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Taxonomy of the genus Platemys Biodiversity of the family Chelidae

Bibliography of the genus
Platemys (Twist-necked Turtle)

(Reptilia: Testudines: Chelidae)

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Platemys platycephala

Bickham, J.W.; Hanks, B.G.; Hale, D.W.; Martin, J.E. 1993. Ploidy diversity and the production of balanced gametes in male twist-necked turtles (Platemys platycephala). Copeia 1993(3): 723-727.

Bickham, J.W.; Tucker, P.K.; Legler, J.M. 1985. Diploid-triploid mosaicism: an unusual phenomenon in side-necked turtles (Platemys platycephala). Science (Washington, D.C.) 227(4694): 1591-1593.

Blanvillain, R. 2005. Haltung und Vermehrung der Rotkopf-Plattschildkröte Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792). Radiata 14(4): 25-28.

Blanvillain, R. 2005. Husbandry and propagation of the South American Snake-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792). Radiata 14(4): 25-28.

Böhm, S. 2013. Notes on short-term movements and dietary spectrum of the Twist-necked Turtle, Platemys platycephala (Testudines: Chelidae) in the Nouragues Reserve, French Guyana. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 112-118.

Buchert, P. 2010. Erfolgreiche Haltung und Vermehrung der Rotkopf-Plattschildkröte Platemys platycephala. Elaphe 18(1): 61-68.

Derr, J.N.; Bickham, J.W.; Greenbaum, I.F.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Mittermeier, R.A. 1987. Biochemical systematics and evolution in the South American turtle genus Platemys (Pleurodira: Chelidae). Copeia 1987(2): 370-375.

Emmons, L.H. 1989. Jaguar predation on chelonians. Journal of Herpetology 23(3): 311-314.

Ernst, C.H. 1983. Geographic variation in the Neotropical turtle, Platemys platycephala. Journal of Herpetology 17(4): 345-355.

Ernst, C.H. 1987. Platemys. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 405: 1-4.

Ernst, C.H.; Lovich, J.E. 1986. Morphometry in the chelid turtle, Platemys platycephala. Herpetological Journal 1(2): 66-70.

Ernst, R.; Böhm, S.; Hoelting, M.; Tillmann, K. 2014. Whipped cream cravings in the rainforest: predation of foam nests of Physalaemus ephippifer (Anura: Leptodactylidae) by Platemys platycephala (Testudines: Chelidae) in central Guyana. Salamandra 50(1): 57-62.

Ferrara, C.; Schneider, L.; Vogt, R.C.; Santos-Junior, L.B. 2009. Geographic distribution: Platemys platycephala (Twist-necked Turtle). Herpetological Review 40(2): 236.

Freitas, M.A. de; Saldanha Vieira, R.; Entiauspe-Neto, O.M.; Oliveira e Sousa, S.; Farias, T.; Sousa, A.G.; Barbosa de Moura, G.J. 2017. Herpetofauna of the Northwest Amazon forest in the state of Maranhao, Brazil, with remarks on the Gurupi Biological Reserve. ZooKeys 643: 141-155.

Harding, J.H. 1983. Life history notes: Platemys platycephala (Twistneck Turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 14(1): 22.

Hofstra, J. 1982. [The side necked turtle Platemys platycephala]. (In Dutch). Lacerta 41(1): 12-15.

Hoogmoed, M.S.; Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (the Netherlands). Spixiana Supplement 9: 319-415.

Huebinger, R.M.; Bickham, J.W.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Mittermeier, R.A. 2013. Mitochondrial DNA corroborates taxonomy of the South American chelid turtles of the genera Platemys and Acanthochelys. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 168-171.

Kanberg, H. 1937. Die Schildkröten der Gattung Platemys Wagl. Aquarium (Berlin) 11: 64-65.

Keller, C.; Villamarín, F.; Bernhard, R.; Silva, D.F. da 2016. Checklist of chelonians from the upper Madeira River and the lower Madeira-Purus interfluvium (Brazilian Amazon), including a range expansion for Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849. Check List 12(4)(Article 1937): 1-32.

Medem, F. 1983. Reproductive data on Platemys platycephala (Testudines: Chelidae) in Colombia. pp. 429-434. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Mertens, R. 1954. Bemerkenswerte Schildkröten aus Süd- und Zentral-Amerika. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 7: 239-242.

Métrailler, S. 2001. Elevage et reproduction de Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792). Manouria 4(13): 21-32.

Métrailler, S. 2005. Haltung und Nachzucht der Rotkopf-Plattschildkröte, Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792). Emys 12(4): 28-35.

Métrailler, S. 2006. Husbandry and reproduction of Platemys platycephala. pp. 342-348. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Molina, F.B.; Costa, H.C.; Sao-Pedro, V. de A.; Feio, R.N. 2009. Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae, Platemys platycephala platycephala: distribution extension. Check List 5(3): 714-716.

Morcatty, T.Q.; Valsecchi, J.; Rocha, D.G. 2014. Geographic distribution: Platemys platycephala platycephala (Twist-necked Turtle). Herpetological Review 45(4): 657.

Sachsse, W. 2013. Zwei künstliche Materialien für eine physiologische Einrichtung von Aquaterrarien am Beispiel der Plattschildkröte (Platemys platycephala). Radiata 22(2): 16-22.

Thieme, E.; Thieme, U. 1996. Haltung und Vermehrung der Halswenderschildkröte Platemys platycephala. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(101): 27-31.

Vogt, R.C.; Ferrara, C.R.; Schneider, L.; Santos Junior, L.B. 2009. Natural history notes: Brazilian Amazonian turtles. Habitat. Herpetological Review 40(2): 213.

Wedemeyer, F. 1973. Die Halswender-Schildkröte Platemys platycephala. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 26: 393-395.