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 …

Historically believed to harbor unrecognized diversity, the taxonomy of the declining genus
Macrochelys (alligator snap** turtles) is debated. The original species, M. temminckii, was …

Gladwyn Kingsley Noble was the first investigator to collectively examine courtship glands
and correlate their function to the tail-straddling walk in plethodontid salamanders. While …

The Suwannee alligator snap** turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) was first described in
2014. The species is thought to occur in blackwater and spring-fed streams of sufficient size …

The Alligator Snap** Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii Troost in Harlan 1835, sensu lato)
has been historically treated as a single, wide-ranging species, until a recently published …

Among the characters of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurians, the lateral occlusal grooves and
ridges on the occlusal surface of the jaw bones often receive special attention. Recent …

Although a significant unexploited potential of the geometric morphometrics in taxonomy
and systematics has been documented, only a few studies so far have focused on the utility …

Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snap** Turtle) has experienced historical harvesting
pressures that impact a number of current populations. Filling distribution gaps and …

Males of some species of Eurycea exhibit gross morphological shape changes of their
heads throughout the year because of hypertrophy of jaw musculature during the mating …

Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snap** Turtle) was recently proposed as a threatened
species under the US Endangered Species Act due to current and projected future declining …