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- Gut microbiota variation in captive tortoises is associated with host species, trophic category, and growth rate.
Vanous K, Rojas CA, Pomeroy C et al. · Frontiers in microbiology · 2026-09 · open access
Despite the ecological and conservation importance of tortoises, their gut bacterial microbiotas remain poorly characterized, particularly across species in captivity. Associations between gut microbiota composition and tortoise age, sex, and growth rate are also poorly understood. Here, we use…
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- Persistent illegal online trade in turtles and tortoises in Spain
Marta Canós-Burguete, Andrés Giménez, Maria Gauchia et al. · Scientific Reports · 2026-08 · open access
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- Molecular identification of trichomonads in captive sugar gliders and tortoises with diarrhea: a case study.
Lee S, Kim J, Yang K et al. · Scientific reports · 2026-07 · open access
- The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan
Daniel Jablonski, Faizurrahman Khalili, Rafaqat Masroor · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 2026-02 · open access
Takhar Province of Afghanistan was previously known to harbour only two species of amphibians and eight species of reptiles with no record of snake species. From 2020 to 2021, we collected herpetological data from the Province and identified 14 species and specimens representing species complexes…
- Demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality in chelonia under UK primary veterinary care: A VetCompass study.
Hornby JM, Hedley J, Brodbelt DC et al. · PloS one · 2025-04 · open access
Little information has been published on the recorded disorders of pet chelonia. This cohort study aimed to report on demography, commonly recorded disorders and mortality recorded in chelonia under UK primary veterinary care in 2019. Electronic health records on a random sample of chelonia in…
- Hyalomma aegyptium: Observed global distribution, imported specimens, preferred hosts and vector competence.
Rubel F · Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2025-01 · open access
- Global Testudo Trade: Update and Recent Trends
Iona Shearer, Oğuz Türkozan · Chelonian Conservation and Biology · 2025-01
- Reptile communities of desert landscapes and analysis of the herpetofauna of Southeastern Kazakhstan
D. A. Bondarenko, Tatjana Nikolayevna Dujsebayeva · Current Studies in Herpetology · 2024-12 · open access
We used the route method to carry out quantitative counts of reptiles in nine regions of Southeastern Kazakhstan. The results yielded data on the population density of reptiles in fourteen habitats. We observed the greatest diversity of species and the largest number of reptiles in sandy deserts.…
- Experiences with the conservation of the Central Asian Tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii Gray, 1844 during the construction of PV plants in Uzbekistan
Roman Kashkarov, Yu. O. Mitropolskaya, S.R. Kim · Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS · 2024-12
- Cytome analysis (micronuclei and nuclear anomalies) in bioindication of environmental pollution in animals with nuclear erythrocytes.
Cherednichenko O, Magda I, Nuraliyev S et al. · Heliyon · 2024-09 · open access
- Cytome analysis (micronuclei and nuclear anomalies) in bioindication of environmental pollution in animals with nuclear erythrocytes
Cherednichenko O, Magda I, Nuraliyev S et al. · Heliyon · 2024-09
- Central Asian tortoise Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844 (Reptilia: Testudinidae): adaptive blood reactions
Elena Borisovna Romanova, I. A. Stolyarova, Andrey Gennadievich Bakiev et al. · Principles of the Ecology · 2024-06 · open access
Ключевые слова: пресмыкающиеся аридной зоны лейкоцитарные индексы периферическая кровь лейкоцитарная формула крови Казахстан Аннотация: Использован гематологический подход для характеристики природной популяции среднеазиатской черепахи Testudo horsfieldii из Мангистауской области Республики…
- Hepatic microgranulomas caused by Mycobacterium marinum (MM) in a Horsfield tortoise ( Testudo horsfieldii) presenting with a non‐healing limb granuloma
Harriet Woodhall, Sam Beck, Thomas Roe · Veterinary Record Case Reports · 2024-05
- Ecological niche differentiation among three subspecies of the vulnerable Russian tortoise Testudo horsfieldii through its distribution range
Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani · Folia Biologica · 2023-12 · open access
Hosseinian Yousefkhani S. S. 2023. Ecological niche differentiation among three subspecies of the vulnerable Russian tortoise Testudo horsfieldii through its distribution range 2023. Folia Biologica (Kraków) 71: 171-180. T. h. horsfieldii, T. h. rustamovi and T. h. kazakhstanica – are all…
- Management of Mycoplasma agassizii infection in a Horsfield tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
Julie Vandekerckove · Companion animal · 2023-04
- Urothelial carcinoma in a Russian tortoise (Testudohorsfieldii).
Hetterich J, Schmidt V, Herth M et al. · Journal of comparative pathology · 2023-01
- History of Central Asian tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii (Testudinidae, Reptilia) harvesting in Uzbekistan, and its population impact
D. A. Bondarenko · Current Studies in Herpetology · 2022-12 · open access
The harvesting of the Central Asian tortoise has been a longstanding practice in Uzbekistan. Throughout the 1930s–1950s, this species was harvested to feed farm livestock and shepherd dogs, and during the World War II, tortoise meat was used to provide additional nutrition to the people. The 1960s…
- 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
- 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
- A testudinid herpesvirus 1 (TeHV1)-associated disease outbreak in a group of Horsfield's tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii).
Schüler L, Picquet P, Leineweber C et al. · Tierarztliche Praxis. Ausgabe K, Kleintiere/Heimtiere · 2021-11
- Re-examination and illustration of shells of interspecific hybrid tortoises of Testudo horsfieldii (Gray, 1844) and Testudo h. hermanni (Gmelin, 1789) (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the collection of Walter Kirsche in the Dahme-Heideseen nature park,
Hans‐Volker Karl, Amtyaz Safi, Enrico Paust · SPC Journal of Environmental Sciences · 2021-10
- Herpesviruses in Captive Chelonians in Europe Between 2016 and 2020.
Leineweber C, Müller E, Marschang RE · Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021-10 · open access
Herpesviruses are important pathogens in tortoises and turtles, yet little is known about the epidemiology of these viruses. We analyzed herpesviruses detected by PCR in samples from captive chelonians in Europe according to virus strain, host species, year and season in which the animal was…
- Detection of Infectious Agents in Samples from Reptiles Presented at Veterinary Clinics in Poland
Joanna Pasterny, Łukasz Skomorucha, Kacper Stanicki et al. · Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery · 2021-03
- Results of a long term study on the distribution, taxonomy, and ecology of the Central Asian Tortoise, Agrionemys horsfieldii (Gray, 1844) (Testudines, Testudinidae)
Дмитрий Александрович Бондаренко · Trudy of the Institute of Zoology RK · 2021-01
- Cytobrushing of the oral mucosa as a possible tool for early detection of testudinid herpesvirus in Horsfield's tortoises with nonspecific clinical signs.
Vetere A, Bertocchi M, Pelizzone I et al. · Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2020-11
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