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author
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Ernst, Carl H.
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title
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Turtles of the United States and Canada / Carl H. Ernst, Roger W. Barbour, and Jeffrey E. Lovich.
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published
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Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994.
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description
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xxxviii, 578 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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all locations
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location
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SU Blackwell Library Stacks | QL666.C5 E76 1994 Holdings  Availability
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location
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St. Mary's College of Maryland Stacks | QL666.C5 E76 1994 Holdings  Availability
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location
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UMCP McKeldin Library Reference Stacks | QL666.C5 E76 1994 Holdings  Availability
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notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-571) and index.
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contents
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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 --
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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 --
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Stenotherus minor, loggerhead musk turtle -- Stenotherus carinatus, razorback musk turtle -- Kinosternon subrubrum, Eastern mud turtle.
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(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
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-- 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
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turtle -- Graptemys geographica, common map turtle -- Graptemys barbouri, barbour’s map turtle -- Graptemyspulchra, Alabama map turlte -- Graptemys ernsti, escambia map turtle.
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(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
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agassizii, desert tortoise -- Gopherus berlandieri, Texas tortoise -- Gopherus polyphennus, gopher tortoise.
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subjects
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Turtles -- United States.
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Turtles -- Canada.
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other author
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Barbour, Roger William, 1919-
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Lovich, Jeffrey E.
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format
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Book
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ISBN
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1560983469 (alk. paper)
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