Characterizing the chelonian innate immune response through ranaviral challenge and in a natural system [PDF]
, 2020 Chelonians are among the most imperiled vertebrates in the world (Rhodin et al. 2011). Multiple factors contribute to chelonian population declines, including habitat degradation and fragmentation, climate change, and direct anthropogenic effects such as
Rayl, Jeremy Michael
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Change in Physical and Chemical Composition of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Eggshells During Embryonic Development [PDF]
, 2011 The chemical elements of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) eggshells collected from Samandag Beach (Turkey) were studied to determine differences between elemental composition and changes in physical characteristics.
Yalcin-Ozdilek, Sukran +2 more
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Sound Communication in Embryos and Hatchlings of Lepidochelys kempii [PDF]
, 2019 Recent studies have shown that acoustic signals play an important role in turtle social behavior and reproduction. We recorded embryos and hatchlings of Lepidochelys kempii inside the nest and underwater in June 2016 in Playa Santander, Veracruz, Mexico,
Vogt, Richard Carl +4 more
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Feeding habits of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Testudines: Chelidae)
Acta Herpetologica, 2016 We studied the feeding habits of Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei in small water bodies in the central region of the Brazilian Cerrado. We captured 80 individuals, 79 of which [41 (52%) females, 27 males (34%), 11 (14%) juveniles] had stomach contents for ...
Elizangela Brito +2 more
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One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
PLoS ONE, 2013 Pelusios seychellensis is thought to be a freshwater turtle species endemic to the island of Mahé, Seychelles. There are only three museum specimens from the late 19(th) century known. The species has been never found again, despite intensive searches on
Heiko Stuckas, Richard Gemel, Uwe Fritz
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Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians [PDF]
, 2015 We provide a first checklist and review of all recognized taxa of the world’s extinct Pleistocene and Holocene (Quaternary) turtles and tortoises that existed during the early rise and global expansion of humanity, and most likely went extinct through a ...
Hans-Volker Karl +26 more
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Characterizing the chelonian innate immune response through ranaviral challenge and in a natural system [PDF]
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Food for thought: Sub-fossil and fossil chelonian remains from Franchthi Cave and Megalopolis confirm a glacial refuge for Emys orbicularis in Peloponnesus (S. Greece) [PDF]
, 2016 Peloponnesus peninsula (S. Greece) shows a remarkable extant chelonian fauna that has received considerable attention from a molecular and morphological point of view.
Vlachos, Evangelos, Delfino, Massimo
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XXXV.—On the development of the Chelonians [PDF]
Annals and Magazine of Natural Historyn ...
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An appraisal of the problems related to species identity and species diversity within chelonian polystomes (Polystomatidae: Monogenea) [PDF]
, 2010 Thesis (M. Environmental Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.The subfamily Polystomoidinae Yamaguti, 1963, belongs to the class Monogenea that are parasites of terrapins and of the caecilian polystome Nanopolystoma Du Preez et al.
Morrison, Christa
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