Where is the Stinkpot turtle found?
Stinkpot turtles are rarely found on land. The only time these turtles are required to move onto land is during nesting, where they will lay their eggs along shoreline areas. Unlike other turtles that bask out of water, stinkpot turtles prefer to bask a few inches underwater during the day. They are poor swimmers and prefer to crawl along the bottoms of water bodies Stinkpot turtles require shallow bodies of water with a soft substrate and little or no current. In Canada the stinkpot turtle occurs in southern Ontario, extending north to Georgian Bay, in wetland communities and along lake and river edges. Areas that offer some protection to stinkpot turtle populations in Ontario include St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Point Pelee National Park, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Rideau Canal National Historic Site and the Trent- Severn Waterway National Historic Site. Most of the turtle’s lifecycle occurs in water, which is often outside of Parks Cana
