INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRESHWATER TURTLES CONSERVATION 22 - 24 MAY 2013 VILA NOVA DE GAIA. PORTUGAL Organizing Committee: Ana Alves, Henrique Alves and Cristina Neves (Parque Biológico de Gaia); José Teixeira and Jael Palhas (CIBIO). Funding: Project LIFE09 NAT/ES/000529. Partners: RIAS/Aldeia; GeneralitatValenciana and VAERSA. Published by: Águas e Parque Biologico de Gaia. Rua da Cunha – 4430-812 AVINTES Vila Nova de Gaia – Portugal www.parquebiologico.pt Publication date: 2016 All pictures in the present work are authored by the LIFE+Trachemys Team INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRESHWATER TURTLES CONSERVATION 22 - 24 MAY 2013 VILA NOVA DE GAIA. PORTUGAL Index Editorial. Organizing Committee 5 Dynamics of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) population inhabiting the Natural Monument of Cañada 7 del Hoyo (Cuenca). Enrique Ayllón, Pedro Luis Hernandez-Sastre, Cesar Ayres, Pablo García-Díaz, Javier Cañada, Nicolás Hernandez-Monedero, Rocío Martínez-Collado, Isabel Ramírez-Torres Are the invasive species Trachemys scripta and Pseudemys concinna able to reproduce in the northern coast of Portugal? 15 Ana Alves, Albert Martínez-Silvestre, Anabela Alves, José Júlio Martins Sex identification of Emys orbicularis hatchlings: a comparison of morphological and histological methods. Catarina 25 Penim-Loureiro, Ana Alves, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, José Teixeira Expansion of Trachemys scripta in the Valencian Community (Eastern Spain). Vicente Sancho, Ignacio Lacomba 41 Layman Report 51 Program 57 Abstracts - Presentations 63 Ecological correlates of reproductive patterns in Italian populations of Emys orbicularis. Marco A.L. 64 Fishing for DNA and Catching Turtles. Scott O’Keeffe 64 Coexistence patterns between native freshwater turtles in Iberian Peninsula. Pedro Segurado 64 Genetic structure of the Mediterranean stripe-necked terrapin (Mauremys leprosa Schweigger, 1812). Joana Veríssimo, 65 Paulo Pereira, José Teixeira & Guillermo Velo-Antón How conservation genetics can help to preserve and manage Emys orbicularis populations. Paulo Pereira, Joana 65 Veríssimo, José Teixeira & Guillermo Velo-Antón Conservation Genetics of the River Turtle “Terecay” (Podocnemis unifilis). Tibisay Escalona, Tag N. Ángstrom, Omar 66 E. Hernández, Brian C. Bock, Richard Vogt & Nicole Valenzuela European pond turtle captive breeding program in Catalonia: Past, Present and Future. Albert Vilardell-Bartino, 67 Xavier Capalleras & Joan Budó Rearing of Emys orbicularis for conservation of the wild populations in Lithuania. Alma Pikūnienė, Dalia Bastytė 67 Is headstarting needed for reintroducing Emys orbicularis? Results from a small-scale experiment. Adolfo Cordero 67 Rivera, César Ayres & Guillermo Velo-Antón Reptiles as Invasive species: Effects on environment and public health. Albert Martínez-Silvestre 68 Can free-living turtles represent a risk factor for salmonellosis? María Aurora Colvée Bosch, Isabel Amparo Calvo Saiz, 68 Sofía Ingresa Capaccioni, Ana Aguilar Darós, Sara González Bodí, Clara Marín Orenga & Santiago Vega García Lessons learned from an Australian Eradication Program for Red-eared Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans). 69 Scott O’Keeffe Interference competition between native Iberian turtles and the exotic Trachemys scripta. Nuria Polo-Cavia 70 Pond slider (Trachemys scripta) in the Czech Republic. Jindřich Brejcha 70 Spreading and present situation of Trachemys scripta elegans in the Valencian Community (Eastern Spain). 70 Ignacio Lacomba & Vicente Sancho Advances in Trachemys LIFE project. Strategy and control techniques in freshwater alien turtles. José Teixeira, Vicente 71 Sancho, Ignacio Lacomba, Bruno Martins, Jael Palhas, Ana Alves, Fábia Azevedo, José Vicente Bataller, Antonio Pradi- llo, Eduardo Díaz & Raúl Orero Control methods of alien turtles. Antonio Pradillo, Bruno Martins, José Vicente Bataller, Eduardo Díaz, Raúl Orero, 71 Vicente Sancho & Ignacio Lacomba The expansion of the racoon and the racoon dog – the end of the Emys orbicularis relict populations on the nor- 72 thwest border of distribution? Norbert Schneeweiß & Manfred Pletz Management of a temporary pond system for the conservation of the European pond turtle in the Southwestern 72 coast of Portugal. Pedro Segurado Long term perspective in population reinforcement of freshwater turtle: a computational analysis. Marco A.L. Zuffi, 73 Aureliano Rama, Andrea Maggiolo-schettini, Paolo Milazzo & Roberto Barbuti What are the needs of a turtle near the species’ border – the example of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis L.) 73 in Lithuania. Anne-Claire Martina Meeske Development of an ecological network for Emys orbicularis between protected areas in south Lithuania. Dalia Bastytė 73 Estimating time-budget in freshwater turtles using animal-borne simple