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xxxviii, 578 pages : illustrations, 56 color plates ; 26 cm.
Identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States and Canada -- Chelydridae: snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii, alligator snapping turtle -- Cheloniidae: marine turtles -- Chelonia mydas, green turtle -- Eretmochelys imbricatta, hawksbill -- Caretta caretta, loggerhead -- Lepidochelys kempii, kemp's ridley or Atlantic ridley -- Lepidochelys olivacea, Pacific ridley or olive ridley -- Dermochelyidae: leatherback sea turtles -- Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback or luth -- Trionychidae: soft-shelled turtles -- Trionyx muticus, smooth softshell -- Trionyx spiniferus, spiny softshell -- Trionyx ferox, Florida softshell -- Trionyx sinensis, Chinese softshell -- Trionyx steindachneri, wattle-necked softshell -- Kinosternidae: musk and mud turtles -- Stenotherus odoratus, stinkpot or common musk turtle -- Stenotherus depressus, flattened musk turtle -- Stenotherus minor, loggerhead musk turtle -- Stenotherus carinatus, razorback musk turtle -- Kinosternon subrubrum, Eastern mud turtle.
(cont) Kinosternon baurii, striped mud turtle -- Kinosternon flavescens, yellow mud turtle -- Kinosternon sonoriense, Sonoran mud turtle -- Kinosternon hirtipes, Mexican mud turtle -- Emydidae: semiaquatic pond and marsh turtles -- Clemmys Guttata, spotted turtle -- Clemmys muhlenbergii, bog turtle -- Clemmys insculpta, wood turtle -- Clemmys marmorata, Western pond turtle -- Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle -- Terrapene carolina, Eastern box turtle -- Terrapene ornata, ornate box turtle -- Chrysemys picta, painted turtle -- Trachemys scripta, slider -- Trachemys gaigeae, Big Bend slider -- Pseudemys concinna, river cooter -- Pseudemys gorzugi, Rio Grande cooter -- Pseudemys floridana, cooter -- Pseudemys rubiventris, red-bellied turtle -- Pseudemys nelsoni, Florida red-bellied turtle -- Pseudemys alabamensis, Alabama red-bellied turtle -- Pseudemys texana, Texas river cooter -- Deirochelys reticularia, chicken turtle -- Graptemys geographica, common map turtle -- Graptemys barbouri, barbour's map turtle -- Graptemyspulchra, Alabama map turlte -- Graptemys ernsti, escambia map turtle.
(cont) Graptemys gibbonsi, pascagoula map turtle -- Graptemys caglei, cagle's map turtle -- Graptemys pseudogeographica, false map turtle -- Graptemys ouachitensis, ouachita map turtle -- Graptemys versa, Texas map turtle -- Graptemys oculifera, ringed map turtle -- Graptemys flavimaculata, yellow-blotched map turtle -- Graptemys nigrinoda, black-knobbed map turtle -- Malaclemys terrapin, diamondback terrapin -- Testudinidae: tortoises -- Gopherus agassizii, desert tortoise -- Gopherus berlandieri, Texas tortoise -- Gopherus polyphennus, gopher tortoise.
Carl H. Ernst, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Roger W. Barbour.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.