Genetically verified record of non-indigenous turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis (Weigmann, 1835) in Central Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F23%3A96212" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/23:96212 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-vertebrate-biology/volume-72/issue-23039" target="_blank" >https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-vertebrate-biology/volume-72/issue-23039</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.23039" target="_blank" >10.25225/jvb.23039</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Genetically verified record of non-indigenous turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis (Weigmann, 1835) in Central Europe

Original language description

Biological invasions are among the major global causes of biodiversity loss. The pet trade is the main pathway by which reptiles are introduced into new environments. After the EU import ban on the pond slider (Trachemys scripta), other species of pet-traded freshwater turtles are more often reported from the wild. Here we report the first and genetically verified record of Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) from the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The genus Pelodiscus has been reported from the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries; however, only as a visual record, which is insufficient for identification due to the complexity of the taxonomic status of this species. We physically captured the turtle and used genetic data (sequences of 16S rRNA and cytochrome b) to confirm the species affiliation as P. sinsensis. The studied individual represents a lineage of P. sinensis that is widely bred on farms with a native range in North Vietnam, South and south-east China.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vertebrate Biology

ISSN

2694-7684

e-ISSN

2694-7684

Volume of the periodical

72

Issue of the periodical within the volume

AUG 2023

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

23039-23039

UT code for WoS article

001063713300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85170695192