▁ 5 – 1 7 ▁eggs ▁at ▁a ▁time . ▁The ▁inc ub ation ▁of ▁the ▁eggs ▁takes ▁ 7 3 ▁to ▁ 8 0 ▁days , ▁and ▁the ▁eggs ▁h atch ▁at ▁around ▁. ▁H atch lings ▁are ▁about ▁ ▁long . ▁E gg s ▁and ▁young ▁t urt les ▁are ▁over h unted ▁by ▁sk unks , ▁racc o ons , ▁birds , ▁and ▁fish . ▁Their ▁natural ▁lif es pan ▁is ▁ 4 0 ▁to ▁ 4 5 ▁years . ▁The ▁population ▁had ▁been ▁reduced ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 – 3 0 0 ▁t urt les ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁there ▁were ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁ 4 0 0 – 6 0 0 ▁bre eding ▁age ▁t urt les ▁across ▁ 2 0 ▁p onds , ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁within ▁ 1 7 ▁p onds . ▁This ▁is ▁due ▁to ▁over h un ting ▁by ▁its ▁natural ▁pred ator ▁the ▁sk unk ▁and ▁poll ution ▁from ▁her b ic ides ▁dump ed ▁into ▁streams ▁and ▁p onds . ▁L oss ▁of ▁habitat , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁filling ▁in ▁p onds ▁to ▁create ▁houses ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁major ▁issue . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Graham , ▁T . E . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁report ▁to ▁Mass . ▁Department ▁of ▁Fish ▁and ▁Wild life , ▁December ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁Category : P se ude mys ▁Category