ISOMETRY OF EGG SIZE IN A TEXAS POPULATION OF THE TURTLE STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS THAT EXHIBITS A NEARLY FIXED CLUTCH SIZE [PDF]
, 2020 In evaluating optimal egg-size theory and the effects of anatomical constraints on egg size in turtles, pivotal questions concern the significance of the relationship of egg size to female body size and whether the relationship is isometric or ...
Lindeman, Peter V.
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Anti-Leptospira spp. antibody test in noncaptive reptiles from urban and peri-urban reas in Brazil’s extreme South [PDF]
Ciência Rural: The state of Rio Grande do Sul has a great diversity of reptile species distributed throughout its territory. Due to human actions, such as habitat fragmentation, these animals have been frequently observed in urban and peri-urban environments.
Érica Thurow Schulz +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 In a captive colony of Chersina angulata in Cape Town, South Africa, we observed in 2015/16 retention of the last egg clutch inside the female until the hatching stage was reached, conforming to the generally accepted definition of viviparity ...
Gerald Kuchling, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr
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Acta Amazonica, 2009 Os aspectos ecológicos relacionados à reprodução das tartarugas e de outros répteis que apresentam determinação sexual dependente da temperatura de incubação desempenham um papel crucial no equilíbrio das populações.
Paulo Dias Ferreira Júnior
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Projected changes in climatic suitability for Kinosternon turtles by 2050 and 2070
Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Chelonians are expected to be negatively impacted by climate change due to limited vagility and temperature‐dependent sex determination. However, few studies have examined how freshwater turtle distributions may shift under different climate change ...
Christopher J. Butler +4 more
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Nesting and neonates of the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemididae) in the Araguari River basin, eastern Amazon, Brazil [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2014 Predation and alteration of microhabitats may represent high risk for nesting of Amazonian turtles. This study aimed at investigating the nesting and body parameters of neonates of Podocnemis unifilis in the Araguari River basin, State of Amapá, Brazil ...
Débora Regina dos Santos Arraes +1 more
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Insect (Arthropoda: Insecta) Composition in the Diet of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) in Two Western Illinois Sand Prairies, with a New State Record for Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]
, 2018 A study of fecal samples collected over a two-year period from juvenile ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz) revealed diets consisting of six orders of insects representing 19 families. Turtles were reared in captivity from eggs harvested
Lago, P. K. +3 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In spite of the widespread occurrence of epibiotic turtle barnacles (Coronuloidea: Chelonibiidae and Platylepadidae) on extant marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae), and although the association between these cirripedes and their ...
Alberto Collareta +4 more
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The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England [PDF]
, 2004 The turtles from the Purbeck Limestone are revised and it is concluded that there are four shell-based cryptodire species present, namely Pleurosternon bullockii, ‘Glyptops’typocardium comb. nov., Helochelydra anglica comb. nov.,Hylaeochelys latiscutata.
Milner, Andrew R.
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