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Geoemydidae
About: Geoemydidae is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 82 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1031 citations.
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15 Feb 2004
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TL;DR: The amphibian and reptile specimens, crushed due to vehicle traffic, were recorded during herpetological trips to various regions of Anatolia between 2005 and 2009, and the measures required for decreasing herpetofaunal mortalities due to traffic are emphasized.
Abstract: The amphibian and reptile specimens, crushed due to vehicle traffic, were recorded during herpetological trips to various regions of Anatolia between 2005 and 2009. In total, 183 individuals were detected, representing 28 species from 4 amphibian [Salamandridae (1), Ranidae (3), Bufonidae (2), and Hylidae (2)], 3 turtle [Testudinidae (1), Emydidae (1), and Geoemydidae (2)], 3 lizard [Agamidae (1), Anguidae (2), and Lacertidae (5)] and 2 snake [Colubridae (6) and Viperidae (2)] families. The measures required for decreasing herpetofaunal mortalities due to traffic are emphasized.
11 citations
01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: A captive bred Ocadia sinensis x Cyclemys shanensis hybrid is described, the first report of an intergeneric hybrid between very distantly related geoemydid turtles.
Abstract: A captive bred Ocadia sinensis x Cyclemys shanensis hybrid is described. Its hybrid status was confirmed by a comparison of a 1036 bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene with the putative mother (C. shanen- sis) and genomic ISSR fingerprinting. This is the first report of an intergeneric hybrid between very distantly related geoemydid turtles. All previous geoemydid intergeneric hybrids have been crossings within or between two sister clades containing the currently accepted genera (Chinemys, Mauremys, Ocadia) and (Cuora, Pyxidea).
11 citations
TL;DR: The present study suggests that the initial intrageneric diversification of Ocadia began not later than the early Miocene in eastern Asia.
Abstract: A new geoemydid turtle, Ocadia tanegashimensis (Testudines: Geoemydidae) is described on the basis of a relatively well–preserved shell from the lower middle Miocene of Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. This species is clearly distinguished from two congeneric species (extant O . sinensis and O . nipponica from the middle Pleistocene of eastern Japan) due to the presence of the following character states: length of the entoplastron as long as the interhyoplastral suture, the costals dovetailed with one another in outline, the third pleural overlapping only the sixth and seventh peripherals. The present study suggests that the initial intrageneric diversification of Ocadia began not later than the early Miocene in eastern Asia.
10 citations
TL;DR: New Pleistocene fossilized turtle remains from five localities of western Ecuador are described here, belonging to three different lineages of cryptodires (“hidden-necked” turtles) and the first fossil record of chelydrids, Chelydra, in the entirety of Central and South America.
Abstract: New Pleistocene fossilized turtle remains from five localities of western Ecuador (Santa Elena Province) are described here. All these shell (carapace and plastron) fossil remains come from the Tablazo Formation and belong to three different lineages of cryptodires ("hidden-necked" turtles). The most abundant remains belong to geoemydids, attributed here to the genus Rhinoclemmys (indeterminate species). Less abundant in occurrence are the kinosternidids, attributed to Kinosternon (indeterminate species), and the first fossil record of chelydrids, Chelydra(indeterminate species), in the entirety of Central and South America.
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