Trophic Resource Use by Sympatric vs. Allopatric Pelomedusid Turtles in West African Forest Waterbodies

Autor: Fabio Petrozzi, Sery Gonedele Bi, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Nic Pacini, Julia E. Fa, Luca Luiselli

Publikováno v: Biology, Vol 12, Iss 8, p 1054 (2023)

Organisms that are similar in size, morphological characteristics, and adaptations, including vertebrates, often coexist by partitioning the available resources (food, space, and time). So, studies of the dynamics of these cases of coexistence are sc

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A new species of Cotylaspis (Aspidogastrea: Cotylaspidinae), parasite of the African mud turtle Pelusios castaneus and Pelusios sp. (Testudines: Pelomedusidae) from South-Western Nigeria

Autor: E.E. Enabulele, Damilola Olorunsola, M.S.O. Aisien, Habibat J. Ozemoka

Publikováno v: Biologia. 76:3781-3786

In this paper we describe Cotylaspis nigeriensis sp. n., parasite of the African mud turtle, Pelusios castaneus Schweiger, 1812 and Pelusios sp. from Ondo State, South-Western Nigeria. The new species is distinguished from the eight previously descri

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00883-x

Pelusios gabonensis

Autor: Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta, Riva, Ignacio De La

Pelusios gabonensis (Duméril, 1856) Figure 4F Pentonyx gabonensis Duméril, 1856: 373. Type locality: “ Gabon ”. Sternotherus gabonensis (Duméril, 1856): Bocage 1866a: 40. Sternothaerus steindachneri Siebenrock, 1901: 6. Type locality: Madagasc

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Spiroxys ankarafantsika Roca et Garcia, 2008 (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) and Other Nematodes Parasitising Pelusios spp. (Testudines: Pelomedusidae) from South Africa and Mozambique

Autor: Louis H. Du Preez, Roman Svitin, Teneal Nel, Yaroslav Syrota, Edward C. Netherlands

Publikováno v: Acta Parasitologica. 66:954-961

The nematode Spiroxys ankarafantsika was described parasitising freshwater turtles Pelusios castanoides and Pelomedusa subrufra from Madagascar. During parasitological surveys at different localities in Mozambique and South Africa the species was rec

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00352-0

Paraharmotrema karinganiense n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Liolopidae) infecting the intestine of serrated hinged terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus), east African black mud turtle (Pelusios subniger), and South African helmeted turtle (Pelomedusa galeata) and a phylogenetic hypothesis for liolopid genera

Autor: Stephen A. Bullard, Haley R. Dutton, Misako Urabe, Louis H. DuPreez

Publikováno v: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol 17, Iss, Pp 43-52 (2022)

We herein describe Paraharmotrema karinganiense n. gen., n. sp. Dutton & Bullard (Liolopidae Dollfus, 1934) from specimens infecting the intestine of the serrated hinged terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus), east African black mud turtle (Pelusios subniger)

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8688888