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  • Gad 1994
  • Die Ultrastuktur der Eischalen von Geoemyda spengleri, Indotestudo elongata und Sacalia bealei (Testudines). Salamandra 30(4): 277-280.
  • Gaffney 1975a
  • Phylogeny of the chleydrid turtles: a study of shared derived characters in the skull. Fieldiana: Geol. 33: 157-178.
  • Gaffney 1977
  • The sidenecked turtle family Chelidae: a theory of relationships using shared derived characters. Amer. Mus. Novitates (2620): 1-28.
  • Gaffney 1979a
  • Fossil chelid turtles of Australia. Amer. Mus. Novitates (2681): 1-23.
  • Gaffney 1984
  • Historical analysis of theories of chelonian relationship. System. Zool. 33: 282-301.
  • Gaffney 1975b
  • A phylogeny and classification of the higher categories of turtles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. 155: 387-436.
  • Gaffney 1972
  • An illustrated glossary of turtle skull nomenclature. Amer. Mus. Novitates (2486): 1-33.
  • Gaffney 1979b
  • Comparative cranial morphology of Recent and fossil turtles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. 164: 65-376.
  • Gaffney, 1988
  • A phylogeny of turtles. In: M. J. Benton (ed.), The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods, vol. 1, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, pp. 157-219. System Assoc. Spec. Vol. 35A, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England.
  • Gaffney, Zangerl 1968
  • A revision of the chelonian genus Bothremys (Pleurodira: Pelomedusidae). Fieldiana: Geol. 16: 193-239.
  • Gaffney 1987
  • Modern turtle origins: the oldest known cryptodire. Science (New York) 237: 289-291.
  • Gaffney 1989
  • Chelid turtles from the Miocene freshwater limestones of Riversleigh Station, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2959: 1-10.
  • 1989
  • The influence of growth rate on age and body size at maturity in female snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Copeia
  • 1993
  • Multiple paternity and sperm storage in turtles. Herpetol. J. 3: 117-123.
  • Gallaway 1985
  • A controversy surrounding an endangered species listing; The case of the Illinois mud turtle. Another perspective. Smithsonian Herpetol. Inform. Serv. (64): 1-17.
  • , Licht 1983
  • Regulation of seasonal gonadal cycles by temperature in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Copeia
  • , Bingying 1986
  • A preliminary study of the karyotype of Chinemys reevesii. Acta Herpetol. Sinica 5: 98-101.
  • Garber 1989
  • A comparison of two populations of Clemmys insculpta, the North American wood turtle. Plastron Papers 19: 32-35.
  • 1884
  • The reptiles of Burmuda. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. (25): 285-303.
  • 1880
  • On certain species of Chelonioidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 6: 123-126.
  • 1891
  • On a tortoise found in Florida and Cuba, Cinosternum baurii. Bull. Essex Inst. 23: 141-144.
  • 1917
  • The Galápagos tortoises. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 30: 261-296.
  • Gasperetti 1993
  • Turtles of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 13: 170-367.
  • Gaulke 1995
  • On the distribution of emydid turtles and the anuran genus Microhyla in the Philippines. Asiatic Herpetol. Res. 6: 49-52
  • Gaymer 1968
  • The Indian Ocean giant tortoise Testudo gigantea on Aldabra. J. Zool. (London) 154: 341-363.
  • Geffen, 1991
  • Preliminary study on the breeding pattern of the Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni, in Israel. Herpetol. J. 1(12): 574-577.
  • Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 1809
  • Sur les tortues molles, nouveau genre sous le nom de Trionyx et sur la formation des carapaces. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 14: 1-20.
  • Georges 1983
  • Reproduction of the Australian freshwater turtle Emydura krefftii (Chelonia: Chelidae). J. Zool. London 201: 331-350.
  • Georges 1992
  • Thermal characteristics and sex determination in field nests of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelyidae), from northern Australia. Austr. J. Zool. 40: 511-521.
  • Georges 1987
  • The pig-nosed turtle—warradjan. Austr. Nat. Hist. 22: 230-234.
  • Georges 1984
  • Observations on the nesting and natural incubation of the long-necked tortoise Chelodina expansa in south-east Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15: 27-31.
  • Georges 1986
  • Observations on the nesting and natural incubation of the long-necked tortoise Chelodina expansa in south-east Queensland. Herpetofauna 15(2): 27-31.
  • Georges, Wombey 1993
  • Family Carettochelyidae. In: C. J. Glasby, G. J. B. Ross, and P. L. Beesley (eds.), Fauna of Australia. Vol. 2A Amphibia & Reptilia, pp. 153-156. Australian Gov't. Print. Serv., Canberra.
