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"Ancient DNA" reveals that the scientific name for an extinct tortoise from Cape Verde refers to an extant South American species

scientific article published on 02 September 2021

A new cryptic species of pond turtle from southern Italy, the hottest spot in the range of the genus Emys (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae)

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A new species of Pelodiscus from northeastern Indochina (Testudines, Trionychidae)

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A rangewide phylogeography of Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae): implications for taxonomy

scientific article (publication date: September 2006)

A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2014)

Already too late? Massive trade in Indian star tortoises (Geochelone elegans) might have wiped out its phylogeographic differentiation

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation

scientific article

Ancient mitogenomics clarifies radiation of extinct Mascarene giant tortoises (Cylindraspis spp.).

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises

scientific article published on 09 February 2021

Author Correction: Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Big data can cause big mistakes: using the Societas Europaea Herpetologica atlas by Sillero et al. (2014), the distribution of Emys orbicularis will be misunderstood ⬇️

scientific article published in March 2018

Checklist of Chelonians of the World ⬇️

Cold Code: the global initiative to DNA barcode amphibians and nonavian reptiles

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Colonization record of the Galápagos’ vertebrate clades: Biogeographical issues plus a conservation insight

scientific article published in 2024

Complex hybridization patterns in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in the Pyrenean Region

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Complex phylogeography in Rhinoclemmys melanosterna: conflicting mitochondrial and nuclear evidence suggests past hybridization (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

scientific article (publication date: 12 June 2013)

Cross-amplification of microsatellite loci for the Mediterranean stripe-necked terrapin (Mauremys leprosa)

scientific article published in 2013

Cytogenetic Analysis of the Asian Box Turtles of the Genus Cuora (Testudines, Geoemydidae)

scientific article published in 2021

Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa)

scientific article

Differences in gene flow in a twofold secondary contact zone of pond turtles in southern Italy (Testudines: Emydidae:Emys orbicularis galloitalica,E. o. hellenica,E. trinacris)

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Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2022

Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae)

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2014)

Distribution and hybridisation of barred and common grass snakes (Natrix helvetica, N. natrix) in Baden-Württemberg, South-western Germany ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 October 2019

Distribution and population size of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis in Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia

scientific article published in 2017

Distribution of Testudo graeca in the western Mediterranean according to climatic factors

Distribution of mtDNA haplotypes (cyt b) of Emys orbicularis in France and implications for postglacial recolonization

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Diversity of North American map and sawback turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Graptemys) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

Eastern Mediterranean chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon, Ch. africanus) are distinct

scientific article published in 2008

Environmentally caused dwarfism or a valid species--is Testudo weissingeri Bour, 1996 a distinct evolutionary lineage? New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genomic markers

scientific article published on 20 April 2005

Erstnachweise aus der Schildkrötensammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae, Pelomedusidae)

scientific article published on 12 July 2010

Erstnachweise aus der Schildkrötensammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae, Pelomedusidae)

scientific article published on 04 July 2007

Evolutionary distinctiveness of the extinct Yunnan box turtle (Cuora yunnanensis) revealed by DNA from an old museum specimen

scientific article published in December 2004

Evolutionary history of mental glands in turtles reveals a single origin in an aquatic ancestor and recurrent losses independent of macrohabitat

scientific article published on 17 May 2021

Expansion after expansion: dissecting the phylogeography of the widely distributed spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae)

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

Extra-Mediterranean glacial refuges in barred and common grass snakes (Natrix helvetica, N. natrix).

scientific article

Gene flow across secondary contact zones of the Emys orbicularis complex in the Western Mediterranean and evidence for extinction and re-introduction of pond turtles on Corsica and Sardinia (Testudines: Emydidae)

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Gene flow among deeply divergent mtDNA lineages of Testudo graeca (Linnaeus, 1758) in Transcaucasia

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Genetic diversity and Quaternary range dynamics in Iranian and Transcaucasian tortoises

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

Genetic identification, morphology and distribution of Natrix helvetica subspecies in southern and western Switzerland (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes)

scientific article published in 2024

Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Human-mediated secondary contact of two tortoise lineages results in sex-biased introgression

scientific article

Hybrid zones of Natrix helvetica and N. natrix: Phenotype data from iNaturalist and genetics reveal concordant clines and the value of species-diagnostic morphological traits ⬇️

scientific article published on 25 April 2023

Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species.

scientific article

In quest of contact: phylogeography of helmeted terrapins (Pelomedusa galeata, P. subrufa sensu stricto).

scientific article

Integrative Taxonomy of Southeast Asian Snail-Eating Turtles (Geoemydidae: Malayemys) Reveals a New Species and Mitochondrial Introgression

scientific article

Interstitial Telomeric Repeats Are Rare in Turtles

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Is the horned pitviper Ceratrimeresurus shenlii Liang and Liu, 2003 from China a valid Protobothrops?

