[PDF][PDF] Turtles of the world: annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status

SA Thomson - Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2021 - revistas.usp.br
Turtles are among the smallest of vertebrate groups in terms of modern diversity, but they
are also among the most endangered. More than half, 51% to 56% of taxa are considered …

A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins

RC Thomson, PQ Spinks, HB Shaffer - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - pnas.org
Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names

WG Joyce, J Anquetin, EA Cadena, J Claude… - Swiss Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system of
rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As these names …

Biodiversity of reptiles in Mexico

O Flores-Villela, UO García-Vázquez - Revista mexicana de …, 2014 - scielo.org.mx
Biodiversidad de reptiles en México Page 1 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Supl. 85:
S467-S475, 2014 DOI: 10.7550/rmb.43236 467 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Supl. 85 …

Multilocus phylogeny and statistical biogeography clarify the evolutionary history of major lineages of turtles

AG Pereira, J Sterli, FRR Moreira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite their complex evolutionary history and the rich fossil record, the higher level
phylogeny and historical biogeography of living turtles have not been investigated in a …

Adapterama III: Quadruple-indexed, double/triple-enzyme RADseq libraries (2RAD/3RAD)

NJ Bayona-Vásquez, TC Glenn, TJ Kieran, TW Pierson… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Molecular ecologists frequently use genome reduction strategies that rely upon restriction
enzyme digestion of genomic DNA to sample consistent portions of the genome from many …

A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clade Pan-Kinosternoidea

WG Joyce, JR Bourque - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 2016 - BioOne
Turtles of the total clade Pan-Kinosternoidea have a relatively poor fossil record that extends
back to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian). The clade is found only in North America during …

[HTML][HTML] The conservation status of the freshwater and terrestrial turtles of Mexico: a critical review of biodiversity conservation strategies

R Macip-Ríos, R Ontiveros, S López-Alcaide… - Revista mexicana de …, 2015 - scielo.org.mx
The continental turtle fauna of Mexico is composed of 7 families, 13 genera, and 45 species;
when subspecies are included, a total of 61 distinct taxa are recognized. We searched for …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and biogeography of South American mud turtles elucidated by multilocus DNA sequencing (Testudines: Kinosternidae)

JP Hurtado-Gómez, M Vargas-Ramírez… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kinosternon is the most speciose genus of extant turtles, with 22 currently recognized
species, distributed across large parts of the Americas. Most species have small …

New Verified Nonindigenous Amphibians and Reptiles in Florida through 2015, with a Summary of More Than 152 Years of Introductions.

KL Krysko, LA Somma, DC Smith, CR Gillette, D Cueva… - 2016 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
More nonindigenous species occur in Florida, USA, than any other region worldwide and
may threaten many of Florida's natural resources. The frequency of new reports mandates …