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- Mechanisms Determining Body Size and Shape Difference in Algerian Spur-Thighed Tortoises ( Testudo graeca ).
Tiar-Saadi M, Tiar G, Bouslama Z et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022-05 · open access
Using data for the body size and shell shape of Algerian Testudo graeca , we assessed how proximate causes shaped the observed variation in the morphology of adults. All of the studied populations displayed significant sexual size and shape dimorphisms. Relative to body length, females displayed…
- Discordant phylogeographic patterns between the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium and their Testudo graeca hosts.
Perera A, Silveira D, Graciá E et al. · Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2022-02 · open access
- The metabolic cost of turning right side up in the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca).
Ewart HE, Tickle PG, Sellers WI et al. · Scientific reports · 2022-01 · open access
Armoured, rigid bodied animals, such as Testudines, must self-right should they find themselves in an inverted position. The ability to self-right is an essential biomechanical and physiological process that influences survival and ultimately fitness. Traits that enhance righting ability may…
- First detection of herpesvirus and prevalence of mycoplasma infection in free-ranging Hermann’s tortoises (Testudo hermanni), and in potential pet vectors
Jean‐Marie Ballouard, Xavier Bonnet, Julie Jourdan et al. · Peer Community Journal · 2022-01 · open access
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. Pet trade generates an international flow of…
- Problems seeded in the past: lagged effects of historical land-use changes can cause an extinction debt in long-lived species due to movement limitation
María Victoria Jiménez‐Franco, Eva Graciá, Roberto C. Rodríguez‐Caro et al. · Landscape Ecology · 2022-01 · open access
Abstract Context Land-use change is one of the main threats to biodiversity on the global scale. Legacy effects of historical land-use changes may affect population dynamics of long-lived species, but they are difficult to evaluate through observational studies alone. We present here an…
- Cross-sectional study of ticks in the vulnerable free-living spur-thighed tortoiseTestudo graeca(Testudines: Testudinidae) from Morocco
El-Mustapha Laghzaoui, Abdellah Bouazza, Abdelaziz Abbad et al. · International Journal of Acarology · 2022-01
- Thyroid Hormone Concentrations in Testudo spp. by Season and Sex
Christoph Leineweber, Sabine Öfner, Karina A. Mathes et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2022-01
- The morphology and size of Erythrocytes of six reptiles species from the Syrian coastal region
Hassan Mhanna, Aroub Almasri, Nahla Ibrahim · Scientific Reports in Life Sciences · 2021-12 · open access
This study aimed to check the erythrocyte and nucleus sizes of six species of reptiles, one species of Agamidae (Laudakia stellio), one species of Testudinidae (Testudo graeca), one species of Chamaeleonidae (Chamaeleo chamaeleon recticrista), and three species of Lacertidae (Ophisops elegans,…
- Thyroid hormone levels in Tortoises (Testudo spp.) depending on Season and Sex
Christoph Leineweber, Sabine Öfner, Karina A. Mathes et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2021-12
- Pathogens in ticks collected in Israel: I. Bacteria and protozoa in Hyalomma aegyptium and Hyalomma dromedarii collected from tortoises and camels.
Mumcuoglu KY, Arslan-Akveran G, Aydogdu S et al. · Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2021-11
- “Reconstructions of the past distribution of Testudo graeca mitochondrial lineages in the Middle East and Transcaucasia support multiple refugia since the Last Glacial Maximum”: A response to Turkozan et al. (2021)
Flora Ihlow · Herpetological Journal · 2021-10
- Influence of Habitat and Food Resource Availability on Common Raven Nest Site Selection and Reproductive Success in Mediterranean Forests
Amalia Segura, Pelayo Acevedo · Birds · 2021-09 · open access
Bird nest selection in forests can be influenced by the composition of key structural elements and resources. This has important consequences in terms of species population dynamics since it can determine reproduction success. Here, we assessed Common raven nest-site selection and reproductive…
- Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca) exhibit pre-copulatory behavior particularly under specific experimental setups
Bernheim M, Livne S, Shanas U · Journal of ethology · 2021-09
- Study of Biodiversity of the Arak University Watershed
Amir Ansari · Journal of Sustainability Perspectives · 2021-08
- Illegal trade in wildlife vertebrate species in the West Bank, Palestine
Elias Nabil Handal, Zuhair S. Amr, Walid Basha et al. · Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity · 2021-07 · open access
A total of 79 species of local vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) are found to be in illegal trade in the West Bank, Palestine, during 2013–2020. Data were collected from visits to the animal markets in the main cities of the West Bank (Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah,…
- Diversity of microorganisms in Hyalomma aegyptium collected from spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) in North Africa and Anatolia.
Norte AC, Harris DJ, Silveira D et al. · Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2021-06
- A management plan for a declining population of the Souss valley tortoise in an arid steppe-land of west-central Morocco
Nawal Hichami, Mohammed Znari · Basic and Applied Herpetology · 2021-06
- The limits of demographic buffering in coping with environmental variation
Roberto C. Rodríguez‐Caro, Pol Capdevila, Eva Graciá et al. · Oikos · 2021-05 · open access
Animal populations have developed multiple strategies to deal with environmental change. Among them, the demographic buffering strategy consists in constraining the temporal variation of the vital rate(s) that most affect(s) the overall performance of the population. Tortoises are known to buffer…
- Habitat preferences of Testudo graeca, Linnaeus 1758 (Testudines; Testudinidae) with a new locality record from eastern Black Sea region of Turkey
Muammer Kurnaz, Ali İhsan Eroğlu · Scientific Reports in Life Sciences · 2021-05 · open access
Each species is unique in the area it lives in and while they are distributed in these areas, they are affected by many biotic and abiotic variables. These factors both create all the life requirements of the species in the habitats they live in and reveal the ecological barrier of the species…
- Demography, distribution, and threat assessment of the Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in the Gediz Delta, Turkey (Reptilia: Testudines)
Dilara Arslan, Anthony Olivier, Lisa Ernoul et al. · Zoology in the Middle East · 2021-05
- Distribution modeling and evaluation of the habitat integrity of Testudo graeca zarudnyi (Testudines: Testudinidae) in Central and Southeastern Iran
Behzad Zadhoush, Hamid Reza Rezaei, Mahdi Rajabizadeh · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2021-05
- Prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites in the vulnerable spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) from the central-western of Morocco
El-Mustapha Laghzaoui, Omar Amahmid, Abdelaziz Abbad et al. · Basic and Applied Herpetology · 2021-01
- Review of the herpetofauna of Attica, mainland Greece
Ioannis Annousis, Grigoris Kapsalas, Panayiotis Pafilis · Herpetozoa · 2021-01 · open access
Although the insular distribution of the rich herpetofauna of Greece has been studied more extensively, the mainland one is still underexplored. The region of Attica in central Greece represents one of these “black spots” in the mainland. Thus, in 2019 we surveyed for the first time the…
- Reconstructions of the past distribution of Testudo graeca mitochondrial lineages in the Middle East and Transcaucasia support multiple refugia since the Last Glacial Maximum
Oğuz Türkozan · Herpetological Journal · 2021-01
- GIS Modelling of the Distribution of Terrestrial Tortoise Species: Testudo graeca and Testudo hermanni (Testudines, Testudinidae) of Eastern Europe in the Context of Climate Change
Oksana Nekrasova, Volodymyr Tytar, Mihails Pupiņš et al. · Zoodiversity · 2021-01 · open access
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