Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria)
McKnight, Donald T., Hollender, Ethan C., Howell, Hunter J., Carr, John L., Buhlmann, Kurt A., and Ligon, Day B. (2018) Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria). Acta Herpetologica, 13 (2). pp. 191-194.
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Abstract
Chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia) are generally characterized as having atypical reproductive characteristics relative to other sympatric emydids. However, the comparatively understudied western chicken turtle (D. r. miaria) has been shown to exhibit some reproductive characteristics that differ from the other subspecies. Therefore, we examined clutch and egg sizes from six D. r. miaria (13 clutches) in Oklahoma and compared the results to values that have been reported for the other two subspecies. Females nested up to three times per year, with clutches ranging from 8-13 eggs per clutch (mean = 10.9). The eggs were 19.4-25.3 mm wide (mean = 22.2 mm). These values are greater than the means reported for the other subspecies, but the differences were not statistically significant.
| Item ID: | 57097 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1827-9643 |
| Keywords: | Chelonia, Emydidae, subspecies, reproduction, geographic variation |
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| Copyright Information: | © Firenze University Press. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY- 4.0). |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2019 07:43 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310308 Terrestrial ecology @ 50% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3104 Evolutionary biology > 310410 Phylogeny and comparative analysis @ 50% |
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