The “information age” ushered in an explosion of knowledge and access to knowledge that
continues to revolutionize society. Knowledge about turtles, as measured by number of …

Simple Summary Turtles are threatened all over the world. Malaysia has 24 species of
turtles. This review focuses on current conservation status and some requirements for …

Covering all facets of the biology of a little-known genus, Peter V. Lindeman's lavishly
illustrated Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is both a scientific treatise and an engaging …

We analyzed the taxon richness and endemism of tortoises and freshwater turtles in the
world's premier biodiversity conservation priority areas and countries with greatest turtle …

Aim The island rule describes a trend toward dwarfism of large animals and gigantism of
small animals on islands. Studies of vertebrates, including reptiles, report conflicting results …

Diagnosability is central to taxonomy as are type specimens which define taxa. New
advances in technologies and the discovery of new informative traits must be matched with …

The climatic cycles of the Quaternary, during which global mean annual temperatures have
regularly changed by 5–10° C, provide a special opportunity for studying the rate …

We present a comprehensive multigene phylogeny and time tree for the turtle family
Emydidae. Our phylogenetic analysis, based on 30 nuclear and four mitochondrial genes …

The paper presents a review of literature data, supplemented with original observations, on
the presence, establishment, distribution and invasive status of alien fish, amphibian and …

Map turtles of the genus Graptemys are native to North America, where a high degree of
drainage endemism is believed to have shaped current diversity. With 14 species and one …