  • Georges, 1996
  • Electrophoretic delineation of species boundaries within the short-necked freshwater turtles of Australia (Testudines: Chelidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 118: 241-260.
  • Georges, 1992
  • A phylogeny for Australian chelid turtles based on allozyme electrophoresis. Aust. J. Zool. 40: 453-476.
  • Georges, 1993
  • Conservation biology of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 1: 3-12.
  • Georges, 1989
  • Dry-season distribution and ecology of Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelidae) in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Austr. Wildl. Res. 16: 323-335.
  • Georges 1986
  • Diet of the freshwater turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudines: Chelidae) from the coastal dune lakes of the Jervis Bay Territory. Austr. Wildl. Res. 13: 301-308.
  • 1997b
  • Rediscovery of Seychelles giants tortoises confirmed in March 1997. Seychelles Giant Tortoise News, NPTS 1: 1-2.
  • 1997c
  • [No title]. Seychelles Giant Tortoise News, NPTS 2: 1-2.
  • 1999
  • [No title]. Seychelles Giant Tortoise News, NPTS 7: 1.
  • 1997a
  • Seychelles Red Data Book 1997. NPTS, Seychelles. 122 pp.
  • , Canning 1996b
  • The rediscovery of Pelusios seychellensis. Phelsuma 4: 68-69.
  • , Canning 1996a
  • The Seychelles giant tortoise, its rediscovery and prospects for conservation. In: B. Devaux (ed.), Proceedings—International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, pp. 133-135. Gonfaron, France: Editions SOPTOM.
  • , Canning 1995
  • Seychelles giant tortoise rediscovered? Oryx 29: 74.
  • , Canning 1998
  • Taxonomy of Indian Ocean giant tortoises (Dipsochelys ssp.). Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 3: 3-19.
  • Germano 1993
  • Shell morphology of North American tortoises. Amer. Midl. Natur. 129: 319-335.
  • Germano 1994
  • Comparative life histories of North American tortoises. In: R. B. Bury, and D. J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American tortoises, pp. 175-185. U. S. Fish Wildl. Res. Rep. 13.
  • 1968
  • Population structure and survivorship in the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Copeia
  • 1983
  • Reproductive characteristics and ecology of the mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Lacepède). Herpetologica 39: 254-271.
  • 1982
  • Reproductive patterns in freshwater turtles. Herpetologica 38: 222-227.
  • 1969
  • Ecology and population dynamics of the chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia. Copeia
  • , Lovich 1990
  • Sexual dimorphism in turtles with emphasis on the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta). Herpetol. Monogr. (4): 1-29.
  • , 1978
  • The evolutionary significance of delayed emergence from the nest by hatchling turtles. Evolution 32: 297-303.
  • , 1990
  • Reproduction in the slider and other species of turtles. In: J. W. Gibbons (ed.), Life history and ecology of the slider turtle, pp. 124-134. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D. C.
  • , 1979
  • X-ray photography: a technique to determine reproductive patterns of freshwater turtles. Herpetologica 35: 86-89.
  • , 1978
  • Selected aspects of the ecology of the chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille) (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae). J. Herpetol. 12: 237-241.
  • , Coker 1977
  • Ecological and life history aspects of the cooter, Chrysemys floridana (LeConte). Herpetologica 33: 29-33.
  • 1988
  • Chelydra serpentina. Catalog. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 420: 1-4.
  • 1922
  • A new fossil turtle, Kinosternon arizonense, from Arizona. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 62(2451): 1-8.
  • Girgis 1961
  • Aquatic respiration in the common Nile turtle, Trionyx triunguis (Forskål). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 3: 206-217.
  • Gist, 1989
  • Sperm storage within the oviduct of turtles. J. Morphol. 199: 379-384.
  • Gist, 1987
  • Storage of sperm in the reptilian oviduct. Scanning Microscopy 1: 1839-1849.
  • Glass, Hartweg 1951
  • Kinosternon murrayi, a new muskturtle of the hirtipes group from Texas. Copeia
  • Glass, Meuzel 1969
  • Die Süsswasserschildkröten Europas. A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt. 77 pp.
  • Glaw, Vences 1994
  • A fieldguide to the amphibians and reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition-- including mammals and freshwater fish. Druck, Leverkusen and Farbo, Köln. 480 pp.
  • Glenn 1990
  • A plasma protein marker for population genetic studies of the desert tortoise (Xerobates agassizi). Great Basin Natur. 50: 1-8.
  • 1774
  • Reise durch Russland zur Untersuchung der drey Natur-Reich. Vol. 3. St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • 1789
  • Caroli à Linné,... Systema Naturae.... 13th ed., vol. 1.
