Developmental stages and molecular phylogeny of Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi (Dias 1953) (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) in tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis (Cryptodira: Testudinidae) and ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) from South Africa. [PDF]
Background Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi (Dias, 1953) is a frequently found haemogregarine of southern African tortoises. At the time of this species’ reassignment from the genus Haemogregarina to Hepatozoon , developmental stages such as sporocysts and ...
Mofokeng LS +3 more
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Ernst, Carl H.
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Unveiling the Evolutionary Lineages and Habitat Dynamics of the Monotypic Crowned River Turtle <i>Hardella thurjii</i> (Gray, 1831) (Testudines: Geoemydidae): Strategic Conservation Insights for an Endangered Freshwater Turtle From Southern Asia. [PDF]
This study provides the first complete mitochondrial genome of the monotypic H. thurjii , sequenced using next‐generation technologies. Additionally, it employs ensemble species distribution modeling to evaluate habitat suitability and shape geometry under both current and projected climatic scenarios.
Abedin I +7 more
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Famille TESTUDINIDAE Batsch, 1788 Testudo promarginata Reinach, 1900: une plaque nuchale (ULB- MAUV-5; Fig. 10), une plaque pleurale (ULB-MAUV-6).
Gagnaison, Cyril +9 more
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In this work we focus on the fossil record of turtles and tortoises from the Chubut Province, in Patagonia, Argentina. This record is the richest, most diverse, the longest and continuous in the country and one of the most important in the continent.
Juliana Sterli +4 more
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Pleistocene Fossil Turtles (Testudinoidea, Cryptodira) from the Talara Tar Seeps, Peru
A description of Pleistocene fossil turtles discovered in the Talara Tar Seeps, Tablazos deposits of the northern coast of Peru is provided in this paper.
Anthony Deza +2 more
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Late Miocene Turtles of Grytsiv (western Ukraine) with Rodent Gnaw Marks on the Carapace Surface
The paper describes a series of turtle remains from the Early Late Miocene of Grytsiv (Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine). This fossil assemblage was quite diverse and included representatives of four families (Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Testudinidae, and ...
V. Yanenko, O. Kovalchuk
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The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan [PDF]
Takhar Province of Afghanistan was previously known to harbour only two species of amphibians and eight species of reptiles with no record of snake species.
Daniel Jablonski +2 more
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