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 …

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 …

Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus spp.) are widely distributed, ranging from the Amur and
Ussuri Rivers in the Russian Far East through the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and eastern …

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 …

Sea turtles are the only extant chelonian representatives that inhabit the marine
environment. One key to successful colonization of this habitat is the adaptation to different …

The drastic decline of the critically endangered northern river terrapin (Batagur baska)
prompted a large-scale captive breeding project in Bangladesh and Austria, with the first …

Trachemys is a speciose genus of freshwater turtles distributed from the Great Lakes in
North America across the southeastern USA, Mexico and Central America to the Rio de la …

Background Freshwater turtle populations are vulnerable to a range of human activities
because of particular life history attributes, and anthropogenic impacts can cause shifts in …

Romeo and Juliet: a forbidden love story? A review of hybridization in keystone, aquatic
megafauna. Hybridization, understood here as the sexual reproduction between individuals …

We report the findings of the first herpetofaunal surveys conducted in Phnom Kulen National
Park, Siem Reap Province, northern Cambodia. During three intensive survey periods in …