This page was last edited on 30 august 2015, at 09. The freshwater turtle genus mauremys testudines, geoemydidae. The western mediterranean pond turtle mauremys leprosa schweigger, 1812 is one of most widely distributed and abundant reptile species in the iberian peninsula with a few scattered populations in the southern france and in the maghreb from western morocco to libya. Dec 16, 2004 animals should optimize the decision of when to come out from a refuge after a predators unsuccessful attack because hiding may be costly. With a total number of about 250 individuals that was estimated from 2012 to 2016 in the fosseille river unpublished data, that. By the absence of pseudosucker, arrangement of the male caudal papillae and the size of the spicules falcaustra donanaensis sp. Indeed, mauremys leprosa is the only aquatic vertebrate able to survive in the sewers, and thus, might nonetheless be a pertinent indicator of water quality, providing that the complexity of ecophysiological responses is considered. Joana verissimo, mohamed znari, heiko stuckas, uwe fritz, paulo pereira, jose teixeira, marco arculeo, federico marrone, francesco sacco, mohamed naimi, christian kehlmaier, guillermo veloanton, pleistocene diversification in morocco and recent demographic expansion in the mediterranean pond turtle mauremys leprosa, biological journal of the linnean society, volume 119, issue 4, december. The subspecies caspica, ventrimaculata, and siebenrocki have been synonymized with the nominate form van dijk et al. The patchy distribution of the four clades is likely the result of several ancient radiations rather than of a.
Seasonal changes in hematology and blood chemistry of the. Pdf coexistence of emys orbicularis and mauremys leprosa. Pleistocene diversification in morocco and recent demographic. The first optic axons invaded the ventral periphery of the optic stalk in close relationship to the radial neuroepithelial processes. The deceptive overall image provided by these analyses may hide the disastrous human impact on rivers. Read the freshwater turtle genus mauremys testudines, geoemydidae a textbook example of an eastwest disjunction or a taxonomic misconcept. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Effects of habitatrelated visibility on escape decisions.
Synonyms are clemmys sigriz michahelles, 1829 terra typical t. The caspian turtle or stripedneck terrapin mauremys caspica is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae bataguridae, living in the eastern mediterranean region from southwestern former ussr and central iran to saudi arabia, bahrain, israel, and lebanon, northward through turkey to bulgaria, and through cyprus, crete, and the ionian peninsula to former yugoslavia. Mauremys leprosa schoepff in schweigger 1812 mediterranean pond turtle, spanish terrapin, mediterranean stripenecked terrapin. The carapace is olive to black often with yellowcreamcolored patterning on the scutes. The mediterranean pond t urtle, mauremys leprosa family geoemydidae is a small. This page was last edited on 14 september 2017, at 21. Can you confirm these amateur observations of mauremys leprosa. Populations of most species of freshwater turtles in europe show negative trends due to a number of factors. The biometry and demography of a population of mauremys leprosa from a temporary stream in salamanca, spain, an area where practically no information for the species exists, is described.
The spanish pond turtle mauremys leprosa, also known as the mediterranean pond turtle or. Mauremys is a genus of turtles in the family geoemydidae formerly called bataguridae species include. Mar 12, 2015 populations of most species of freshwater turtles in europe show negative trends due to a number of factors. Coexistence of emys orbicularis and mauremys leprosa in portugal at two spatial scales. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Early development of the optic nerve in the turtle mauremys. Mauremys leprosa schweigger, 1812 vernacular names. Paradoxically, these two rivers are home for the mediterranean pond turtle mauremys leprosa schweigger, 1812, which is an endemic endangered freshwater species of the po department see palacios et al.
Read early development of the optic nerve in the turtle mauremys leprosa, brain research on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaeghei was named after bertrand vanmeerhaeghe, a french chemist working for the alstom group and a friend of roger bour. Morphological and physiological assessments reveal that. The species is endemic to southwestern europe and northwestern africa. The species is considered common in spain and portugal but has shown a decrease in its distribution and population. Pdf on nov 20, 2017, albert bertolero and others published mauremys leprosa schoepff in schweigger 1812 mediterranean pond turtle, spanish terrapin, mediterranean stripenecked terrapin.
An intermediate situation is when animals, such as turtles, have morphological structures that provide. The varying influences of selective forces throughout a species range can result in geographic variation in sexual size dimorphism ssd. This page was last edited on 5 january 2019, at 17. The species is considered common in spain and portugal but has shown a decrease in its distribution and population density. The inter and intraspecific status of aegean mauremys. In 1860 followed emys fuliginosus and in 1870 emys fraseri by the same author, both with. The first optic axons invaded the ventral periphery of the optic stalk in close relationship to. Pdf reference intervals of hematologic and biochemical blood profiles were obtained from 56. Chemoorientation using conspecific chemical cues in the stripe. Mar 16, 2007 read early development of the optic nerve in the turtle mauremys leprosa, brain research on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Data on nesting, incubation, and hatchling emergence in. The spanish pond turtle mauremys leprosa, also known as the mediterranean pond turtle or mediterranean turtle, is a species of turtle in the family geoemydidae. Read sexual dimorphism and allometry in the stripenecked terrapin, mauremys leprosa, in spain, chelonian conservation and biology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Mauremys caspica and mauremys rivulata hybridize stemmler 1973, vamberger et al.
