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Turtles of Alabama /
For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptiles--a lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, like birds, that have invaded the aerial environment, and others, like turtles, that have invaded aquatic environments. With thirty-nine known species, Alabama harbors more tur...
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2015]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abbreviations; Introduction; The Turtle Fauna of Alabama; Indigenous Species; Introduced Species; Taxonomic Changes and Problems; Climate of Alabama; Alabama Geography; River Basins; Important Geographic Units; Species Accounts; Keys; Names; Photographs; Descriptions; Alabama Distribution; Habits; Conservation and Management; Taxonomy; Turtles-Testudines; Key to the Families of Turtles of Alabama; Leatherback Sea Turtles Family Dermochelyidae; Leatherback Sea Turtles Genus Dermochelys; Atlantic Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea; Sea Turtles Family Cheloniidae.
- Key to the Genera of Cheloniidae of AlabamaLoggerhead Sea Turtles Genus Caretta; Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta; Ridley Sea Turtles Genus Lepidochelys; Kemp's Ridley Lepidochelys kempii; Hawksbill Sea Turtles Genus Eretmochelys; Atlantic Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata; Green Sea Turtles Genus Chelonia; Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas; Soft-shelled Turtles Family Trionychidae; North American Softshells Genus Apalone; Key to the Species of Apalone of Alabama; Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Apalone calvata; Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica; Florida Softshell Apalone ferox.
- Spiny Softshells Apalone spiniferaKey to the Subspecies of Apalone spinifera of Alabama; Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera; Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera aspera; Tortoises Family Testudinidae; North American Tortoises Genus Gopherus; Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus; Snapping Turtles Family Chelydridae; Key to the Genera of Chelydridae of Alabama; Snapping Turtles Genus Chelydra; Eastern Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina; Alligator Snapping Turtles Genus Macrochelys; Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii.
- Mud and Musk Turtles Family KinosternidaeKey to the Genera of Kinosternidae of Alabama; American Mud Turtles Genus Kinosternon; Key to the Species of Kinosternon of Alabama; Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii; Eastern Mud Turtles Kinosternon subrubrum; Key to the Subspecies of Kinosternon subrubrum of Alabama; Mississippi Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis; Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum; Musk Turtles Genus Sternotherus; Key to the Species of Sternotherus of Alabama; Eastern Musk Turtle (Stinkpot) Sternotherus odoratus.
- Razor-backed Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatusFlattened Musk Turtle Sternotherus depressus; Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor; Stripe-necked Musk Turtle Sternotherus peltifer; River, Pond, and Box Turtles Family Emydidae; Key to the Genera of Emydidae of Alabama; American Box Turtles Genus Terrapene; Key to the Species of Terrapene of Alabama; Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina; Florida Box Turtle Terrapene bauri; Diamond-backed Terrapins Genus Malaclemys; Mississippi Diamond-backed Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin pileata; Chicken Turtles Genus Deirochelys.