The Coelom and the Digestive, Respiratory, and Urogenital Systems of the Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Adam D. Smith and Rhonda Anne Finch (2000)

Turtles are members of the Class Reptilia, and represent the only living members of the Subclass Anapsida. The coelom and the digestive, respiratory, and urogenital systems possess both primitive characteristics of their amphibian ancestors and advanced characteristics that are unique to turtles.

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References

Dawson, J. 1998. Digestive, respiratory, and reproductive and excretory systems. The Turtle Pages.

Kardong, K. 1998. Vertebrates: Comparative anatomy, function, evolution. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. 747 pp.

Lawson, R. 1979. The comparative anatomy of the coelom and of the digestive and respiratory systems. In Hyman's
comparative vertebrate anatomy, edited by M. H. Wake. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 788 pp.

Last updated: 27 November, 2000
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