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Observations on carapace color change in the juvenile big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)

The carapace color of newborn big-headed turtles (Platysternon megacephalum) is polymorphic and usually consists of two phenotypes: yellowish brown and olive green. As the turtles grew, over the first year of life, its carapace gradually turned from yellowish brown to chestnut brown, or from olive g...

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Autores principales: Cao, Dainan, Ge, Yan, Wei, Yufeng, Duan, Haoran, Gong, Shiping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388471
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7331