DISTRIBUTION EXTENSION AND FIRST RECORD OF LEUCISM IN THE AMAZONIAN FRESHWATER TURTLE MESOCLEMMYS RANICEPS (GRAY, 1856) (TESTUDINES: CHELIDAE)

Autores/as

  • Rodney Murillo Peixoto Couto UNESP
  • Anderson Correa Branco UEM
  • Maiara Cabrera Miguel UFMS
  • Priscilla Soares dos Santos UFMS
  • Carlos Eduardo Vargas Grou Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Fábio Andrew Gomes Cunha UFOPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61164/ypanj045

Resumen

Chromatic mutations in vertebrates have a low frequency of occurrence, despite affecting a large number of species. Furthermore, leucism is confused with albinism, while leucism is defined as the partial or total loss of melanin, the result of genetic mutations with great variations in inheritance mechanisms and associated genes. In September 2021, at around 7 am, we recorded an adult female Mesoclemmys raniceps, sunbathing on a dam embankment in a rural area of Juara-MT. In addition to being the first record of leucism for the species, this record increases the species' distribution by 100km south of the nearest record.

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Publicado

2025-10-20

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DISTRIBUTION EXTENSION AND FIRST RECORD OF LEUCISM IN THE AMAZONIAN FRESHWATER TURTLE MESOCLEMMYS RANICEPS (GRAY, 1856) (TESTUDINES: CHELIDAE). (2025). Revista Multidisciplinar Do Nordeste Mineiro, 19(02), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.61164/ypanj045