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African Spurred Tortoise in Captivity (Sulcata)
Russ Gurley. 100 pgs. Signed by the author. Updated with info for Redfoot, Yellowfoot, and Russian Tortoises.
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Keeping and Breeding Freshwater Turtles
By Russ Gurley. 297 pages. . It is also signed by the author.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
Chapter One: A Natural Life
Chapter Two: Is a Turtle Right For You?
Chapter Three: Quarantine & Health
Chapter Four: Water & Filtration
Chapter Five: Heating & Lighting
Chapter Six: Indoor Enclosures
Chapter Seven: Outdoor Enclosures
Chapter Eight: Feeding
Chapter Nine: Breeding
Chapter Ten: Incubation
Chapter Eleven: Care of Hatchlings
The Future
Individual Species Accounts:
The Sliders (Trachemys species)
The Coolers and Red-bellied Turtles (Pseudemys species)
Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)
Chicken Turtles (Deirochelys reticularia)
Map Turtles (Graptemys species)
The Soft-shelled Turtles (Amyda, Apalone, Aspideretes, Chitra,
Cyclanorbis, Cycloderma, Dogania, Palea, Pelochelys, Pelodiscus,
Rafetus, and Trionyx species)
Common Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina)
Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macroclemys temmincki)
Mud and Musk Turtles {Claudius angustatus, Kinosternon and Staurotypus)
Diamondback Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin)
Spotted Turtles, Wood Turtles, Bog Turtles, and Western Pond Turtles
(Clemmys guttata, Clemmys insculpta, Clemmys muhlenbergi and Clemmys marmorata)
European Pond Turtles (Emys orbicularis)
Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)
North American Box Turtles {Terrapene species)
Central American Wood Turtles (Rhinoclemmys species)
Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii)
South American Side-necked Turtles (Batrachemys, Mesoclemmys, Phfynops, Rhinemys species)
Argentine Snake-necked Turtles (Hydromedusa teed/era)
Matamatas (Chelus fimbriatus)
Twist-necked and Spiny-necked Turtles (Platemys platycephala
and Acanthochelys spixii)
Amazon River Big-headed River Turtles (Peltocephalus dumeriliana)
South American River Turtles (Podocnemis species)
Madagascan Side-necked Turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis)
African Side-necked Turtles (Pehisios species and Pelomedusa subrufa)
Short-necked Turtles (Emydura species)
Snake-necked Turtles (Chelodma species)
Western Swamp Turtle (Pseudemydura umbrind)
Pig-nosed Turtles (Carettochelys insculpta)
The Giant Asian River Turtles (Callagur borneoensis, Batagur basku,
and Orlitia borneens'is)
Crowned River Turtle (Hardellathurjii)
Tent Turtles (Kachiiga and Pangshtira species)
Eyed Turtles (Morenia peters! and Morenia occelata)
Indian Black Turtles (Melanochelys trijuga)
Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
Asian Box Turtles {Cistoclemmys and Cuora species)
Stripe-necked Turtles (Ocadia sinensis)
Black Marsh Turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis)
Yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Hieremys annandalii)
Jagged Shell Turtles (Pyxidea mouhotii)
Chinese Four-eyed Turtles (Sacalia bealei and S. b. quadriocellata)
Snail-eating Turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga)
Spiny Turtles (Heosemys spinosa)
The Giant Leaf Turtles (Heosemys grandis)
Black-breasted Leaf Turtle {Geomyda spengleri)
Flat-shelled Turtles (Notochelys platynota)
Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalonyuwonoi)
Asian Leaf Turtles (Cyclemys species)
Pond Turtles (Mauremys species)
Vietnamese Pond Turtles (Annamemys annamensis)
Big-headed Turtles (Platysternon megacephalum)
Reeves, Kwangtung River, and Chinese Big-headed Turtles
(Chinemys reevesi, C. nigricans, and C. megalocephalum)
Appendix I, Shipping Turtles
Appendix II, Incubation Times
Appendix III, Nutritional Analysis of Some Popular Foods
Appendix IV, FDA Under 4" Regulation
Appendix V, What is CITES?
Appendix VI, Freshwater Turtles Covered by CITES
Appendix VI, Freshwater Turtles Covered by the U.S. Endangered Species Act
LITERATURE CITED
SUGGESTED READING
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Leopard Tortoises: Natural History, Captive Care
Richard Fife & Jerry Fife. Natural History, Captive Care & Breeding- TURTLES OF THE WORLD Series-Testudinidae Number 4.
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