Diet and helminth parasites of freshwater turtles <em>Mesoclemmys tuberculata</em>, <em>Phrynops geoffroanus</em> (Pleurodira: Chelidae) and <em>Kinosternon scorpioides</em> (Criptodyra: Kinosternidae) in a semiarid region, Northeast of Brazil
In this study, the Kinosternon scorpioides, Mesoclemmys tuberculata and Phrynops geoffroanus freshwater turtles collected in the Cariús River, State of Ceará, were analysed as to their diet composition and presence of helminths. Among the 63 examined turtles 55 (87.3%) were parasitized. We found thr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Herpetologica |
| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1819 |