Is the imperilled spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) native in Sardinia? Implications from population genetics and for conservation

It takes two to tango – Phylogeography, taxonomy and hybridization in grass snakes and dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae: Natrix natrix, N. tessellata) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Kritischer Typen-Katalog der Schildkrötensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin

scientific article published in 1994

Leopard tortoises in southern Africa have greater genetic diversity in the north than in the south (Testudinidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Massive transoceanic gene flow in a freshwater turtle (Testudines: Geoemydidae:Mauremys rivulata)

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Millennium-old farm breeding of Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus spp.) results in massive erosion of biodiversity

scientific article published in 2018

Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest a revised taxonomy of Asian flapshell turtles (Lissemys SMITH, 1931) and the existence of previously overlooked taxa (Testudines: Trionychidae)

scientific article published in 2011

Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest unexpected phylogenetic position of Corso-Sardinian grass snakes (Natrix cetti) and do not support their species status, with notes on phylogeography and subspecies delineation of grass snakes ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 January 2012

Mitochondrial diversity of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Anatolia and the Ponto-Caspian Region: Multiple old refuges, hotspot of extant diversification and critically endangered endemics

Mitochondrial diversity of the widespread Central Asian steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844): implications for taxonomy and relocation of confiscated tortoises

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Mitochondrial ghost lineages blur phylogeography and taxonomy of Natrix helvetica and N. natrix in Italy and Corsica ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

Mitochondrial phylogeography and subspecies of the wide-ranging sub-Saharan leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis (Testudines: Testudinidae) - a case study for the pitfalls of pseudogenes and GenBank sequences

scientific article published in 2010

Mitochondrial phylogeography of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis, Emys trinacris) – an update

article published in 2007

Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe

article published in 2009

Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix,N. megalocephala)

scientific article

Mitogenome evolution in the <i>Lacerta viridis</i> complex (Lacertidae, Squamata) reveals phylogeny of diverging clades

scientific article published in 2021

Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae)

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Molecular phylogeny of African hinged and helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelusios and Pelomedusa)

scholarly article by Uwe Fritz et al published November 2010 in Zoologica Scripta

Molecular phylogeny of Eremias spp. from Pakistan contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of racerunners ⬇️

scholarly article by Muazzam Ali Khan et al published 29 October 2020 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Molecular phylogeny of the softshell turtle genus Nilssonia revisited, with first records of N. formosa for China and wild-living N. nigricans for Bangladesh

scientific article published in 2012

Morphological and Molecular Evidence Reveals the First Record of the Coral Snake <i>Micrurus filiformis</i> (Serpentes: Elapidae) as Prey of the Piranha <i>Pygocentrus cariba</i> (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae)

scientific article published on 02 May 2021

Native or not? Tracing the origin of wild-caught and captive freshwater turtles in a threatened and widely distributed species (Emys orbicularis)

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Northern genetic richness and southern purity, but just one species in the Chelonoidis chilensis complex

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One Extinct Turtle Species Less: Pelusios seychellensis Is Not Extinct, It Never Existed ⬇️

scientific article published on April 3, 2013

Order Testudines: 2013 update ⬇️

scientific article by Uwe Fritz and Peter Havaš

Osteology in the Cuora galbinifrons complex suggests conspecifity of C. bourreti and C. galbinifrons, with notes on shell osteology and phalangeal formulae within the Geoemydidae

scientific article published in 2006

Out of Africa: did Emys orbicularis occidentalis cross the Strait of Gibraltar twice?

