Interspecific Variation in Temperature Effects on Embryonic Metabolism and Development in Turtles

Table 1

Clutch, egg, and hatchling data for turtles included in this study (mean ± SE). Mean incubation periods are reported for eggs incubated at 26.5, 28.5, and 30.5°C, respectively.

Species	Number of Clutches	Number of eggs^a	Hatchling success (%)	Incubation period (d)	Egg mass (g)	Hatchling mass (g)	Hatchling length (mm)^b
A. spinifera	1	18 (18)	89	77, 61, 53	6.7±0.06	4.4±0.06	25.3±0.25
M. temminckii	4	109 (17–33)	66	93, 82, 79	26.1±0.18	16.4±0.17	35.2±0.17
T. scripta	5	58 (10–14)	93	71, 59, 52	11.5±0.08	8.9±0.09	32.1±0.11

^aNumber of eggs of each species used in this study, with clutch size range in parentheses.
^bPlastron length reported for A. spinifera, carapace length reported for M. temminckii and T. scripta.