DOI: 10.17151/luaz.2023.56.5
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Jiménez-Acosta, D. de J., y Gándara-Molino, M. A. (2023). Patterns of capture and marketing of Trachemys callirostris (Testudines: Emydidae) in Santiago Apóstol, Sucre, Colombia. Luna Azul, (56), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.17151/luaz.2023.56.5

Authors

Donys de Jesús Jiménez-Acosta
Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
donys.jimenez@cecar.edu.co
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9196-6545
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Mario Alfonso Gándara-Molino
Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
mario.gandara@cecar.edu.co
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5623-3095
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Abstract

This research aimed to evaluate the capture and marketing patterns of Trachemys callirostris (Hicotea), in the district of Santiago Apóstol, belonging to the municipality of San Benito Abad, department of Sucre, Colombia, during the months of January to April 2019. The research had a quantitative approach, of a non-experimental type, a descriptive scope and a longitudinal temporality. Surveys were applied to 43 members of the community that are dedicated to the hunt and/ or commercialization of this species, in order to collect socio-demographic and biological information on the availability and use of the captured individuals. A total of 5028 individuals were captured, with sizes ranging from 11 to 28 centimeters (total length of the caparax). Of the individuals captured (3685), 73.3% were used for commercial purposes. Likewise, it was determined that the highest number of captures (2365) took place in the month of March. The capture methods used for this activity are varied and include the “chuzo galapaguero”, dredge, trammel line, setting hooks and burning land. The levels of extraction of T. callirostris in the study area have a great impact on the natural populations present there, where hunters do not exercise any type of selection that would allow the preservation of the species, so it is important and necessary to train them in order to make them aware of the danger to the species and encourage them to take care of it.

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