sensors. Jean-Yves Georges, Florian Bresson, 74 Mathieu Brucker, Nicolas Chatelain, Francis Crenner, Odeline Dallongeville, Akiko Kato-Ropert, Philippe Knibiely, Robin Laesser, Thê Duc Lê, Fabrice Levresse, Mélanie Levy & Marc Richer A living fossil returns – reintroduction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis L.) in Lower Saxony in Ger- 74 many. Anne-Claire Martina Meeske Emys orbicularis in Latvia: distribution, threats and conservation. Mihails Pupins & Aija Pupina 75 Serious trade and serious turtle keeping. José María López 76 Emys orbicularis – Species of the year 2013. Cesar Ayres 76 Projecte Emys: citizen participation for autochtonous turtles conservation. Lucía Moreno Fernandez1, Rafael Marqui- 76 na Blasco, Matthieu Lassalle, Jorge Bonet, Laura Martínez, Miguel Crespo, Santiago Gasset, Sara Aunés, Juan Ruiz & Carlos Villalba The LIFE+Trachemys Project – How to explain it to the little ones? Ana Alves 77 Posters 79 Preliminary sampling of autochthonous terrapins (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys leprosa) in the Sotos de Alfaro 80 Natural Reserve (La Rioja, Spain). Aitor Valdeón, Ricardo Zaldívar, César Aguilar, Javier Álvarez, Carlos Zaldívar & Virginia Rada Monitoring of the Emys orbicularis population inhabiting the Natural Monument in Cañada del Hoyo (Cuenca). 80 Enrique Ayllón, Pedro Hernandez & Cesar Ayres Limnology of coastal wetlands and the ocurrence of freshwater turtles in Eastern Spain. María Sahuquillo, Ignacio 80 Lacomba, Vicente Sancho, Antonio Pradillo, José Vicente Bataller, Eduardo Díaz & Raúl Orero Freshwater turtles of the Facultad de Ciencias herpetological collection, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. 81 Santiago Carreira, Manuel Merchán & Antonio Castro Growth of the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis, Linnaeus, 1758) in captivity during the six first months of 82 life. César Pérez-Muñiz & Manuel Merchán Preliminary results of a biometric study on newborns of the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis, Linnaeus, 82 1758) in captivity. César Pérez-Muñiz & Manuel Merchán Comparative morphometric analysis in neonates of three Neotropical slider turtles: Trachemys callirostris, T. emolli 83 and T. venusta. Manuel Merchán, José M. Caperos & Antonio Castro Benefits of using logistic regression to predict species classification based on biometrical indexes: case study of Tra- 84 chemys scripta elegans and Trachemys scripta scripta. José M. Caperos, Manuel Merchán & Ana M. Fidalgo Emys orbicularis hatchlings sex identification: a comparison of morphological and histological methods. Catarina 84 Loureiro, Ana Alves, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou & José Teixeira Emys orbicularis captive breeding in Portugal - LIFE+Trachemys Project (LIFE09 NAT/ES/000529). Fábia Azevedo, Ana Alves, 85 Ana Carvalho, Thijs Valkenburg, André Tomás, Sara Machado, Bruno Martins, Vanessa Soeiro & Sara Lóio Occurrence of blood parasites on spanish terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) from southwestern iberian peninsula. Alex 85 Ibáñez, José Martín, Pilar López & Alfonso Marzal Are free-living turtles a reservoir for Salmonella and Campylobacter? María Aurora Colvée Bosch, Sofía Ingresa Capac- 85 cioni, Sara González Bodí, Clara Marín Orenga & Santiago Vega García Abnormal winter activity and mortality associated in an Emys orbicularis population from North-western Spain. 86 César Ayres & Antonio Acuña Reproductive biology of the red eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in a coastal wetland on East Spain. José Vicente 86 Bataller, Antonio Pradillo, Eduardo Díaz, Raúl Orero, Vicente Sancho & Ignacio Lacomba Does the invasive species Trachemys scripta and Pseudemys concinna able to reproduce in the northern coast of Portu- 87 gal? Ana Alves1, Albert Martínez-Silvestre, Anabela Alves & José Júlio G.B. Martins Allochthonous pond turtles in Brandenburg (NE-Germany) – a current danger for relict populations of 87 E. orbicularis. Norbert Schneeweiß & Heidrun Beckmann Finding of alien turtles species in Latvia. Mihails Pupins & Aija Pupina 88 France national action plan for the Spanish terrapin (Mauremys leprosa) 2012 – 2016. Lionel Courmont 88 (Chargé de misión) Effects of nest-relocation on hatching success of yellow-spotted and six-tubercled Amazonian river turtles. Catarina 89 Gonçalves, Rafael Bernhard & Richard Carl Vogt Conservation herpetocultures of Bombina bombina and Emys orbicularis in Latvia. Aija Pupina & Mihails Pupins 89 Radiotracking of Emys orbicularis in two populations at Valencia Region (East Spain). Eduardo Díaz, Matthieu 90 Lassalle & Jorge Godoy A review of the historical and present use of the Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa). Antonio Castro, Manuel 90 Merchán, Miguel Cárdenas & Santiago Carreira Freshwater turtles & environmental volunteering: well-trained volunteers