Turtles of the world : a guide to every family / Jeffrey E. Lovich and Whit Gibbons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovich, Jeffrey E., author.

Gibbons, Whit, author.

Series:

A Guide to Every Family ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turtles.

Turtles--Identification.

Genre:

Instructional and educational works.

Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

A lavishly illustrated guide to the world's turtles that looks at every family and genusTurtles of the World reveals the extraordinary diversity of these amazing reptiles. Characterized by the cartilaginous shell that acts as a shield to protect the softer body within, turtles are survivors from the time of the dinosaurs and are even more ancient in evolutionary terms than snakes and crocodilians. Of the 356 species known today, some are highly endangered. In this beautiful guide, turtle families, subfamilies, and genera are illustrated with hundreds of color photographs. Each species profile includes a population distribution map, a table of information, and commentary that includes notable characteristics and discussion of related species.More than 250 beautiful color photosEach profile features a distribution map, table of information, and commentaryBroad coverage includes every family and genus

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

WHAT IS A TURTLE?

TURTLE EVOLUTION, SYSTEMATICS, AND TAXONOMY

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BEHAVIOR

FEEDING HABITS

REPRODUCTION

GROWTH AND LONGEVITY

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

CONSERVATION

The Turtle Families

Suborder Cryptodira

FAMILY: CHELYDRIDAE SNAPPING TURTLES

CHELYDRIDAE: CHELYDRA: SNAPPING TURTLES

CHELYDRIDAE: MACROCHELYS: ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES

FAMILY: CHELONIIDAE SEA TURTLES

CHELONIIDAE: CARETTA: LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE

CHELONIIDAE: ERETMOCHELYS: HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE

CHELONIIDAE: LEPIDOCHELYS: RIDLEY SEA TURTLES

CHELONIIDAE: CHELONIA: GREEN SEA TURTLE

CHELONIIDAE: NATATOR: FLATBACK SEA TURTLE

FAMILY: DERMOCHELYIDAE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE

FAMILY: DERMATEMYDIDAE CENTRAL AMERICAN RIVER TURTLE

FAMILY: KINOSTERNIDAE MUD AND MUSK TURTLES

KINOSTERNIDAE: KINOSTERNON MUD: TURTLES

KINOSTERNIDAE: STERNOTHERUS: MUSK TURTLES

KINOSTERNIDAE: CLAUDIUS: NARROW-BRIDGED MUSK TURTLE

KINOSTERNIDAE: STAUROTYPUS: GIANT MUSK TURTLES

FAMILY: EMYDIDAE SEMI-AQUATIC POND AND MARSH TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: CHRYSEMYS: PAINTED TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: DEIROCHELYS: CHICKEN TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: GRAPTEMYS: MAP AND SAWBACK TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: MALACLEMYS: DIAMOND-BACKED TERRAPIN

EMYDIDAE: PSEUDEMYS: COOTERS

EMYDIDAE: TRACHEMYS: SLIDER TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: CLEMMYS: SPOTTED TURTLE

EMYDIDAE: EMYS: EUROPEAN AND SICILIAN POND TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: ACTINEMYS: PACIFIC POND TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: EMYDOIDEA: BLANDING'S TURTLE

EMYDIDAE: GLYPTEMYS: WOOD AND BOG TURTLES

EMYDIDAE: TERRAPENE: BOX TURTLES

FAMILY: PLATYSTERNIDAE BIG-HEADED TURTLE

FAMILY: GEOEMYDIDAE ASIAN AND AMERICAN POND AND RIVER TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: BATAGUR: ASIAN RIVER TERRAPINS

GEOEMYDIDAE: CUORA: ASIAN BOX TURTLES.

GEOEMYDIDAE: CYCLEMYS: LEAF TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: GEOCLEMYS: SPOTTED POND TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: GEOEMYDA: BLACK-BREASTED LEAF TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: HARDELLA: CROWNED RIVER TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: HEOSEMYS: FOREST, TEMPLE, POND, AND SPINY TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: LEUCOCEPHALON: SULAWESI FOREST TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: MALAYEMYS: SNAIL-EATING TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: MAUREMYS: OLD WORLD POND TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: MELANOCHELYS: TRICARINATE HILL TURTLE AND INDIAN BLACK TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: MORENIA: EYED TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: NOTOCHELYS: MALAYAN FLAT-SHELLED TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: ORLITIA: MALAYSIAN GIANT TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: PANGSHURA: ROOFED AND TENT TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: SACALIA: BEALE'S EYED AND FOUR-EYED TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: SIEBENROCKIELLA: BLACK MARSH AND PALAWAN FOREST TURTLES

