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  • 1984
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  • Juvik 1991
  • Captive husbandry and conservation of the Madagascar ploughshare tortoise. 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. 127-137. Chapman Univ., Orange, California.
  • 1991
  • Captive husbandry of the eastern Clemmys group at Zoo Atlanta. 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. 54-62. Chapman Univ., Orange, California.
  • Saxena 1994
  • Captive husbandry of the Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) from the Nicobar Islands. Hamadryad 19: 93-94.
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  • 1988
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  • 1887
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  • Catalogue of fossil trionychids in the Soviet Union. Institute of Palaeobiology, Georgian Academy of Science, Tbilisi. 14 pp.
  • 1868
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  • 1856
  • Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Testudinata (tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London. 79 pp.
  • 1889
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  • Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III: Chelonia. British Mus. Natur. Hist., London. 239 pp.
  • 1870
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  • 1844
  • Catalogue of the tortoises, crocodiles, and amphisbaenians in the Collection of the British Museum. London, 80 pp.
  • 1830
  • Centurie zoologique. F. G. Levrault, Paris. 235 pp.
  • Einem 1956
  • Certain aspects of the natural history of the mud turtle, Kinosternon bauri. Copeia
  • , 1976
  • Characterization of myoglobins from Atlantic and Pacific green sea turtles. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 54B: 253-259.
  • 1831c
  • Characters of a new genus of freshwater tortoise from China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1831: 106-107.
  • 1834
  • Characters of a new genus of freshwater tortoise. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1834a
  • Characters of several new species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1834: 53-54.
  • 1834b
  • Characters of two new genera of reptiles (Geoemyda and Gehyra). Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1834: 99-100.
  • Auffenberg 1974
  • Checklist of fossil land tortoises (Testudinidae). Bull. Florida St. Mus. Biol. Sci. 18: 121-251.
  • Gaffney 1989
  • Chelid turtles from the Miocene freshwater limestones of Riversleigh Station, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2959: 1-10.
  • Rhodin 1994a
  • Chelid turtles of the Australian Archipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua, New Guinea. Breviora (497): 1-36.
  • Rhodin 1994b
  • Chelid turtles of the Australian Archipelago: II. A new species of Chelodina from Roti Island, Indonesia. Breviora (498): 1-31.
  • 1982
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  • Chelonii, Pelomedusidae, Pelusios nanus African dwarf hinged terrapin. Reproduction. Afr. Herp. News 21: 18.
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  • Chinese amphibians and reptiles in the United States National Museum. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 66: 1115.
  • 1997
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  • Haiduk, Bickham 1982
  • Chromosomal homologies and evolution of testudinoid turtles with emphasis on the systematic placement of Platysternon. Copeia
  • Dowler, Bickham 1982
  • Chromosomal relationships of the tortoises (family Testudinidae). Genetica 58: 189-197.
  • Benirschke 1976
  • Chromosomal studies in Geochelone (Testudinidae - Reptilia). Chromosome Inform. Serv. 21: 14-16.
  • Bickham, 1976a
  • Chromosome homology and evolution of emydid turtles. Chromosoma 54: 201-219.
  • 1970
  • Chromosome numbers and sex chromosomes in a few Indian species of amphibia and reptiles. Mammal Chromosome Newsl. 11: 91-94.
  • , 1969
  • Chromosome studies of the cultured cells of two species of side-necked turtles (Podocnemis unifilis and P. expansa). Chromosoma (Berlin) 26: 245-253.
  • 1931
  • Chromosomes de reptiles sauriens, ophidiens, chéloniens. L'evolution de la formule chromosomiale chez les sauriens. Rev. Suisse Zool. 38: 117-186.
  • Hirayama 1984
  • Cladistic analysis of batagurine turtles (Batagurinae: Emydidae: Testudinoidea); a preliminary result. Stud. Geol. Salmanticensia. Spl. vol. 1: 141-157.
  • MacFarland, 1974
  • Cleaning symbiosis involving Galápagos tortoises and two species of Darwin's finches. Zeit. Tierpsychol. 34: 464-483.
  • Becak 1964
  • Close karyological kinship between the reptilian suborder Serpentes and the class Aves. Chromosoma 15: 606-617.
  • 1986
  • Clutch formation in the turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Southwest. Natur. 31: 1-8.
  • , Moll 1991
  • Clutch size and annual reproductive potential of the turtle Graptemys geographica in a Missouri stream. J. Herpetol. 25: 493-494.
  • Dodd 1997
  • Clutch size and frequency in Florida box turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri): implications for conservation. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2: 370-377.
  • Marlow 1989
  • Coevolution of a Galapagos tortoise-Psidium interaction. Amer. Zool. 29(4): 145A.
  • Blackwell 1966
  • Coital behaviour of the African tortoise Kinixys erosa. British J. Herpetol. 3: 289.
  • Ewert 1991
  • Cold torpor, diapause, delayed hatching and aestivation in reptiles and birds. In: D. C. Deeming, and M. W. J. Ferguson (eds.), Egg incubation: its effects on embryonic development in birds and reptiles, pp. 173-191. Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
  • 1957
  • Colour change in a chelonian. Nature (London) 179: 1255-1256.
  • 1991
  • Colour guide to the turtles and tortoises of the Indian subcontinent. R&A, Publ. Avon, England. 133 pp.
