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Parasitic macrofauna of Podocnemis unifilis from the Tocantins and Javaés Rivers, Eastern Amazon, Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2023
: The parasitic fauna of Podocnemididae species is of great relevance to understanding the ecological relationships of the organisms in this genus. The parasites can have a symbiotic relationship with their hosts; however, environmental imbalances may ...
Ana Beatriz N. Ribeiro, Danilo N. Santana, Jonatas C. Souza, Marcos S.B. Oliveira, Marcela S. Magalhães, Adriana Malvasio, Kellen L.F. Silva   +6 more
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OVIPOSITION OF Podocnemis unifilis AND WATER LEVEL IN PERUVIAN AMAZONIAN FLOODPLAINS

Ecología Aplicada, 2022
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, Moreira-Turcq, Patricia, Cochonneau, Gérard, Santini, William, Guyot, Jean-Loup   +4 more
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Crescimento e eficiência alimentar de tracajás (Podocnemis unifilis) juvenis em cativeiro

DELOS: DESARROLLO LOCAL SOSTENIBLE, 2023
Dentre os quelônios da Amazônia, o tracajá, Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel, 1848), é uma das espécies mais capturadas para consumo na Amazônia brasileira, integrando a lista de animais vulneráveis à extinção. A espécie apresenta boa condição para criação em cativeiro, adaptando-se facilmente às condições impostas no manejo de criação, além de boa ...
Jamile da Costa Araújo, Yuri Ian Carvalho Furtado, Deybson dos Santos Oliveira, Willian Marques Ribamar, Paula Tais Cantuária Dos Santos   +4 more
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Modeling neck mobility in fossil turtles [PDF]

, 2014
Turtles have the unparalleled ability to retract their heads and necks within their shell but little is known about the evolution of this trait. Extensive analysis of neck mobility in turtles using radiographs, CT scans, and morphometry reveals that ...
Anquentin, Anquentin, Brinkman, Christian, Christian, Cobley, de Queiroz, Dzemski, Gaffney, Gaffney, Gaffney, Gaffney, Geomagic_Inc, Hay, Herrel, Hoffstetter, Jaekel, Jones, Joyce, Joyce, Joyce, Li, Lyson, Lyson, Matzke, Müller, Młynarski, Nagashima, Nesbitt, Ogushi, Rieppel, Romer, Samman, Schwarz-Wings, Snively, Sterli, Sterli, Stevens, Taylor, Thomson, Tsuihiji, Vaillant, Vaillant, Van Damme, van der Leeuw, van der Leeuw, Wedel, Weisgram, Weisgram, Werneburg, Werneburg, Werneburg, Wild, Williams, Witmer   +54 more
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Conocimientos riberos que proviene del igapó: Plantas consumidas por quelônios (Podocnemis spp.) em rio Andirá, Brasil [PDF]

, 2022
Alimentos vegetais podem representar mais de 90% da dieta das espécies de tartarugas aquáticas podocnemis. Grande parte desses alimentos vêm das florestas de várzea ou igapós, morada dos ribeirinhos que dominam o conhecimento das plantas, e também é ...
Andrade, Paulo Cesar Machado, Arruda, Joari Costa de, Lima, Aldeniza Cardoso de, Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Guimarães de, Silva, José Ferreira da   +4 more
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ESPÉCIES VEGETAIS UTILIZADAS NA ALIMENTAÇÃO DE Podocnemis unifilis, Troschel 1948 (REPTILIA, TESTUDINAE, PELOMEDUSIDAE) NA REGIÃO DO PRACUÚBA -AMAPÁ-BRASIL

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2006
Foram obtidas, junto às comunidades que vivem às margens dos rios e lagos da região do Pracuúba, Estado do Amapá, informações sobre 35 espécies vegetais que fazem parte da alimentação natural de Podocnemis unifilis (tracajá).
Yeda Soares de Lucena Bataus, Vera Lúcia Ferreira Luz, Maria Auxiliadora S. Lima, Rubens da Rocha Portal, Isaías José dos Reis   +4 more
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Nest Site Selection and Nesting Behavior of Reeves' Turtle (<i>Mauremys reevesii</i>) in Qichun County, Hubei Province, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study investigates the nest site selection and nesting behavior of Reeves' turtles (Mauremys reevesii) in Qichun County, China. Our findings indicate that slope, canopy cover, and distance from the water source significantly influence nest site selection.
Ye Z, Bu R, Shi HT.
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Unintended multispecies co-benefits of an Amazonian community-based conservation programme [PDF]

, 2018
Urgent challenges posed by widespread degradation in tropical ecosystems with poor governance require new development pathways to reconcile biodiversity conservation and human welfare.
Andrade, Paulo C. M., Campos-Silva, João Vitor, Hawes, Joseph E., Peres, Carlos   +3 more
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Uso de subprodutos e resíduos na elaboração de ração artesanal para filhotes de tartarugas (Podocnemis expansa) e tracajás (Podocnemis unifilis) em sistemas de criação comunitária no médio Juruá [PDF]

, 2022
The breeding of turtles has been stimulated in the Amazon state as a conservation strategy and, in 2017, the State Enviromental Council regulated the community rearing of hatchlings of the Giant South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and Yellow-
Andrade, Paulo César Machado, Castro, Ingrid Campos, Duarte, João Alfredo da Mota, Medeiros, Paulo Adelino de, Monteiro, Midian Salgado   +4 more
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Laparoscopic Anatomy of the Coelomic Cavity Organs in Female Red-Eared Slider (<i>Trachemys scripta Elegans</i>). [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Background: Turtles are one of the oldest reptiles and have evolved about 200 million years ago. One of them is the red‐eared slider (Trachemys scripta). These freshwater turtles are native to the southern United States and northern Mexico. However, they have become popular pets in Iran and many countries around the world. Due to being non‐native, they
Pedram S, Zehtabvar O, Rostami A, Akbarein H, Zand S, Rezvani Y, Sari MM, Mollaei Z.   +7 more
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