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   "@type": "Article",
   "additionalType": "Journal Article",
   "name": "Interanal seam loss in Asian turtles of the Cuora flavomarginata complex (Testudines, Geoemydidae)",
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       "value": "70155085",
       "url": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70155085"
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   "journal": {
     "@type": "Periodical",
     "name": "Herpetological Bulletin"
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   "inLanguage": "en",
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   "datePublished": "2015",
   "dateModified": "2015-07-29",
   "abstract": "The taxonomy of Asian box turtles of the genus Cuora is complicated by the description of numerous valid and invalid taxa over the last several decades. However, some characteristics used to differentiate species are questionable. Members of the C. flavomarginata complex are defined by some, but not all, taxonomists as having reduced interanal seam lengths relative to other species. We examined the ratio of interanal scute seam length divided by midline anal scute length in C. flavomarginata and C. evelynae. Hatchlings show a seam that divides 100% of the anal scute along the midline. As individuals increase in carapace length, there is a tendency for the percentage to decrease, especially in females, although there is considerable overlap. We suggest that the decrease in interanal seam length is due to abrasion of the plastron on the substrate as turtles grow larger and older. Differences in habitat substrates across the range of the species may contribute to the wide variation we observed.",
   "description": "4 p.",
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     "name": "The British Herpetological Society"
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   "author": [
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       "name": "Lovich, Jeffrey E. jeffrey_lovich@usgs.gov",
       "givenName": "Jeffrey E.",
       "familyName": "Lovich",
       "email": "jeffrey_lovich@usgs.gov",
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           "name": "Western Ecological Research Center",
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       "@type": "Person",
       "name": "Ernst, Carl H.",
       "givenName": "Carl H.",
       "familyName": "Ernst"
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       "name": "Southwest Biological Science Center",
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