Research Catalog

Title

Turtles of the United States [by] Carl H. Ernst & Roger W. Barbour.

Author

Ernst, Carl H.

Publication

[Lexington] The University Press of Kentucky [©1972]

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Details

Additional Authors

Barbour, Roger W., 1919-1993

Description

x, 347 pages illustrations; 28 cm

Subject

• Turtles > United States
• Turtles
• Turtles
• United States

Genre/Form

• Reference works.
• Ouvrages de référence.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 295-342.

Contents

• The identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States -- Chelydridae : snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina : snapping turtle -- Chelydra osceola : Florida snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii : alligator snapping turtle -- Kinosternidae : musk & mud turtles -- Sternotherus odoratus : stinkpot -- Sternotherus carinatus : razor-backed musk turtle -- Sternotherus minor : loggerhead musk turtle -- Kinosternon subrubrum : mud turtle -- Kinosternon baurii : striped mud turtle -- Kinosternon flavescens : yellow mud turtle -- Kinosternon sonoriense : Sonora mud turtle -- Kinosternon hirtipes : rough-footed mud turtle -- Emydidae : semiaquatic pond & marsh turtles -- Clemmys guttata : spotted turtle -- Clemmys muhlenbergii : bog turtle -- Clemmys insculpta : wood turtle -- Clemmys marmorata : Western pond turtle -- Terrapene carolina : box turtle -- Terrapene ornata : ornate box turtle -- Malaclemys terrapin : diamondback terrapin -- Graptemys barbouri : Barbour?s map turtle -- Graptemys pulchra : Alabama map turtle -- Graptemys kohnii : Mississippi map turtle -- Graptemys pseudogeographica : false map turtle -- Graptemys versa : Texas map turtle -- Graptemys oculifera : ringed sawback -- Graptemys flavimaculata : yellow-blotched sawback -- Graptemys nigrinoda : black-knobbed sawback -- Chrysemys picta : painted turtle -- Chrysemys scripta : pond slider -- Chrysemys concinna : river cooter -- Chrysemys floridana : cooter -- Chrysemys rubriventris : red-bellied turtle -- Chrysemys nelsoni : Florida red-bellied turtle -- Chrysemys alabamensis : Alabama red-bellied turtle -- Deirochelys reticularia : chicken turtle -- Emydoidea blandingii : Blanding?s turtle
• Testudinidae : tortoises -- Gopherus agassizii : desert tortoise -- Gopherus berlandieri : Texas tortoise -- Gopherus polyphemus : gopher tortoise -- Cheloniidae : marine turtles -- Chelonia mydas : green turtle -- Eretmochelys imbricata : hawksbill -- Caretta caretta : loggerhead -- Lepidochelys kempii : Atlantic ridley -- Lepidochelys olivacea : Pacific ridley -- Dermochelyidae : leatherbacks -- Dermochelys coriacea : leatherback -- Trionychidae : soft-shelled turtles -- Trionyx muticus : smooth softshell -- Trionyx spiniferus : spiny softshell -- Trionyx ferox : Florida softshell -- Trionyx sinensis : Chinese softshell -- Origin & evolution of North American turtles -- Care of turtles in captivity -- Parasites, commensals, & symbionts -- Glossary of scientific names -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 0813112729
• 9780813112725

LCCN

72081315

OCLC

• ocm00627888
• 627888
• SCSB-323606

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library