Growth in Kyphotic Ringed Sawbacks, Graptemys oculifera (Testudines: Emydidae)

Will Selman; Robert L. Jones

doi:10.2744/CCB-0983.1

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Will Selman,^1,2 Robert L. Jones³

¹Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5018, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 USA
²Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 5476 Grand Chenier Highway, Grand Chenier, Louisiana 70643 USA; [ ] wselman@wlf.la.gov
³Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39202 USA; [ ] bob.jones@mmns.state.ms.us

Abstract

Kyphosis has not been reported in any Graptemys species (map turtles and sawbacks). We captured four kyphotic individuals of Graptemys oculifera from the Pearl River system, Mississippi, with three individuals recaptured 5 to 12 yrs later; one juvenile female had measurable growth, and two adult females had negligible growth. All kyphotic individuals were females, with an overall occurrence rate of 0.10% (4 of 3830 individuals) at five G. oculifera sample sites.

Chelonian Research Foundation

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Will Selman and Robert L. Jones "Growth in Kyphotic Ringed Sawbacks, Graptemys oculifera (Testudines: Emydidae)," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2), 259-261, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0983.1

Received: 7 December 2011; Accepted: 1 January 2012; Published: 1 December 2012

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