Showing papers on "Geoemydidae published in 2015"
TL;DR: The mitochondrial genome of Korean reeves’s turtle MauremysReptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae was studied and its gene arrangement pattern, gene content and gene organization is identical to those of geoemydids.
Abstract: The mitochondrial genome of Korean reeves’s turtle Mauremys reevesii (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae) was studied. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of M. reevesii was 16,784 bp in length and its gene arrangement pattern, gene content and gene organization is identical to those of geoemydids. The control region (CR) was located between the tRNAPro and tRNAPhe genes and is 1253 bp in length. The typical conserved domains such as TAS and CSB-F, and CSB1, CSB2 and CSB3 were identified in the CR of geoemydids.
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TL;DR: The updated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Qom Province, Central Iran is presented and the most diverse suborder is serpentes with 19 species or 41.3% of the reptile species richness of the region.
Abstract: The updated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Qom Province, Central Iran is presented Totally 46 species, 35 genera and 17 families of reptiles and amphibians are reported in the area The most diverse suborder is serpentes with 19 species or 413% of the reptile species richness of the region The most specious families with high diversification are ranked respectively: Colubridae with 11 species (2391%), Agamidae (seven species, 1521%), Lacertidae and Gekkonidae (each of which with five species, 1086%), Scincidae (four species, 869%), Natricidae and Viperidae (each of which with two species, 43%), Bufonidae, Ranidae, Geoemydidae, Testudinidae, Anguidae, Varanidae, Typhlopidae, Erycidae, Lamprophiidae and Psammophiidae with a single species of each
6 citations
TL;DR: A new extinct species of the genus Mauremys (Testudines: Geoemydidae) is described on the basis of three fossils from the late Pleistocene deposit of Tomori Amaga Cave on Miyakojima Island of the Miyako Island Group, Southern Ryukyus, Japan.
Abstract: A new extinct species of the genus Mauremys (Testudines: Geoemydidae) is described on the basis of three fossils from the late Pleistocene deposit of Tomori Amaga Cave on Miyakojima Island of the Miyako Island Group, Southern Ryukyus, Japan. Of these fossils, two (the anterior half of the plastron and the nuchal) were previously tentatively identified as Mauremys mutica, an extant species whose distribution is currently confined to the Yaeyama Island Group within the Ryukyus. The turtle represented by these two specimens and another, previously unreported material (left third peripheral) actually most resembles M. japonica from mainland Japan and the Northern Ryukyus, and M. yabei from the middle Pleistocene of mainland Japan. The fossil turtle however, differs from the other two in exhibiting a medial length of the entoplastron greater than the interhyoplastron in ventral view, and in having a longitudinal groove medial to the gulo—humeral sulcus on the epiplastron evident in dorsal view. The p...
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18 May 2015
TL;DR: Sakya is a genus of geoemydid turtles with unusual scalation of the carapace consisting of 9-10 vertebrals and 8-10 pairs of pleurals as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Background. Sakya Bogachev, 1960 is a genus of geoemydid turtles with unusual scalation of the carapace consisting of 9–10 vertebrals and 8–10 pairs of pleurals. It is known from Neogene localities of Eastern Europe and includes two species: Sakya riabinini (Khosatzky, 1946) (= S. pontica Bogachev, 1960), from the late Miocene (MN13) to early Pleistocene of Eastern Europe (Moldova, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine) and Sakya kolakovskii Chkhikvadze, 1968 from the Pliocene of Abkhazia. Attribution of Melanochelys etuliensis Khosatzky and Redkozubov, 1986 from the early Pliocene of Moldova to Sakya is poorly corroborated. Here we report new material of Sakya from the late Miocene of Russia and Ukraine, which, probably, belongs to one or two new species of this genus and expands its stratigraphic distribution.
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TL;DR: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (Cuora cyclornata) was first determined, consisting of 37 genes typically found in other vertebrates, and a remarkable feature was found in the control region: a large number of (TTATTATA)10 direct tandem repeats followed by (TTATA)n (n = 10, 8 and 1).
Abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (Cuora cyclornata) was first determined in this study. It was a circular molecule of 16,594 bp in length, consisting of 37 genes typically found in other vertebrates. The AT content of the overall base composition of the whole mitogenome was 60.39%, while the control region was 70.23%. Two ETAS and 4 CSBs were identified, while a remarkable feature was found in the control region: a large number of (TTATTATA)10 direct tandem repeats followed by (TTATA)n (n = 10, 8 and 1), which were spaced into three domains by (TA)n (n = 1, 1 and 2). The sequence information could play an important role in the study of phylogenetic relationships in turtles and preservation of genetic resources for helping conservation of the endangered species.
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