SURGICAL ANATOMY OF CELIOTOMY APPROACHES TO THE STOMACH IN THE COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE (CHELYDRA SERPENTINA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Anatomy ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
The Common

Conservation Genetics of the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Phillips ◽  
Walter W. Dimmick ◽  
John L. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Genetics ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
The Common

Hibernacula Use and Hibernation Phenology in the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in Canaan Valley, West Virginia

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel F. Strain ◽  
James T. Anderson ◽  
Edwin D. Michael ◽  
Philip J. Turk
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
The Common ◽  
Canaan Valley

scholarly journals Phenotypic plasticity in the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina): long-term physiological effects of chronic hypoxia during embryonic development

2016 ◽  
Vol 310 (2) ◽  
pp. R176-R184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver H. Wearing ◽  
John Eme ◽  
Turk Rhen ◽  
Dane A. Crossley
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hypoxia ◽  
Common Garden ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Chelydra Serpentina ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Snapping Turtle ◽  
Snapping Turtles ◽  
The Common ◽  
Hypoxic Incubation

Studies of embryonic and hatchling reptiles have revealed marked plasticity in morphology, metabolism, and cardiovascular function following chronic hypoxic incubation. However, the long-term effects of chronic hypoxia have not yet been investigated in these animals. The aim of this study was to determine growth and postprandial O2 consumption (V̇o2), heart rate ( fH), and mean arterial pressure ( Pm, in kPa) of common snapping turtles ( Chelydra serpentina) that were incubated as embryos in chronic hypoxia (10% O2, H10) or normoxia (21% O2, N21). We hypothesized that hypoxic development would modify posthatching body mass, metabolic rate, and cardiovascular physiology in juvenile snapping turtles. Yearling H10 turtles were significantly smaller than yearling N21 turtles, both of which were raised posthatching in normoxic, common garden conditions. Measurement of postprandial cardiovascular parameters and O2 consumption were conducted in size-matched three-year-old H10 and N21 turtles. Both before and 12 h after feeding, H10 turtles had a significantly lower fH compared with N21 turtles. In addition, V̇o2 was significantly elevated in H10 animals compared with N21 animals 12 h after feeding, and peak postprandial V̇o2 occurred earlier in H10 animals. Pm of three-year-old turtles was not affected by feeding or hypoxic embryonic incubation. Our findings demonstrate that physiological impacts of developmental hypoxia on embryonic reptiles continue into juvenile life.

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