Morphological variations and sexual dimorphism in Chelonoidis carbonaria (Spix, 1824) and Chelonoidis denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766) (Testudinidae)

Morphological variations and sexual dimorphism in Chelonoidis carbonaria (Spix, 1824) and Chelonoidis denticulata (Linnaeus, 1766) (Testudinidae)

Chelonoidis Dcarbonaria and C. denticulata are two tortoises which are widely distributed Brazil. Although they occur sympatrically in different areas, C. carbonaria prefers open areas, while C. denticulata chooses forest areas. Significant morphological variations can be observed in these species d...

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Main Authors:	MS Barros, LC Resende, AG Silva, PD Ferreira Junior
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Biology
Subjects:	tortoise carapace plastron shape
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842012000100018&lng=en&tlng=en

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