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 …

Turtles of the clade Testudinoidea have a rather scarce fossil record in Afro-Arabia, ranging
from the late Eocene up to the Quaternary. The vast majority of testudinoid fossils from Afro …

Borings and bite marks on fossil turtle carapaces and plastra from the Miocene Moghra
Formation, northern Egypt, are herein described. All fossil turtle material from Moghra …

Species-level phylogeny and especially phylogeography of African chelonians is a
comparatively under-studied field of research. We review the current knowledge of …

Pipimorpha is a clade of tongueless anurans with a wide fossil record. Furthermore, the
oldest South American fossils come from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Patagonia …

The highly diverse snake superfamily Elapoidea is considered to be a classic example of
ancient, rapid radiation. Such radiations are challenging to fully resolve phylogenetically …

We examined the systematics of a ubiquitously distributed southern African freshwater crab,
Potamonautes sidneyi sl species complex. Specimens were subjected to DNA sequence …

The current study deduced the growth pattern and lifestyle habits of Chersina angulata
based on bone histology and cross‐sectional geometry of limb bones. Femora, humeri, and …

Turtles are key components of modern vertebrate faunas and their diversity and distributions
are likely to be affected by anthropogenic climate change. However, there is limited baseline …

In a captive colony of Chersina angulata in Cape Town, South Africa, we observed in
2015/16 retention of the last egg clutch inside the female until the hatching stage was …