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Knowledge gaps and conservation priorities for west African chelonians

Amphibia-Reptilia, 2023
Defining priorities is important both in research and in conservation, especially when knowledge gaps are hindering successful management. In this review, we quantify the knowledge gaps for all non-marine West African chelonians based on 21 criteria ...
P. McGovern, L. Luiselli
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EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL TORTOISE AND TURTLE FEEDS

Slovenian Veterinary Research, 2022
Captive chelonians should be fed a natural diet to achieve a growth rate similar to that of free-ranging animals. A wide range of commercially formulated foods dedicated to chelonians is available.
Nikoletta Hetényi, Emese Andrásofszky
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Captive reptile mortality rates in the home and implications for the wildlife trade [PDF]

, 2015
The trade in wildlife and keeping of exotic pets is subject to varying levels of national and international regulation and is a topic often attracting controversy.
A Hailey, A Herrel, A Nuno, AC Smart, BB Chomel, C Hoover, C Schutz, C Warwick, DA Pike, David L. Roberts, E Check, E Toland, EM Katz, F Andreone, FAV St John, Freya A. V. St. John, GJ Lensvelt-Mulders, H Newing, I Gordon, I Scharf, J Hutton, JA Lyons, Jan S Suchodolski, Janine E. Robinson, JE Robinson, JH Razafimanahaka, JJC New, JK Webb, K Lawrence, K Lawrence, K Lawrence, K Pollock, KB Karsten, M Auliya, M Engler, MF King, R Bustard, R Tacutu, Richard A. Griffiths, S Ashley, S de Volder, S Gupta, S Haitao, S Masin, S O'Brien, SE Baker, SL Warner, V Lahaut   +47 more
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The evolutionary advantages of chelonians are making them vulnerable to extinction in the Anthropocene

Integrative Conservation, 2023
Chelonians have survived for more than 200 million years. The distinct form of the chelonian shell stands as a testament to their enduring success, having survived millions of years of natural selection pressures.
R. Bu, T. M. Lee, Haitao Shi
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Chelonians from the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Mealhada (Coimbra, Portugal): An Update

Diversity, 2023
The results of a review of the chelonian remains retrieved in the excavations carried out in Mealhada (Coimbra, central Portugal) are presented here. Mealhada is a Portuguese Middle Palaeolithic classical site, discovered at the end of the 19th century ...
Iratxe Boneta Jiménez, A. Pérez‐García, Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck   +2 more
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Detection and Identification of Mycoplasmopsis agassizii in Captive Tortoises with Different Clinical Signs in Italy

Animals, 2023
Mycoplasmopsis agassizii causes the Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD) in tortoises. The severity of the disease usually ranges from mild to severe respiratory signs.
Livio Galosi, Nicola Ridolfi, Cristina Fellini, Igor Pelizzone, Stefano Cusaro, Gianluca Marchetti, Matteo Canonico, Elena Ghelfi, Nicola Di Girolamo, Silvia Preziuso   +9 more
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Piscichuviral encephalitis in marine and freshwater chelonians: first evidence of jingchuviral disease

bioRxiv, 2023
Chuviruses (family Chuviridae), which are in the recently discovered order Jingchuvirales, were first identified in arthropods in 2015 and have been detected through metagenomics in numerous invertebrates, but only a few vertebrates.
Weerapong Laovechprasit, Kelsey T. Young, B. Stacy, Steve Tillis, R. Ossiboff, Jordan A. Vann, K. Subramaniam, D. Agnew, Jian Zhang, S. Whitaker, A. Walker, Andrew M. Orgill, Lyndsey N. Howell, D. Shaver, J. Stanton   +14 more
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The influence of season, environment, sex, and body mass on biochemical profile of the freshwater turtle Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812)

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2022
We analyzed the influence of the season, the environment, and the sex, as well as the relation of body mass (BM) in the serum albumin (ALB), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine (C), creatine kinase (CK), phosphorus (P), total calcium (tCa ...
R.S.L. Pulcherio, M.N.A. Rocha, R.V.P. de Barros, E.S. Brito, D.P. Santos, A.J. Mendonça, C. Strüssmann, R.H.S. Ferraz   +7 more
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New species of Polystomoides (Monogenoidea: Polystomatidae) parasitizing the urinary bladder of a freshwater turtle in Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2023
Trachemys dorbigni is the most abundant freshwater turtle species in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Chelonians are known to host a wide variety of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, hemoparasites and helminths.
Julia Somavilla Lignon, Simone Chinicz Cohen, Marcia Cristina Nascimento Justo, Louis Du Preez, Carine Glaucia Comarella, Rogerio Akio Nishimaru, Paulo Vinicius Abbade Moreira Souza, Michelli Westphal de Ataíde, Daniel Curvellho de Mendonça Müller, Maurício Veloso Brun, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro   +10 more
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Phylogeny and phylogeography of chelonians from sub-Saharan Africa—A review of current knowledge in tribute to Margaretha D. Hofmeyr

Vertebrate zoology, 2022
Species-level phylogeny and especially phylogeography of African chelonians is a comparatively under-studied field of research. We review the current knowledge of phylogeny and phylogeography, highlight congruence of spatial phylogeographic patterns ...
U. Fritz, K. Tolley, M. Vamberger, F. Ihlow   +3 more
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