Digestive System of Vertebrates: Reptiles: Turtle (omnivorous)

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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

REPTILES: Turtle (omnivorous)

Blanding's turtle (Mlynarski & Wermuth 1975) (from CD Chapter 2)

False map turtle

False map turtle (photo by Ted Hobert) (from CD Chapter 2)

Blanding's turtle digestive tract

Figure 5.4. Blanding's turtle (Pseudemys scripta) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995) (from CD Chapter 5)

Table 7.2. Mean digesta retention time in reptiles (from CD Chapter 7)
Transit time through the gastrointestinal tract of reptiles

Transit time through the gastrointestinal tract of reptiles

Liquid marker was polyethylene glycol or BaSO4. Particulate markers were segments of polyethylene tubing.

Table 8.10. (from CD Chapter 8)
Proteinase activity in the pancreas of reptiles, birds and mammals

Proteinase activity in the pancreas of reptiles, birds and mammals

Enzyme activities expressed as the equivalent amount of bovine trypsin (casein or BAEE) or chymotrypsin (BTEE) under the same conditions. *A: 200-1,200 g RNase per gram pancreatic tissue; B: 20-100 g per gram pancreatic tissue; C: 0-20 µg RNase per gram pancreatic tissue. (from Vonk and Western 1984)