Turtles of the world
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Turtles of the world
Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989
- cloth
- pbk.
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 278-297
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Presented in a logical and systematic order, Turtles of the World discusses each family separately with keys to genera and species. Summarizing the classification of every known turtle species, this volume includes descriptions and illustrations of turtle anatomy, a discussion of turtle origins, as well as karotype, reproductive, and ecological information. The authors pinpoint causes for the decline of turtle populations and offer suggestions to reverse the effects of overcollecting, killing for food, environmental poisoning through insecticides and herbicides, and habitat destruction.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Testudines Chapter 4 Pelomedusidae Chapter 5 Chelidae Chapter 6 Kinosternidae Chapter 7 Dermatemydidae Chapter 8 Carettochelyidae Chapter 9 Trionychidae Chapter 10 Dermochelyidae Chapter 11 Cheloniidae Chapter 12 Chelydridae Chapter 13 Platysternidae Chapter 14 Emydidae Chapter 15 Testudinidae Part 16 Bibliography Part 17 Glossary of scientific names Part 18 Index
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