Staging criteria for embryos of the spiny softshell turtle,Apalone spinifera (testudines: Trionychidae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 254 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Greenbaum ◽  
John L. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Apalone Spinifera ◽  
Softshell Turtle

A ZZ/ZW microchromosome system in the spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera, reveals an intriguing sex chromosome conservation in Trionychidae

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daleen Badenhorst ◽  
Roscoe Stanyon ◽  
Tag Engstrom ◽  
Nicole Valenzuela
Keyword(s):  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Apalone Spinifera ◽  
Softshell Turtle

Population Structure of the Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) in Five Montana Rivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayhan Ostovar ◽  
Gabriel Wolff ◽  
David Dockery ◽  
Ulrich Hoensch ◽  
Mike Ruggles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Apalone Spinifera ◽  
Softshell Turtle

Opportunistic exploitation of turtle eggs by Tripanurga importuna (Walker) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Bolton ◽  
S. A. Marshall ◽  
R. J. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Cues ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Freshwater Turtles ◽  
Habitat Specialist ◽  
Larval Size ◽  
Potential Predator ◽  
Asynchronous Hatching ◽  
Apalone Spinifera ◽  
Softshell Turtle

Tripanurga importuna (Walker, 1849) is a sarcophagid fly whose larvae often occur in nests of freshwater turtles. We investigated this sarcophagid fly to determine whether it is an opportunistic scavenger or a potential predator of eggs, embryos, and hatchlings of the spiny softshell turtle ( Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)). Fly infestation of spiny softshell turtle nests can occur at any time between oviposition and hatching, but estimates based on larval size and development time, along with observations of adult fly activity, suggest that female sarcophagids deposit larvae over the nest primarily during hatching. Observed temperature variance within the turtle clutch mass and physiological and developmental differences among eggs may result in asynchronous hatching, and chemical cues associated with early hatching may attract adult flies. Egg position within the nest affects embryo hatching success independently of fly infestation while also affecting fly infestation. Tripanurga importuna is a habitat specialist able to find and develop in carrion buried in sand, but it is a food opportunist able to develop on other buried carrion as well as turtle eggs. Tripanurga importuna maggots in turtle nests preferentially scavenge necrotic tissue, including damaged turtle eggs, but will opportunistically prey upon live embryos and hatchlings under some circumstances.

A Review of Distribution of Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle in India Along with Multiple Notable New Records from Kerala State

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayushi Jain ◽  
Francoise Cavada-Blanco ◽  
Muhamed Jafer Palot ◽  
Sandeep Das ◽  
V. Deepak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
Softshell Turtle
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