First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)

Kinosternon vogti is one of the most narrowly distributed kinosternid turtles in Mexico; it is apparently restricted to small streams and ponds in the urban area of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit. There is little information on the biology of this recently described and enda...

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Autores principales: Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago, Bello Sánchez, Carlos Daniel, López Luna, Marco Antonio, Escobedo Galván, Armando H., Cupul Magaña, Fabio G.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
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Ciencias Naturales
Clutch Size
Laying Eggs Period
Mating
Mature Size
Vallarta Mud Turtle
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/153065
http://ojs.aha.org.ar/index.php/CdH/article/view/11
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1530652023-05-16T20:02:58Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/153065 http://ojs.aha.org.ar/index.php/CdH/article/view/11 issn:1852-5768 First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae) Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago Bello Sánchez, Carlos Daniel López Luna, Marco Antonio Escobedo Galván, Armando H. Cupul Magaña, Fabio G. 2022 2023-05-16T14:32:07Z en Ciencias Naturales Clutch Size Laying Eggs Period Mating Mature Size Vallarta Mud Turtle Kinosternon vogti is one of the most narrowly distributed kinosternid turtles in Mexico; it is apparently restricted to small streams and ponds in the urban area of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit. There is little information on the biology of this recently described and endangered species, particularly regarding reproductive biology. We report reproductive behaviors on two mating pairs of K. vogti in captivity. Males exhibited combat for copulating with female. During courtship, the male blocks the female movements, the female bites male´s rostrum scute, the male displays titillation posture, and finally the male moves to position himself above the female. The reproductive season begins with courtship in August-September and ends with egg-laying in November-December. Six and two eggs per clutch (non-viable eggs; average size, n = 5: 28.83 ± 1.19 x 15.95 ± 0.55 mm). Minimal reproductive size of females and males were CL (carapace length) = 88.37 mm and CL = 78.7 mm, respectively. Asociación Herpetológica Argentina Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) application/pdf 95-99
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Clutch Size
Laying Eggs Period
Mating
Mature Size
Vallarta Mud Turtle
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Clutch Size
Laying Eggs Period
Mating
Mature Size
Vallarta Mud Turtle
Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago
Bello Sánchez, Carlos Daniel
López Luna, Marco Antonio
Escobedo Galván, Armando H.
Cupul Magaña, Fabio G.
First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Clutch Size
Laying Eggs Period
Mating
Mature Size
Vallarta Mud Turtle
description Kinosternon vogti is one of the most narrowly distributed kinosternid turtles in Mexico; it is apparently restricted to small streams and ponds in the urban area of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit. There is little information on the biology of this recently described and endangered species, particularly regarding reproductive biology. We report reproductive behaviors on two mating pairs of K. vogti in captivity. Males exhibited combat for copulating with female. During courtship, the male blocks the female movements, the female bites male´s rostrum scute, the male displays titillation posture, and finally the male moves to position himself above the female. The reproductive season begins with courtship in August-September and ends with egg-laying in November-December. Six and two eggs per clutch (non-viable eggs; average size, n = 5: 28.83 ± 1.19 x 15.95 ± 0.55 mm). Minimal reproductive size of females and males were CL (carapace length) = 88.37 mm and CL = 78.7 mm, respectively.
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author Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago
Bello Sánchez, Carlos Daniel
López Luna, Marco Antonio
Escobedo Galván, Armando H.
Cupul Magaña, Fabio G.
author_facet Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago
Bello Sánchez, Carlos Daniel
López Luna, Marco Antonio
Escobedo Galván, Armando H.
Cupul Magaña, Fabio G.
author_sort Rosales Martínez, Carlos Santiago
title First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
title_short First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
title_full First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
title_fullStr First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
title_full_unstemmed First observations on courtship and nesting behavior of Kinosternon vogti (Testudines: Kinosternidae)
title_sort first observations on courtship and nesting behavior of kinosternon vogti (testudines: kinosternidae)
publishDate 2022
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