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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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Главные авторы: João Rodrigues, Diego Soares, José Silva
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: Firenze University Press 2014-11-01
Серии:Acta Herpetologica
Online-ссылка:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1731
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