The Arrau river turtle or giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) have wide distributions within the Orinoco and Amazon River basins.
Garcés Restrepo, Mario Fernando +4 more
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PG-18: turtles reach adult shell shapes at about 65% maximum carapace length. [PDF]
Swiss J PalaeontolHermanson G, Evers SW.
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An early bothremydid from the Arlington Archosaur Site of Texas. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Adrian B, Smith HF, Noto CR, Grossman A.
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Gross anatomy of the skeleton of neonates of the Orinoco Matamata turtle (Chelus orinocensis). [PDF]
PLoS OneValencia-Flórez LA +3 more
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New species of Serpinema (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the scorpion mud turtle Kinosternon scorpioides (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from eastern Amazon, Brazil. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 2023 Silva LMO +6 more
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Exploring the diversity of Brazilian camallanids: a checklist of the family Camallanidae (Nematoda) from Brazil with a new key to identification of the genera in the family. [PDF]
ParasitologySilva LMO +3 more
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Valanginian occurrence of Pelomedusoides turtles in northern South America: revision of this hypothesis based on a new fossil remain. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Cadena EA.
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Turtle genomic novelty is driven by the evolution of ecological robustness. [PDF]
iScienceDrewalowski J +3 more
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Lessons learned during a 12-year monitoring project with the endangered Magdalena River turtle (Podocnemis lewyana): hunting pressure, habitat degradation, and methodological considerations. [PDF]
Environ Monit AssessPáez VP +3 more
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The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
Biol LettFerreira GS +7 more
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