Changes in fiber arrangement in the retinofugal pathway of. Pdf mauremys leprosa with member amputations by lutra lutra. Similarly, the turtles described as mauremys pritchardi are farmbred and wildoccurring hybrids between the chinese pond turtle and the. Oxidative stress biomarkers in the mediterranean pond turtle.
Beside emys orbicularis occidentalis, mauremys leprosa is the only freshwater turtle in morocco. Presentation mode open print download current view. The arrangement of fibers in the optic nerve and tract of the turtle mauremys leprosa was studied by placing a small. I compared the time spent by adult males and adult females in clean water to.
Chemoorientation using conspecific chemical cues in the. Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status pdf. Read crossamplification of microsatellite loci for the mediterranean stripenecked terrapin mauremys leprosa, amphibiareptilia on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Ventilatory responses to temperature variation in the. Here, i tested the hypothesis that the stripenecked terrapin mauremys leprosa, an abundant freshwater turtle that inhabits the iberian peninsula, is able to recognize chemical cues from conspecifics in the water and to modify its behavior in response to such cues. O cagadomediterranico mauremys leprosa e um cagado da familia geoemydidae. Introduction the freshwater turtle mauremys caspica leprosa has a geographical distribution at the western end of the mediterranean sea, from the southern iberian peninsula to and extended through northern africa magreb area to senegal and niger loveridge and williams, 1957. Characterization of a mauremys leprosa population in a temporal stream in the northwest of the iberian peninsula. Mauremys leprosa, freshwater turtles, mtdna cytochrome b, demography, species conservation, turtle trade. It exhibits a dorsal keel, most prominent in juveniles, with no serrations along its edge. The fujian pond turtle, described as mauremys iversoni, is a farmbred hybrid, between yellow pond turtles usually females and the golden coin turtle or cuora cyclornata usually males. Cagadomediterranico wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.
Early development of the optic nerve in the turtle. Data on nesting, incubation, and hatchling emergence in the. Here, i tested the hypothesis that the stripenecked terrapin mauremys leprosa, an abundant freshwater turtle that. Out of europe gray in 1854 described emys laticeps from the gambia river. The mediterranean pond turtle, mauremys leprosa family geoemydidae is a small.
Hematologic and biochemical reference intervals of free living mediterranean pond turtles mauremys leprosa. Biphasic geographic variation in sexual size dimorphism of. Mauremys leprosa tortoise and freshwater turtle specialist group. Georgia mantziou, nikos poulakakis, petros lymber akis, efstratlos valakos and moysis mylonas abstract. Oxidative stress biomarkers in the mediterranean pond. Proceedings of the zoological society of london 1869. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Demographic structure and genetic diversity of mauremys leprosa in. Subspecies, mauremys leprosa leprosa schweigger 1812 mauremys. The mediterranean stripenecked terrapin mauremys leprosa is a freshwater turtle and its distribution is restricted to northwestern africa, iberian peninsula and a small part of southern france. While the former is restricted to small populations in the nw of morocco and the surroundings of azrou, the spanish terrapin is widespread all over the country.
Effects of habitatrelated visibility on escape decisions of the spanish terrapin mauremys leprosa in amphibiareptilia authors. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Pdf mauremys leprosa with member amputations by lutra. Bertrand was born in tourcoing, france, on august 24, 1950 and died in lyon, france, on may 2, 1995. Changes in fiber arrangement in the retinofugal pathway of the turtle mauremys leprosa. Nematoda, kathlaniidae from the large intestine of mauremys leprosa testudines, bataguridae is described. We show the distribution of the neural and nonneural elements in the early development of the optic nerve in the freshwater turtle, mauremys leprosa, using light and electron microscopy. Mauremys caspica is a tan to blackbrown, highly aquatic turtle.
Mauremys leprosa was described by schweigger in 1812 as emys leprosa. Animals should optimize the decision of when to come out from a refuge after a predators unsuccessful attack because hiding may be costly. Many prey run to hide in refuges in their habitat, whereas others are sessile and take refuge in a protective structure surrounding their body. Hematologic and biochemical reference intervals of freeliving mediterranean pond turtles mauremys leprosa. Description of mauremys laniaria, a new freshwater tortoise. Mauremys leprosa may represent an ancient lineage which differentiated before the split between the other western and eastern species occurred. Mauremys caspica leprosa has been elevated to species status. Oct 02, 2012 this page was last edited on 14 september 2017, at 21. The european distribution of the mediterranean stripenecked terrapin mauremys leprosa is restricted to the iberian peninsula and a small area in southern france.
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