Re: ATTN:Bill – More topics
Last I know, you are limited to two Malaclemys of any combination of subspecies. Alabama fully protects the Mississippi diamondback subspecies as it is the only subspecies in the state. There are not many who know of stable wild populations and no one that does know is likely to reveal these locations. I personally know of one area for the pileata and about four for macrospilota. I have studied these habitats for a few years and spent several years finding them. I have seen upto about thirty macrospilotas in a single day and hundreds in the past few years. I will not reveal the locations for fear of losing the populations, not even to a “research” group from a university. These places are awesome and I will do all I can to preserve the aesthetics of these habitats, as I feel most of you would. Scott — In diamondbackterrapins@egroups.com, “Chun-Ming Chew”