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  • Proceedings... 1976
  • -. Desert Tortoise Council, Inc., Long Beach, California.
  • 1973
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  • Castaño-Mora, Medem 1983
  • Datos preliminares sobre la reproducción de Rhinoclemmys metanosterna Gray (Reptilia: Quelonia: Emydidae). Lozania (Acta Zool. Colombiana) (47): 1-5.
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  • Datos zoo-geográficos y ecologícos sobre los Crocodylia y Testudinata de los rios Amazonas, Putumayo y Caqueta. Caldasia 8: 341-351.
  • Bruekers 1997
  • De Anamur-schildpad (Testudo graeca anamurensis). Lacerta 55(5): 212-214.
  • Kelderman 1994
  • De Argentijnse slangehalsschildpad (Hydromedusa tectifera) in het terrarium. Lacerta 52(4): 82-85.
  • Praedicow 1984
  • De Chinese pauwoogschildpad (Sacalia bealei), een zeldzaam terrariumdier. Lacerta 42(10/11): 207-211.
  • De Bruin 1994
  • De Indochinese doosschildpad (Cuora galbinifrons) in het terrarium. Lacerta 52(3): 58-66.
  • De Bruin 1993
  • De kwangtung-moerasschildpad (Chinemys nigricans), kweek en ontwikkeling in het terrarium. Lacerta 51(2): 42-46.
  • Bruekers 1995
  • De landschildpadden van Mallorca, deel 2. De Schildpad 3: 8-19.
  • Loehr 1996
  • De Namaqualand gespikkelde padloper (Homopus s. signatus), waarnemingen in de natuur en verzorging in gevangenschap (met aanvullend bericht over de voortplanting). De Schildpad 23(2): 42-51.
  • 1968
  • December emergence of hatchling Terrapene carolina in Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Herpetol. Soc. Bull. 16: 20.
  • 1991
  • Decision of the Committee. Three works by Richard W. Wells and C. Ross Wellington: proposed suppression for nomenclatural purposes. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 48: 337-338.
  • 1990
  • Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention. National Acad. Press, Washington, D. C. 259 pp.
  • 1988
  • Defensive behavior in the Galapagos tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus), with comments on the evolution of insular gigantism. Herpetologica 44: 11-17.
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  • Delayed fertilization in the striped mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii. Bull. Chicago Herpetol. Soc. 25: 146.
  • Mikan 1820
  • Delectus florae et faunae brasiliensis. Antoinii Strauss, Wien. 47 pp.
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  • Demography, growth, and food of western painted turtles, Chrysemys picta bellii (Gray), from southern Saskatchewan. Can. J. Zool. 61: 1499-1509.
  • 1996
  • Departure of male olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from a nearshore breeding ground. Herpetologica 52: 1-7.
  • Iverson, 1980
  • Dermatemydidae, Dermatemys, D. mawii. Catalog. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 237: 1-4.
  • , 1824a
  • Description d'une nouvelle espèce de tortue et de trois espèces nouvelles de scinques. Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., Paris: Zoologie, pp 90-91.
  • Lataste 1886
  • Description d'une tortue nouvelle du Haut-Sénégal (Homopus nogueyi). Le Naturaliste (2)8: 286-287.
  • Bocourt 1868
  • Description de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant à la fauna Mexicaine. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., Paris (5)10: 121-122.
  • 1852
  • Description des reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum, et remarques sur la classification et les charactères des reptiles. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris 6: 209-264.
  • 1869b
  • Description of Mauremys laniaria, a new freshwater tortoise. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 499-500.
  • Rhodin, 1983
  • Description of Phrynops williamsi, a new species of chelid turtle of the South American P. geoffroanus complex. In: A. G. J. Rhodin and K. Miyata (eds.), Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology, pp. 58-73. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1863
  • Description of Xerobates agassizii. Proc. California Acad. Sci. 2: 118-123.
  • Harlan 1827
  • Description of a land tortoise, from the Galápagos Islands, commonly known as the "Elephant Tortoise." J. Acad. Natur. Sci. Philadelphia 5: 284-292.
  • Highfield, 1989c
  • Description of a miniature tortoise (Testudo flavominimaralis) n. species from North Africa. In: Introduction to a Conservation Project for the North African Tortoise. The Tortoise Trust, London.
  • 1867
  • Description of a new Australian tortoise (Elseya latisternum). Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (3)20: 43-45.
  • 1890
  • Description of a new Australian tortoise. Rec. Australian Mus. 1: 56-59.
  • 1847
  • Description of a new genus of Emydidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • Hartweg 1934
  • Description of a new kinosternid from Yucatán. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (277): 1-2.
  • 1888a
  • Description of a new land-tortoise from South Africa, from a specimen living in the Society's Gardens. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888: 251.
  • Stejneger 1918
  • Description of a new snapping turtle and a new lizard from Florida. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 31: 89-92.
  • 1959
  • Description of a new softshell turtle from the southeastern United States. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Natur. Hist. 11: 517-525.
  • 1857
  • Description of a new species of Chelodina from Australia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1856: 369-371.