GEOEMYDIDAE: VIJAYACHELYS: COCHIN FOREST CANE TURTLE

GEOEMYDIDAE: RHINOCLEMMYS: NEOTROPICAL WOOD TURTLES

FAMILY: TESTUDINIDAE TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: ALDABRACHELYS: ALDABRA GIANT TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: ASTROCHELYS: RADIATED TORTOISE AND PLOUGHSHARE TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: CENTROCHELYS: AFRICAN SPURRED TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: CHELONOIDIS: SOUTH AMERICAN AND GALAPAGOS TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: CHERSINA: SOUTH AFRICAN BOWSPRIT TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: CHERSOBIUS: FIVE-TOED PADLOPER TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: GEOCHELONE: INDIAN STAR AND BURMESE STAR TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: GOPHERUS: NORTH AMERICAN TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: HOMOPUS: FOUR-TOED PADLOPER TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: INDOTESTUDO: INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: KINIXYS: HINGE-BACK TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: MALACOCHERSUS: PANCAKE TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: MANOURIA: ASIAN GIANT TORTOISE AND IMPRESSED TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: PSAMMOBATES: GEOMETRIC AND TENT TORTOISES

TESTUDINIDAE: PYXIS: SPIDER AND FLAT-TAILED TORTOISES.

TESTUDINIDAE: STIGMOCHELYS: LEOPARD TORTOISE

TESTUDINIDAE: TESTUDO: SPUR-THIGHED, HERMANN'S, EGYPTIAN, MARGINATED, AND HORSFIELD'S TORTOISES

FAMILY: CARETTOCHELYIDAE PIG-NOSED TURTLE

FAMILY: TRIONYCHIDAE SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: CYCLANORBIS: NUBIAN AND SENEGAL FLAPSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: CYCLODERMA: AUBRY'S AND ZAMBEZI FLAPSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: LISSEMYS: INDIAN, SRI LANKAN, AND BURMESE FLAPSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: AMYDA: ASIATIC SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: APALONE: NORTH AMERICAN SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: CHITRA: NARROW-HEADED SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: DOGANIA: MALAYAN SOFTSHELL TURTLE

TRIONYCHIDAE: NILSSONIA: PEACOCK AND INDIAN SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: PALEA: WATTLE-NECKED SOFTSHELL TURTLE

TRIONYCHIDAE: PELOCHELYS: ASIAN AND NEW GUINEA GIANT SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: PELODISCUS: HUNAN, CHINESE, NORTHERN CHINESE, AND VIETNAMESE SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: RAFETUS: EUPHRATES AND YANGTZE RIVER GIANT SOFTSHELL TURTLES

TRIONYCHIDAE: TRIONYX: AFRICAN SOFTSHELL TURTLE

Suborder Pleurodira

FAMILY: CHELIDAE AUSTRALASIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN SIDE-NECKED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: ACANTHOCHELYS: SOUTH AMERICAN SIDE-NECKED SWAMP TURTLES

CHELIDAE: CHELUS: MATAMATA

CHELIDAE: MESOCLEMMYS: TOAD-HEADED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: PHRYNOPS: SOUTH AMERICAN SIDE-NECKED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: PLATEMYS: TWIST-NECKED TURTLE

CHELIDAE: RHINEMYS: RED SIDE-NECKED TURTLE

CHELIDAE: HYDROMEDUSA: SOUTH AMERICAN AND BRAZILIAN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: CHELODINA: AUSTRALIAN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: ELSEYA: AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA SNAPPING AND STREAM TURTLES

CHELIDAE: ELUSOR: MARY RIVER TURTLE

CHELIDAE: EMYDURA: AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA SHORT-NECKED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: MYUCHELYS: SAWSHELLED TURTLES

CHELIDAE: RHEODYTES: FITZROY RIVER TURTLE.

CHELIDAE: PSEUDEMYDURA: WESTERN SWAMP TURTLE

FAMILY: PELOMEDUSIDAE: AFRICAN SIDE-NECKED TURTLES

PELOMEDUSIDAE: PELOMEDUSA: AFRICAN HELMETED TURTLES

PELOMEDUSIDAE: PELUSIOS: AFRICAN MUD TURTLES

FAMILY: PODOCNEMIDIDAE SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER TURTLES AND BIG-HEADED SIDE-NECKED TURTLES

PODOCNEMIDIDAE: ERYMNOCHELYS: MADAGASCAN BIG-HEADED TURTLE

PODOCNEMIDIDAE: PELTOCEPHALUS: BIG-HEADED SIDENECK TURTLE

PODOCNEMIDIDAE: PODOCNEMIS: SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER TURTLES

Appendices

Glossary

Resources

Turtle Classification

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

Picture Credits

Acknowledgments

ILLUSTRATION REFERENCES.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Lovich, Jeffrey E. Turtles of the World

ISBN:

0-691-22903-1

OCLC:

1283845521