Turtles of the World

by Roger W. Barbour and Carl H. Ernst

Book Overview

Presented in a logical and systematic order, Turtles of the World discusses each family separately with keys to genera and species. Summarizing the classification of every known turtle species, this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560982128
• ISBN13: 9781560982128
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

About This Book

A green, cloth-bound hardback with a sewn binding. Over 175 b & w illustrations & 16 color plates. Preface and Introduction. 20 p Bibliography. Glossary and Index.

Excelent seller!! And a wonderfull book!!

The book arrived very fast for an international shipping and it was in a very good condition. Despite the publication date of this book, it's remains very actual an usefull for most turtles enthusiastic's and grade students.

Great citations

A fantastic book for anyone with even a passing interest in learning about most of the world's living species (and I am only slightly moved to say so because the authors cite me for my observations regarding snake-necked turtles!).

A BENCHMARK BOOK

A great book if you are seriously interested in turtles and a bit sick of the kiddie stuff. Natural history is what reptile care MUST be based on, you can believe me I'm a herpetologist, and that is what this book is all about. Good species keys, hard to find elsewhere, Ernst knows what he's talking about.

Best comprehensive turtle text in print.

This book provides an excellent key to identify any turtle you may come across and provides consise and acurate natural history information. There are lots of good pictures too. I wish there were books like this for more taxa!