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New insights of karyoevolution in the Amazonian turtles Podocnemis expansa and Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemidae). [PDF]
Cytogenetic studies were conducted in the Brazilian Amazon turtles, Podocnemis expansa Schweigger, 1912 (PEX) and Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (PUN) to understand their karyoevolution. Their chromosomal complements were compared using banding techniques (C, G-, Ag-NOR and Chromomycin A3) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and efforts ...
Noronha RC +6 more
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Ontogenia dos ossos da cintura peitoral e membros torácicos em embriões de Podocnemis unifilis
Os Testudines abrangem um grupo restrito que combinam aspectos primitivos e derivados, por exemplo, no esqueleto de seus membros. Para descrever a ontogenia do esqueleto da cintura peitoral e dos membros torácicos de Podocnemis unifilis, 66 embriões ...
Fabiano Campos Lima +9 more
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Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp.
Marina, Teófilo Pignati +5 more
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Assessment of Mercury Concentration in Turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) in the Xingu River Basin, Brazil. [PDF]
Many studies on mercury contamination in aquatic biota deal with the effect of consuming metal-contaminated organisms on human health. In this study, we examined the factors that cause mercury contamination in Podocnemis unifilis in the Xingu River Basin of Mato Grosso and Pará States, Brazil.
Pignati MT +5 more
europepmc +4 more sources
Specimens collected from the large intestine of the sidenecked turtle Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 in the region of Cuminá and Trombetas rivers near Pará, Brazil are assigned to a new genus and new species of the nematode superfamily Cosmocercoidea
C J Marinkelle
exaly +2 more sources
Anticoagulants and their effects on the hematological and biochemical parameters of yellow-spotted amazon river turtle [PDF]
: Knowledge of suitable methods and reagents for assessing the health condition of specimens of a given species is essential. The present study evaluated the efficacy of the heparin anticoagulants 5,000 I.U.
Yuri Ian Carvalho Furtado +5 more
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Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 — Non-native; Introduced. Yellow-spotted River Turtle Singapore records. Podocnemis unifilis — K.S. Chua, 2018: 108 (Sungei Tampines [PRP]). Remarks. Native to South America (TTWG 2021), one individual of P. unifilis was seen basking on an overhanging branch at Sungei Tampines on 21 July 2018 (Chua 2018).
Figueroa, Alex +2 more
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In the Amazon floodplains, hydrological variability plays a crucial role by shaping the habitat, offering shelter and feeding or breeding areas. During the dry season, some fresh water turtles such as the yellow-spotted turtle (Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848) use the sand banks at point bar areas as breeding sites, which must be available in time ...
Véliz Rosas, Claudia +4 more
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La tortuga charapa o arrau (Podocnemis expansa) y la terecay o taricaya (Podocnemis unifilis) son especies con amplia distribución en las cuencas del Orinoco y del Amazonas, que han sido aprovechadas desde tiempos inmemoriales por distintos grupos ...
Antonio Castro Casal +4 more
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Community-Based Conservation and Management of Chelonians in the Amazon
Chelonians represent an important resource in the Amazon, either as a source of protein at the base of the food chain of aquatic and transition ecosystems, or in the dispersion of seeds of plants from floodplains and flooded forests.
Paulo Cesar Machado Andrade +18 more
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