  • Goldstein, 1972
  • Somatic cell hybrids between cultured fibroblasts from the Galápagos tortoise and the golden hamster. Exp. Cell. Res. 73: 266-269.
  • 1967
  • Freshwater tortoises of Australia and New Guinea (in the family Chelidae). Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. 154 pp.
  • , 1968
  • Incubation of eggs of three species of chelid tortoises, and notes on their embryological development. Australian J. Zool. 16: 749-761.
  • 1991
  • Breeding semi-aquatic and aquatic turtles at the Columbus Zoo. In: K. R. Beaman, F. Caporaso, S. McKeown, and M. D. Graff (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: Conservation and Captive Husbandry, pp. 66-76. Chapman Univ., Orange, California.
  • 1997
  • Occurrence of double clutching in the southwestern pond turtle, Clemmys marmorata pallida, in the Los Angeles Basin. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2: 419-420.
  • , MacCulloch 1980
  • An investigation of the ecology of the map turtle, Graptemys geographica (LeSueur), in the northern part of its range. Can. J. Zool. 58: 2210-2219.
  • Gorman 1973
  • The chromosomes of the Reptilia, a cytotaxonomic interpretation. In: A. B. Chiarelli and E. Capanna (eds.), Cytotaxonomy and Vertebrate Evolution, pp. 349-424. Academic Press, New York.
  • 1969
  • Pursuit of the Plymouth turtle. Int. Turtle and Tortoise Soc. J. 3(1): 10-13.
  • 1995
  • Habitat use and population parameters of the spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata, a species of special concern in Massachusetts. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 1: 207-214.
  • 1971
  • Growth rate of the red-bellied turtle, Chrysemys rubriventris, at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Copeia
  • 1997
  • Ecology of the spiny softshell, Apalone spinifera spinifera, in the Lamoille River, Vermont. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2(3): 363-369.
  • , 1977
  • Growth and population characteristics of Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, in Massachusetts. Herpetologica 33: 410-414.
  • Gramentz 1993b
  • Vernichtung einer population von Rafetus euphraticus am Oberlauf des Euphrat. Salamandra 29: 86-89.
  • Gramentz 1994
  • Zur Thermoregulation von Trionyx triunguis am Kükürt Gölü in West-Anatolien. Salamandra 30: 143-154.
  • Gramentz 1991
  • Beobachtungen an der Euphrat-Weichschildkröte Trionyx euphraticus (Daudin, 1802) in Ost-Anatolien. Salamandra 27: 1-16.
  • Gramentz 1993a
  • Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen zur Ethologie und Ökologie von Trionyx triunguis in West-Anatolien. Salamandra 29: 16-43.
  • 1867
  • Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2)19: 232-234.
  • 1860b
  • Description of a new species of Geoclemmys from Ecuador. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1860: 231-232.
  • 1864b
  • Description of a new species of Staurotypus (S. salvinii) from Guatemala. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 127-128.
  • 1849
  • Description of a new species of box tortoise from Mexico. Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1848) 17: 16-17.
  • 1869b
  • Description of Mauremys laniaria, a new freshwater tortoise. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 499-500.
  • 1867
  • Description of a new Australian tortoise (Elseya latisternum). Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)20: 43-45.
  • 1847
  • Description of a new genus of Emydidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1852
  • Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of tortoises. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1857
  • Description of a new species of Chelodina from Australia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1856: 369-371.
  • 1842
  • The Zoological Miscellany. Part 2. London.
  • 1864a
  • Revision of the species of Trionychidae found in Asia and Africa, with the descriptions of some new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 76-98.
  • 1870b
  • Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Pt. 1, Testudinata (tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London. 120 pp.
  • 1873a
  • Handlist of the specimens of shield reptiles in the British Museum. London. 124 pp.
  • 1830-1835
  • Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Vols. 1, 2. London.
  • 1862
  • Notice of a new species of Cyclemys from the Lao Mountains, in Siam. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)10: 157.
  • 1871
  • Notes on Australian freshwater tortoises. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)8: 366.
  • 1863e
  • Notice of a new species of Kinixys and other tortoises from Central Africa. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)12: 381-382.
  • 1873d
  • Notes on Chinese mud-tortoises (Trionychidae), with the description of a new species sent to the British Museum by Mr. Swinhoe, and observations on the male organ of this family. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)12: 156-161.
  • 1863c
  • Notice of a new species of Pelomedusa from Natal. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)12: 99-100.
  • 1869a
  • Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 165-225.
  • 1872
  • Notes on the mud-tortoises of India (Trionyx Geoffroy). Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)10: 326-340.
  • 1873c
  • Observations on chelonians, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)11: 289-308.
