Kyphosis in the Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni) from Nayarit, Mexico
Jesús Alberto Loc-Barragán*
*Ciencia y Conservación para el Desarrollo de las Comunidades A.C. Tepic, Nayarit, México.
Northeastern Naturalist, Volume 31, Special Issue 12 (2024): T1–T3
First published early online: 30 May 2024
Abstract
I observed an apparent case of kyphosis in an adult female Terrapene nelsoni (Spotted Box Turtle) from Nayarit, Mexico, and compared its measurements to a normal adult female Spotted Box Turtle also from Nayarit. Kyphosis is a congenital condition little-known in tropical Mexican turtles.
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