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First detection of herpesvirus and prevalence of mycoplasma infection in free-ranging Hermann’s tortoises (Testudo hermanni), and in potential pet vectors

Peer Community Journal, 2022
Two types of pathogens cause highly contagious upper respiratory tract diseases (URTD) in Chelonians: testudinid herpesviruses (TeHV) and a mycoplasma (Mycoplasma agassizii). In captivity, these infections are frequent and can provoke outbreaks.
Ballouard, Jean-marie, Bonnet, Xavier, Jourdan, Julie, Martinez-Silvestre, Albert, Gagno, Stéphane, Fertard, Brieuc, Caron, Sébastien   +6 more
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Discordant phylogeographic patterns between the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium and their Testudo graeca hosts.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2022
Tortoise ticks, Hyalomma aegyptium, are considered so strongly associated with their hosts that they are even used as indirect indicators for them.
Ana Perera, Diogo Silveira, E. Graciá, A. Giménez, D. Harris   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transstadial transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Borrelia turcica comprises the third major group of arthropod-transmitted borreliae and is phylogenetically divergent from other Borrelia groups. The novel group of Borrelia was initially isolated from Hyalomma aegyptium ticks in Turkey and it was ...
Zsuzsa Kalmár, Vasile Cozma, Hein Sprong, Setareh Jahfari, Gianluca D'Amico, Daniel I Mărcuțan, Angela M Ionică, Cristian Magdaş, David Modrý, Andrei D Mihalca   +9 more
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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 8, Page 2100-2123, August 2026.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou, Georgios L. Georgalis, Georgios Lazaridis, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos   +3 more
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Testudo graeca subsp. whitei Bennett

, 2022
Testudo graeca whitei Bennett in White 1836: 361 Holotype: BMNH 1853.4.17.1 (Gray 1873:11); see also Highfield & Martin (1989).
openaire   +1 more source

Shared foraging behaviors between hyenas and hominins in the Middle Paleolithic Levant: New evidence from Geula Cave, Israel

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 896-914, August 2026.
ABSTRACT While competition with large carnivores is likely to have shaped Middle Paleolithic hominins' subsistence behavior, palimpsested human and carnivore accumulations render the signal challenging to isolate. This study presents a detailed zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of a non‐anthropogenic faunal assemblage from a MIS 5 (~130–80 ka ...
Meir Orbach, Omry Barzilai, Israel Hershkovitz, Ma'ayan Lev, Reuven Yeshurun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden threat of tortoise ticks: high prevalence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks Hyalomma aegyptium in the Middle East

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
It is the first time that Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), causing potentially lethal disease of humans, has been reported from the Middle East region and from the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium from a tortoise host, whose ...
Pavel Široký, Tomáš Bělohlávek, Ivo Papoušek, David Jandzik, Peter Mikulíček, Michaela Kubelová, Lenka Zdražilová-Dubská   +6 more
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Body size variation in a lineage of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca whitei) contrasts with that expected from the species level

Amphibia-Reptilia
Ectotherms exhibit varying geographic size patterns shaped by environmental and evolutionary factors. This variability is noticeable within taxonomic groups.
M. J. Semaha, R. Rodríguez-Caro, S. Fahd, A. Mira-Jover, A. Giménez, E. Graciá   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Testudo graeca subsp. terrestris Forsskal 1775

, 2022
Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp.
openaire   +4 more sources

Identification and Characterization of Scutavirus testudinidalpha3 Infection in Captive Elongated Tortoises (Indotestudo elongata)

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Scutavirus testudinidalpha3, formerly Testudinid alphaherpesvirus 3 or testudinid herpesvirus (TeHV)‐3, is a highly contagious herpesvirus that has been reported in multiple testudinid species, causing acute stomatitis–rhinitis complex in affected animals or establishing latent infections in surviving individuals. This study investigated an outbreak of
Han-Yang Wang, Shih-Hsuan Liu, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Hui-Wen Chang, Chain-Ren Jeng, Chiu-Hung Cheng, Pao-Jung Wang, Yen-Chen Chang, Francesco Mira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source