  • Rakotoniaina 1996
  • Comment faire participer la population locale de la region de la Baie de Baly a la conservation de l'Angonoka, Geochelone yniphora? In: B. Devaux (ed.), Proceedings—International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, pp. 141-143. Gonfaron, France: Editions SOPTOM.
  • Moll 1985
  • Comment: Sexually dimorphic plastral kinesis—the forgotten papers. Herpetol. Rev. 16: 16.
  • Perez-Higareda, 1987
  • Comments on geographic variation in Rhinoclemmys areolata (Testudines). Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc. 23(3): 113-118.
  • 1962b
  • Comments on the nesting behavior of Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles, based primarily on tagging returns. Quart. J. Florida Acad. Sci. 25: 287-302.
  • Holman 1977
  • Comments on turtles of the genus Chrysemys Gray. Herpetologica 33: 274-276.
  • 1993
  • Common snapping turtles associated with ant mounds. J. Herpetol. 27: 114-115.
  • Bonhomme 1987
  • Comparaison génétique des tortues vertes (Chelonia mydas) des Oceans Atlantique, Indien et Pacifique: une illustration apparente de la théorie mullerienne classique de la structure génétique des populations? Genetica 74: 89-94.
  • Gaffney 1979b
  • Comparative cranial morphology of Recent and fossil turtles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. 164: 65-376.
  • Mahmoud 1969
  • Comparative ecology of the kinosternid turtles of Oklahoma. Southwest. Natur. 14: 31-66.
  • Mendonca 1981
  • Comparative growth rates of wild immature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida. J. Herpetol. 15: 447-451.
  • 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.
  • Lindeman 1996a
  • Comparative life history of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) in two habitats in the inland Pacific Northwest. Copeia 1996: 114-130.
  • Grubb 1971a
  • Comparative notes on the behavior of Geochelone sulcata. Herpetologica 27: 328-332.
  • Ernst 1988b
  • Comparisons of shell morphology among turtles of the Kinosternon minor complex. Amer. Midl. Natur. 120: 282-288.
  • Márquez 1988
  • Comportamiento de Apareamiento al Azar en tortugas gigantes. Juveniles en cautiverio el las Islas Galápagos. Rept. Charles Darwin Res. St. Lib.
  • 1996
  • Conservation and Management of Podocnemis in the Guapore River, Rondonia, Brazil. In: B. Devaux (ed.), Proceedings—International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, pp. 287-288. Gonfaron, France: Editions SOPTOM.
  • Cayot 1994
  • Conservation biology of Galápagos reptiles: twenty-five years of successful research and management. In: J. B. Murphy, K. Adler, and J. T. Collins (eds.). Captive Management and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 297-305. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, vol. 11.
  • Juvik 1997
  • Conservation biology of the agonoka, Geochelone yniphora, in northwestern Madagascar: progress report. In: J. van Abbema (ed.), Proceedings: Conservation, Restoration, and Management of tortoises and turtles—An International Conference, pp. 345-350. New York Turtle & Tortoise Soc., Purchase, New York.
  • Georges, 1993
  • Conservation biology of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 1: 3-12.
  • Kabigumila 1996
  • Conservation biology of the tropical leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis babcocki Loveridge) in Tanzania. In: B. Devaux (ed.), Proceedings—International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, pp. 123-126. Gonfaron, France: Editions SOPTOM.
  • 1996
  • Conservation genetics of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Conservation Biology 10: 397-405.
  • 1997
  • Conservation of the endangered river terrapin, Batagur baska, in the Sunderban of West Bengal, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 94: 27-35.
  • 1990
  • Conservation of the world's rarest tortoise. Conserv. Biol. 4: 122-124.
  • Mrosovsky 1983
  • Conserving sea turtles. British Herpetol. Soc., London. 176 pp.
  • Ewing 1943
  • Continued fertility in female box turtles following mating. Copeia
  • Medem 1977
  • Contribución al conocimiento sobre la taxonomía, distribución geográfica y ecología de la tortuga "Bache" (Chelydra serpentina acutirostris). Caldasia 12: 41-101.
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  • Contribuciónes al conocimiento sobre la ecología y distribución geográfica de Phrynops (Batrachemys) dahli; (Testudinata, Pleurodira, Chelidae). Caldasia 9: 467-489.
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  • Contribuciónes al conocimiento sobre la morfología, ecología y distribución geográfica de la tortuga Kinosternon dunni K. P. Schmidt. Novedades Colombianas 1: 446-476.
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  • Contribution a l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: description de Pyxoides brygooi n. gen. n. sp. (Testudinidae). Ann. Univ. Madagascar. Ser. Sci. Natur. Math. (9): 193-200.
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  • Contribution à la connaissance de Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger: 1812) et Phrynops tuberculatus (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, Phrynops tubercutalus vanderhaegei. (Testudinata-Pleurodira-Chelidae). Bull. Soc. Zool. France 98: 175-190.
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  • 1970
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  • Courtship and mating behavior of the diamondback terrapin Malaclemys terrapin tequesta. J. Herpetol. 14: 420-421.
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  • 1993
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  • 1989
  • Courtship behavior in the Chinese box turtle, Cuora trifasciata. Herpetol. Rev. 20(4): 85.
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