Turtles of the World

Name: Turtles of the World | A Guide to Every Family
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A Guide to Every Family

Jeffrey E. Lovich Whit Gibbons(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 7. Dezember 2021

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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
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B
C
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E
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G
H
I
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L
M
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O
P
R
S
T
V
W
Y
Z
Picture Credits
Acknowledgments
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