Dimensions, mass and volume of the turtles kidneys(Trachemys scripta elegans WIED, 1839)

ABSTRACT

The Trachemys scripta elegans turtle species, which was described by WIED, in 1839, it belongs to the suborderCryptodira and the Emydidae family, it came up from the Mississippi Valley, United States of America. Itis probably the most widespread reptile species worldwide. This study aims to determine the dimensions(thickness, length and width), the mass and volume of their kidneys and establish a correlation betweenbiometric parameters of the left and right kidneys, and those with biometrics body. The kidneys are locatedin the caudal portion of the coelomic cavity, parallel to the vertebral column, and disposed dorsally on thesyntopic organs to them, adhered to the carapace, after the bridge, in close proximity to the oviduct, in females,and testicles, in males. They also have elongated morphology craniocaudalis, rough aspect and brownish. Inliterature, there is no data concerning to the dimensions, mass and volume of the turtles kidneys, specificallyeither the Trachemys scripta elegans species, and this is the first study determining such parameters. For mostindividuals, the variables (mass, volume and size) established correlations, it demonstrates the interdependenceof biometric parameters and renal body of the turtle. And even where there was no correlation, the valueswere very close to the limit set by statistical analysis (-r- > 0.5). Similarly, we observed a significant correlationbetween the parameters of contralateral and intersex kidneys. So it follows thefore that the biometrical renalvalues of Trachemys scripta elegans is proportional to the somatometric.