  • 1870a
  • Notice of a new Chilian tortoise (Testudo chilensis). Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)6: 190-191.
  • 1863d
  • Notice of a new species of Batagur from northwestern India. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 253.
  • 1841
  • Appendix. In: Capt. George Gray's "Journals of an expedition to Northern and Western Australia," pp. 445-446. London.
  • 1831c
  • Characters of a new genus of freshwater tortoise from China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1831: 106-107.
  • 1860a
  • On some new species of Mammalia and tortoises from Cambojia. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)6: 217-218.
  • 1834a
  • Characters of several new species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1834: 53-54.
  • 1825
  • A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Ann. Phil. (new ser.) 10: 193-217.
  • 1834b
  • Characters of two new genera of reptiles (Geoemyda and Gehyra). Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1834: 99-100.
  • 1863b
  • On the species of Chelymys from Australia, with the description of a new species. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)12: 98-99.
  • 1873b
  • On a new freshwater tortoise from Borneo (Orlitia borneensis). Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)11: 156-157.
  • 1861
  • On a new species of water-tortoise (Geoclemmys melanosterna) from Darien. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1856
  • Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Testudinata (tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London. 79 pp.
  • 1863a
  • Observations on the box tortoises, with the descriptions of three new Asiatic species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 173-177.
  • 1844
  • Catalogue of the tortoises, crocodiles, and amphisbaenians in the Collection of the British Museum. London, 80 pp.
  • 1831a
  • Synopsis of the species of the Class Reptilia. In: E. Griffith, The Animal Kingdom... by the Baron Cuvier.... 110 pp.
  • 1831b
  • Synopsis Reptilium or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part 1. Cataphracta, tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians. London. 85 pp.
  • 1995
  • Further observations of communal hibernation in the eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25: 46.
  • 1994
  • Observations of communal hibernation in the eastern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24: 8.
  • 1997
  • Nesting behaviour in the eastern long-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27: 20-24.
  • Greer 1973
  • Anatomical evidence for a countercurrent heat exchange in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Nature 244: 181.
  • Greig, Burdett 1976
  • Patterns in the distribution of Southern African terrestrial tortoises (Cryptodira: Testudinidae). Zool. Africana 11: 249-273.
  • Grimpe 1987
  • Maintenance, behavior, and reproduction of the alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii, at the Tulsa Zoological Park. Bull. Oklahoma Herpetol. Soc. 12: 1-6.
  • 1982
  • The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book. Part 1. Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynchocephalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 426 pp.
  • 1983
  • Rediscovery of a rare Indian turtle. Oryx 17: 130-134.
  • Grossmann 1992
  • Die neue Schlangenhals-Schildkröte Chelodina reimanni Philippen & Grossmann 1990 im Terrarium. Sauria 14(1): 35-38.
  • Grossmann, Reimann 1991
  • Beiträge zum Verhalten und Nachzucht von Phrynops tuberculatus (Lüderwaldt 1926) im Aqua-Terrarium. Sauria 13(2): 3-6.
  • 1983
  • Taxonomic status and zoogeography of the painted turtle Chrysemys picta (Testudines: Emydidae), in Maryland. Amer. Midl. Natur. 109: 274-279.
  • Grubb 1971a
  • Comparative notes on the behavior of Geochelone sulcata. Herpetologica 27: 328-332.
  • Grubb 1971b
  • The growth, ecology, and population structure of giant tortoises on Aldabra. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London, B 260: 327-372.
  • Grumwaldt 1980
  • Liste der Schildkröten in der herpetologischen Sammlung des Zoologischen Instituts und Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg (Testudines, Reptilia). Best. Herp. Samml. Zool. Inst. Zool. Mus. Univ. Hamburg 1: 1-19.
  • Grzimek 1973
  • Het Leven der Dieren, Encyclopedie van het Dierenrijk. Deel IV—Reptielen. Second edition. Het Spectrum, Utrecht/Antwerpen. 742 pp.
  • 1882
  • Description of a new species of tortoise (Geoemyda impressa) from Siam. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1875
  • Description of the living and extinct races of gigantic land-tortoises. Parts 1, 11. Introduction, and the tortoises of the Galápagos Islands. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London 165: 251-284.
  • 1864
  • Reptiles of British India. Robert Hardwicks, London. 452 pp.
  • 1885
  • Reptilia and Batrachia, xx + 326 pp. In: F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, Biologia Centrali-Americana. Dulau and Co., London.
  • 1877
  • The gigantic land-tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum. London. 96 pp.
  • 1997
  • The karyotypes and NORs of two species of Chinemys. Herpetol. Ser. (9): Chin. Chelonian. Res., Sichuan J. Zool., Vol 15, suppl.: 97-103.