scientific article published in 2015

Phalangeal formulae and ontogenetic variation of carpal morphology in Testudo horsfieldii and T. hermanni

scientific article published in 2008

Phalangeal formulae of geoemydid terrapins (Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Heosemys, Kachuga, Orlitia, Pangshura, Rhinoclemmys) reflect distinct modes of life

scientific article published in 2007

Phenotypic plasticity leads to incongruence between morphology-based taxonomy and genetic differentiation in western Palaearctic tortoises (Testudo graeca complex; Testudines, Testudinidae)

scholarly article by Uwe Fritz et al published 1 January 2007 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Phrynops chacoensis spec. nov. (Reptilia, Chelidae), eine neue Krötenkopfschildkröte ⬇️

scientific article published in 1992

Phylogenetic position of Pelusios williamsi and a critique of current GenBank procedures (Reptilia: Testudines: Pelomedusidae)

Phylogeny and phylogeography of chelonians from sub-Saharan Africa—A review of current knowledge in tribute to Margaretha D. Hofmeyr ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 October 2022

Phylogeography and cryptic variation within the Lacerta viridis complex (Lacertidae, Reptilia)

scientific article published in 2007

Phylogeography of grass snakes (Natrix natrix) all around the Baltic Sea: implications for the Holocene colonization of Fennoscandia

scientific article published in 2014

Phylogeography of the Asian softshell turtle Amyda cartilaginea (BODDAERT, 1770): evidence for a species complex

scientific article published in 2014

Phylogeography of the Ibero-Maghrebian red-eyed grass snake (Natrix astreptophora) ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Phylogeography of the endangered black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) and conservation implications for other chelonians

scientific article published in 2009

Phylogeography of western Palaearctic reptiles – Spatial and temporal speciation patterns

scientific article published in 2007

Relict Populations and Endemic Clades in Palearctic Reptiles: Evolutionary History and Implications for Conservation

Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Situation, Gefährdung und Schutz von Emys orbicularis (L.) in Deutschland ⬇️

scientific article published in 2000

Small edge populations at risk: genetic diversity of the green lizard (Lacerta viridis viridis) in Germany and implications for conservation management ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Stable Cretaceous sex chromosomes enable molecular sexing in softshell turtles (Testudines: Trionychidae).

scientific article

Stand out from the Crowd: Small-Scale Genetic Structuring in the Endemic Sicilian Pond Turtle

Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation ⬇️

journal article from 'PLOS Biology' published in 2018

The enigmatic Crimean green lizard ( Lacerta viridis magnifica ) is extinct but not valid: Mitogenomics of a 120‐year‐old museum specimen reveals historical introduction ⬇️

scientific article published in 2019

The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands

journal article from 'Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society' published in 2022

The uncertainty of Late Pleistocene range expansions in the western Mediterranean: a case study of the colonization of south-eastern Spain by the spur-thighed tortoise,Testudo graeca

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The valid scientific names of the barred grass snake and its subspecies from mainland Italy and Sicily

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

The world’s economically most important chelonians represent a diverse species complex (Testudines: Trionychidae: Pelodiscus)

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Threat or fiction: is the pond slider (Trachemys scripta) really invasive in Central Europe? A case study from Slovenia

Trachemys in Mexico and beyond: Beautiful turtles, taxonomic nightmare, and a mitochondrial poltergeist (Testudines: Emydidae)

scientific article published in 2024

Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles upside down

scholarly article by Mario Vargas-Ramírez et al published 6 October 2017 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Tropical ancient DNA reveals relationships of the extinct Bahamian giant tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum.

scientific article published in January 2017

Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.) ⬇️

Turtles of the genera and (Testudines: Geoemydidae) lack differentiated sex chromosomes: the end of a 40-year error cascade for

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range

scientific article

Unexpected hybridization patterns in Near Eastern terrapins (Mauremys caspica,M. rivulata) indicate ancient gene flow across the Fertile Crescent ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Variation of Sicilian pond turtles, Emys trinacris – What makes a species cryptic?

scientific article published in 2006

Variation of hyoid morphology in geoemydid terrapins

scientific article published in 2007

Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal

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Weak genetic divergence between the two South American toad-headed turtles Mesoclemmys dahli and M. zuliae (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)

Where are you from, stranger? The enigmatic biogeography of North African pond turtles (Emys orbicularis)

scholarly article by Heiko Stuckas et al published 20 February 2014 in Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Where to set the bar? Recent descriptions inflate species number in South American toad-headed turtles ( Mesoclemmys )

scientific article published in 2023

Citizen Science, taxonomy and grass snakes: iNaturalist helps to clarify variation of coloration and pattern in Natrix natrix subspecies

scientific article published in 2022

Genotyping the phenotypic diversity in Aegean Natrix natrix moreotica (Bedriaga, 1882) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Natricidae)

scientific article published in 2023

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