Geoemydidae

About: Geoemydidae is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 82 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1031 citations.

An ecological note on the new record of Cuora amboinensis (Riche in Daudin, 1801) (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) in northeastern India

Abstract: The present study documents the first report on the occurrence of Cuora amboinensis in Cachar and Karimganj districts of the Barak Valley region of southern Assam.

The complete mitochondrial genome of endangered Assam Roofed Turtle, Pangshura sylhetensis (Testudines: Geoemydidae): Genomic features and Phylogeny

Abstract: Assam Roofed Turtle, Pangshura sylhetensis is an endangered and least studied species endemic to India and Bangladesh. The genomic feature of P. sylhetensis mitogenome is still anonymous to the scientific community. The present study decodes the first complete mitochondrial genome of P. sylhetensis (16,568 bp) by using next-generation sequencing. This de novo assembly encodes 13 Protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and one control region (CR). Most of the genes were encoded on the majority strand, except NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (nad6) and eight tRNAs. Most of the PCGs were started with an ATG initiation codon, except for Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nad5) with GTG. The study also found the typical cloverleaf secondary structure in most of the tRNA genes, except for serine (trnS1) with lack of conventional DHU arm and loop. Both, Bayesian and Maximum-likelihood topologies showed distinct clustering of all the Testudines species with their respective taxonomic ranks and congruent with the previous phylogenetic hypotheses (Pangshura and Batagur sister taxa). Nevertheless, the mitogenomic phylogeny with other amniotes corroborated the sister relationship of Testudines with Archosaurians (Birds and Crocodilians). Additionally, the mitochondrial Gene Order (GO) analysis indicated that, most of the Testudines species showed plesiomorphy with typical vertebrate GO.

A new elevational and locality record of the Assam Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys gemeli (Geoemydidae), from the Darjeeling Hills, in the Central Himalayan Biogeographic Province

Abstract: C O N S E R V A T I O N A L E R T  World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220  More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223  The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225

A Sample of Endohelminths from Four Species of Malaysian Freshwater Turtles (Geoemydidae) Confiscated in 2001 by Authorities in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Abstract: Forty threatened and endangered Malaysian freshwater turtles representing four species in four genera of Geoemydidae (Cuora amboinensis, Heosemys grandis, Orlitia borneensis, Siebenrockiella crassicollis) destined for the Chinese food market were seized by authorities in Hong Kong in 2001 and transferred to the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. to be examined for metazoan parasites. The parasites of these turtles were removed, preserved, and tentatively identified. Specimens collected were subsequently transferred to the Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas AM Meteterakis striatura, Proatractis sp., Trichoskrjabinia malayana, O. linguiformes, and Parapleurogonius brevicecum from H. grandis; Orientatractis...