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Sexing freshwater turtles: penile eversion in <em>Phrynops tuberosus</em> (Testudines: Chelidae)

Here, we described a noninvasive method for sexing freshwater turtles by stimulating penile eversion. We immobilized the neck and limbs of animals using fingers and, after some seconds, turtles everted their penis. This method was tested in 33 male Phrynops tuberosus, and 28 everted the penis. The e...

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Autors principals: João Rodrigues, Diego Soares, José Silva
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Firenze University Press 2014-11-01
Col·lecció:Acta Herpetologica
Accés en línia:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1731
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