| Sumario: | The introduction
of many exotic animal species to environments which are not natural for them
with the curiosity of human beings about animal species and the gradual
acceleration of both transport among countries and intercontinental transport
further threatens the natural communities. In order to investigate the
distribution of exotic turtle species Trachemys scripta in Canakkale,
field studies were carried out between March and June 2014. Direct observation,
detection of species by photographs and capturing by scoop nets and trap-nets
were performed during the fieldwork. Trachemys scripta (the red-eared
slider) was first recorded in Saricay stream, the Kepez, Kocabas and the Kavak
tributaries, in the Canakkale province. It might be stated that this species
arrived in the areas where it was detected through antropochore dispersal and
may pose a threat to the natural species in the future.
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