Mata Mata

Mata Mata research

13 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

• The first fossil skull of Chelus (Pleurodira: Chelidae, Matamata turtle) from the early Miocene of Colombia

  Palaeontologia Electronica · 2015 · cited 21 times

• Neotropical Turtle Blood Flukes: Two New Genera and Species from the Amazon River Basin with a Key to Genera and Comments on a Marine-Derived Parasite Lineage in South America.

  The Journal of parasitology · 2019 · cited 19 times

• Body temperatures of selected amphibian and reptile species.

  Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2012 · cited 13 times

• Some recent animal colonizations

  Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club · 1979 · cited 5 times

• Esophageal adenocarcinoma in a 53-year-old mata mata turtle (Chelus fimbriatus).

  Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2013 · cited 4 times

• Distribution of Chelus fimbriata and Chelus orinocensis (Testudines: Chelidae)

  Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2021 · cited 3 times

• Mercury biomagnification in the food chain of a piscivorous turtle species (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus fimbriata) in the Central Amazon, Brazil.

  Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2024 · cited 2 times

• New insights into the fossil record of the turtle genus Chelus Duméril, 1806 including new specimens with information on cervicals and limb bones

  Comptes Rendus Palevol · 2023 · cited 2 times

Mata Mata natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.