Captive chelonians should be fed a natural diet to achieve growth rate similar that of free-ranging animals. A wide range commercially formulated foods dedicated is available. Feeding commercial has the advantage convenience. On other hand, species-specific information on nutritional requirements not available yet. The aim this study was analyse and evaluate pellets feeds for chelonians. Commer...

We investigated the relationship between host-plant use by two tortoise beetles, Cassida nebulosa and C. piperata, in a field and their performance under laboratory conditions. Sixteen plant species were grown in the experimental field with C. nebulosa being observed to grow on three chenopodiaceous species (Chenopodium album, C. album var. centrorubrum, and C. ficifolium), while C. piperata gr...

Background. Just as for most other tortoise species, the once common Chaco tortoise, Chelonoidis chilensis (Testudinidae), is under constant threat across it distribution in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Despite initial qualitative description of the species distribution and further individual reports of new locations for the species, there is no description of the species distribution in pr...

—Paleontological and geological evidence suggest that the distinctive endemic skink Eumeces longirostris could potentially be as old as continuously emergent land on the Bermuda seamount (approximately . 1–2 million yr). The species has experienced sustained evolutionary stasis for at least the past 400,000 yr, during which time there has been no perceptible change in skeletal morphology. The t...