One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.

Pelusios seychellensis is thought to be a freshwater turtle species endemic to the island of Mahé, Seychelles. There are only three museum specimens from the late 19(th) century known. The species has been never found again, despite intensive searches on Mahé. Therefore, P. seychellensis has been de...

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Autores principales:	Heiko Stuckas, Richard Gemel, Uwe Fritz
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c33d23ce869c4b8eae4c28ad875368382021-11-18T07:50:49ZOne extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0057116https://doaj.org/article/c33d23ce869c4b8eae4c28ad875368382013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23573185/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Pelusios seychellensis is thought to be a freshwater turtle species endemic to the island of Mahé, Seychelles. There are only three museum specimens from the late 19(th) century known. The species has been never found again, despite intensive searches on Mahé. Therefore, P. seychellensis has been declared as "Extinct" by the IUCN and is the sole putatively extinct freshwater turtle species. Using DNA sequences of three mitochondrial genes of the historical type specimen and phylogenetic analyses including all other species of the genus, we provide evidence that the description of P. seychellensis was erroneously based on a widely distributed West African species, P. castaneus. Consequently, we synonymize the two species and delete P. seychellensis from the list of extinct chelonian species and from the faunal list of the Seychelles.Heiko StuckasRichard GemelUwe FritzPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 4, p e57116 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Heiko Stuckas Richard Gemel Uwe Fritz One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
description	Pelusios seychellensis is thought to be a freshwater turtle species endemic to the island of Mahé, Seychelles. There are only three museum specimens from the late 19(th) century known. The species has been never found again, despite intensive searches on Mahé. Therefore, P. seychellensis has been declared as "Extinct" by the IUCN and is the sole putatively extinct freshwater turtle species. Using DNA sequences of three mitochondrial genes of the historical type specimen and phylogenetic analyses including all other species of the genus, we provide evidence that the description of P. seychellensis was erroneously based on a widely distributed West African species, P. castaneus. Consequently, we synonymize the two species and delete P. seychellensis from the list of extinct chelonian species and from the faunal list of the Seychelles.
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title	One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
title_short	One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
title_full	One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
title_fullStr	One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
title_full_unstemmed	One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.
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One extinct turtle species less: Pelusios seychellensis is not extinct, it never existed.

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