the captive breeding programme of the foundation.
		The aim of this ambitious project is to help save the endangered Philippine Eagle by adopting an eagle for one year and creating publicity for the foundation.
	www.earthwatch.org /site/pp.asp?c=crLQK3PHLsF&b=480861 (151 words)

	Mycotopian Web Board: A Bufo Toad Tease from Mj (Pic.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I have a friend ho raises turtles, lizards, and toads for a hobby who was disgusted by the idea of these threads on a BB for the simple fact that toads are delicate, and I believe he is right...
		Isolation of small, vulnerable populations caused by channelization and damming of the Colorado River, and the introduction of the spiny softshell turtle and bullfrog in the early 1900s may also be partly responsible for the species' decline.
		A man complained that they were killing the fancy goldfish in his pond: the toads on the banks would notice some movement underwater, jump on the goldfish, and attempt to rape it.
	www.mycotopia.net /discus/messages/5/13004.html (10152 words)

	Ask my wife - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		WHEN you have been married for over 50 years, some interviewer is bound to come around thinking you have become some expert at child-rearing.
		I remember when I was a corporate wife, I would go to Auggie Cordero when I needed some socially correct dress to wear to a cocktail party.
		When Rafa's pet turtle died, I went to the funeral wearing my best hat.
	news.inq7.net /lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=15176 (2503 words)

	Mangrove Action Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The senator believed that dam construction in China and blasting to clear waterways for commercial shipping have damaged the river's ecosystem, causing low water levels, erosion of river banks, and a decline in the fish population.
		The U.S. State Department is required to certify that countries exporting shrimp to the United States have taken all appropriate measures to prevent accidental capture or death of sea turtles.
		The protection of sea turtles was at the heart of the ban.
	www.earthisland.org /map/ltfrn_138.htm (10344 words)

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		One of the other ponds was created by award winner Terry Mullin, and is adjacent to an inner-city housing estate and on the grounds of a local primary school, so it has become the focus of `pond-dipping' and wildlife discovery lessons.
		Three turtles in total were fitted with transmitters to gather information on their movements, which will be used to better protect areas important for the species.
		Two (2.0) Philippine spotted deer were born, but one was stillborn and the other, delivered outside during the night in cold and wet conditions, died of hypothermia.
	www.zoonews.ws /IZN/320/IZN-320.htm (20996 words)

	Volume 5 Vivarium Columns by Ellin Beltz
		One was near a pond and the other was in the outflow from a hot springs.
		The Sumter County coroner said that a large alligator had killed the woman by biting her head and breaking her neck although there were no drag marks on the band and no bite marks on her feet or lower legs.
		The sales of baby turtles were prohibited because it was believed that turtles transmitted Salmonella bacteria and that children became ill after placing the turtles in their mouth.
	www.ebeltz.net /column/vivarium/vivavol5.html (15304 words)

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