Egg incubation and postnatal development of Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) (Testudines, Kinosternidae) captive

Authors

  • Claudio Guimarães Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Claudio Guimarães Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Alanna Lima Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
  • Maria Palha Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N12.1285-1292

Keywords:

wild animals, turtles, reproduction, reptiles

Abstract

This paper has as objective to describe the artificial incubation of eggs Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) and check the influence of incubation temperature and moisture on the weight and size of neonates in captivity. Excavations were performed daily in the area of spawning grounds reproduction of Scientific Breeding Projeto Bio-Fauna – ISARH/UFRA, Belém, Pará. The 51 eggs collected were kept in six incubator with values temperature and moisture constants, set at 29,6 ºC and 79,0% (incubator 1), 30,5 ºC and 78,8% (incubator 2), 31,5 ºC and 78,7% (incubator 3), 36,5 ºC and 74,0% (incubator 4), 37,5 ºC and 73,8% (incubator 5) and 38,5ºC and 73,9% (incubator 6). The infants were weighed and the biometric parameters were measured. Births occurred in incubator 1 and 2 and the neonates showed different weight and body size (p<0,05), this difference was maintained during seven weeks after birth. The incubation temperature and moisture influenced the weight and size of the puppies of K. scorpioides.

Published

2017-10-25

Issue

Section

Reprodução animal

How to Cite

Egg incubation and postnatal development of Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1766) (Testudines, Kinosternidae) captive. (2017). Pubvet, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.22256/PUBVET.V11N12.1285-1292

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