Species Profiles - Bibliography

Iverson, J.B. 1991 Dec. Life History and Demography of the Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon Flavescens. Herpetologica.47(4): 373-395.

Jensen, John B., Camp, Carlos D., Gibbons, J. Whitfield, and Elliott, Matt J. 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. 600 p.

Jones, R.L and Selman, W. 2009. Graptemys oculifera (Baur 1890) – ringed map turtle, ringed sawback. In: Rhodin, A.G.J, Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoise: A compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 033.1-033.8, doi:10.3854/crm.5.033.oculifera.v1.2009, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.

Liu, Y.X., Shi, H.T., Wang, J., Murphy, R.W., Hong, M.L., Chong, Y., Wang, Z.W., Wang, Y., He, B., and Wang, L.J. 2009. Activity rhythms and time budget of Sacalia quadriocellata in captivity. Herpeteological Journal. 19: 163-172.

Long, D.R. 1986 Mar. Clutch Formation in the Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). The Southwestern Naturalist. 31(1): 1-8.

Long, D.R. 1986. Lipid Content and Delayed Emergence of Hatchling Yellow Mud Turtles. The Southwestern Naturalist. 31(2): 244-246.

Lovich, J.E. and Gibbons, J.W. 1990. Age at maturity influences adult sex ratio in the turtle Malaclemys terrapin. Oikos 59: 126-134.

Lovich, J.E., Godwin, J.C., and McCoy, C.J. 2011. Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy 1992 – Escambia Map Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 051.1-051.6, doi:10.3854/crm.5.051.ernsti.v1.2011, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.

Lovich, J.E., Selman, W., and McCoy, C.J. 2009. Graptemys gibbonsi (Lovich and McCoy 1992) – Pascagoula map turtle, Pearl River map turtle, Gibbon’s map turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J, Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoise: A compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 029.1-029.8, doi:10.3854/crm.5.029.gibbonsi.v1.2009, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.

Lui, Y.X., He, B., Shi, H.T., Murphy, R.W., Fong, J.J., Wang, J.C., Fu, L.R., Ma, Y.G. An analysis of courtship behavior in the four-eyed spotted turtle, (Sacalia quadriocellata). Amphibia-Reptilia. 29(2008): 185-195.

Mahmoud, I.Y. 1967 Jun. Courtship Behavior and Sexual Maturity in Four Species of Kinosternid Turtles. Copeia, 1967(2): 314-319.

Maran, J., Pauwels, O. S. G. 2009. Nouvelles observations sur la distribution des tortues de la République du Congo. Chéloniens, Mar. 2009, p.18-19.

Meyer, Rachelle. 2008. Gopherus agassizii. In:Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Web. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/animals/reptile/goag/all.html

Moll, D. 1979. Subterranean Feeding by the Illinois Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens spooneri. Journal of Herpetology. 13(3): 371-373.

Orenstein, Ronald. 2012. Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins. Firefly Books. 448 p.

Palmatier, Bob. The Seven Subspecies. bobpalmatier.com. (c)2014. Web. http://bobpalmatier.com/SevenSubspecies.shtml

Scott, N.J., G.B. Rathbun, T.G. Murphey, and M.B. Harker. 2008. Reproduction of Pacific Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in coastal streams of central California. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3(2):143-148.

Seigel, R.A. 1980. Nesting habits of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) on the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Kansas Academy of Science. 83(4): 239-246.

Selman, W. and Jones, R.L. 2011. Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle 1954 – Yellow-Blotched Sawback, Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J, Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoise: A compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 052.1-052.11, doi:10.3854/crm.5.052.flavimaculata.v1.2011, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.

Turtle Conservancy. 2009. In Search of the Okinawa Leaf Turtle . Web. http://vimeo.com/16525177.

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the World, 7th edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonomy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs, No. 7, pp.000.329-000.478, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014, http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/checklist. Web. Jun. 2014.

UAB Media Studies. 2001. Diamondback Terrapin: The Brackish Water Turtle. Web. http://vimeo.com/23662117.

Vetter, Holger and Peter Paul van Dijk. 2006. Terralog: Turtles of the World, Vol. 4 – East and South Asia. Frankfurt Am Main: Ed Chimaera. 160 p.

Vetter, Holger and Peter Paul van Dijk. 2011. Terralog: Turtles of the World, Vol. 1 – Africa, Europe and Western Asia. 2nd ed. Frankfurt Am Main: Ed Chimaera. 152 p.

Walker, R.C.J. and Rafeliarisoa, T.H. Monitoring Reveals Habitat Loss as Serious Long Term Threat to Madagascar Spider Tortoise. Turtle Survival. 2012: 28-29.