  • 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.
  • 1903
  • Description of a new species of gigantic land tortoise from Indefatigable Island. Novitates Zool. 10: 119.
  • 1902
  • Description of a new species of gigantic land tortoise from the Galápagos Islands. Novitates Zool. 9: 619.
  • 1882
  • Description of a new species of tortoise (Geoemyda impressa) from Siam. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • Paolillo 1985
  • Description of a new subspecies of the turtle Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin) (Testudines: Emydidae) from southern Venezuela. Amphibia-Reptilia 6: 293-305.
  • 1889
  • Description of a new turtle from the Sacremento River, belonging to the family Trionychidae. California Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 2: 233-236.
  • LeConte 1854
  • Description of four new species of Kinosternum. Proc. Acad. Natur. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 180-190.
  • 1875
  • Description of some new Asiatic mammals and Chelonia. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (4)16: 282-285.
  • 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.
  • LeConte 1830
  • Description of the species of North American tortoises. Ann. Lyceum Natur. Hist. New York 3: 91-131.
  • 1775
  • Descriptiones Animalium... Orienti. Haonioe. 164 pp.
  • 1852
  • Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of tortoises. Proc. Zool. Soc. London
  • 1902
  • Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from northwestern Ecuador. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (7)9: 51-57.
  • 1906
  • Descriptions of new reptiles from Yunnan. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist. (London) (7)17: 567-568.
  • , 1852
  • Descriptions of new species of reptiles collected by the U. S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Proc. Acad. Natur. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 174-177.
  • Hewitt 1931
  • Descriptions of some African tortoises. Ann. Natal Mus. 6: 461-506.
  • 1828
  • Descriptions of three new species of land tortoises. Zool. J., London 3: 419-421.
  • 1832
  • Descriptions of two new genera of soft shell turtles of North America. Atlantic J. Friend. Knowledge, Philadelphia 1: 64-65.
  • 1853
  • Descriptive Catalogue of the Osteological series contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. London.
  • 1876
  • Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacher, Spink and Co., Calcutta. 238 pp.
  • 1977
  • Determinants of hatching success in diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin. Amer. Midl. Natur. 97: 444-464.
  • Dürigen 1897
  • Deutschlands Amphibien und Reptilien. Magdeburg (Creutz), VI. 676 pp.
  • Nikolskii 1896
  • Diagnosis Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny Collectorum. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 4: 369-372.
  • 1985
  • Die asiatischen Schildkröten der Familie Emydidae. 3. Teil: Die Gattungen Cuora (Gray, 1855), Geoemyda (Gray, 1834) und Pyxidea (Gray, 1863). Die Schildkröte 6(4): 4-15.
  • Grossmann 1992
  • Die neue Schlangenhals-Schildkröte Chelodina reimanni Philippen & Grossmann 1990 im Terrarium. Sauria 14(1): 35-38.
  • Kasparek 1994
  • Die Nil-Weichschildkröte—eine stark bedrohte Reptilienart im Mittelmeergebiet. Herpetofauna 16(89): 8-13.
  • Oppel 1811
  • Die Ordnungen, Familien, und Gattungen der Reptilien, als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. J. Lindauer, München. 87 pp.
  • 1972
  • Die Reptilien-Bestände auf den Galápagos Inseln
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  • Die Schildkröten und Krokodile des Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste (Reptilia: Testudines et Crocodylia). Faun. Abh. St. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 20(8): 133-144.
  • 1971
  • Die Stachelschildkröte (Heosemys spinosa) und ihre Verwandten. Salamandra 7: 49-54.
  • Glass, Meuzel 1969
  • Die Süsswasserschildkröten Europas. A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt. 77 pp.
  • Baur 1889a
  • Die systematische Stellung von Dermochelys Blainv. Biol. Centralbl. 9: 149-191.
  • Gad 1994
  • Die Ultrastuktur der Eischalen von Geoemyda spengleri, Indotestudo elongata und Sacalia bealei (Testudines). Salamandra 30(4): 277-280.
  • Obst 1985b
  • Die Welt der Schildkröten. Edition Leipzig. Druckerei Fortschrifft, Erfurt. 235 pp.
  • Moskovits, Bjorndal 1990
  • Diet and food preferences of the tortoises Geochelone carbonaria and G. denticulata in northwestern Brazil. Herpetologica 46: 207-218.
  • 1993b
  • Diet of juvenile Kemp's ridley and loggerhead sea turtles from Long Island, New York. Copeia 1993: 1176-1180.
  • 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.
  • Chessman 1986
  • Diet of the Murray turtle, Emydura macquarii (Gray) (Testudines: Chelidae). Australian Wildl. Res. 13: 65-69.
  • Peréz-Emán, Paolillo 1997
  • Diet of the pelomedusid turtle Pelocephalus dumerilianus in the Venezuelan Amazon. J. Herpetol. 31(2): 173-179.
  • Demuth, Buhlmann 1997
  • Diet of the turtle Deirochelys reticularia on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. J. Herpetol. 31: 450-453.
  • Cardosa de Lima 1997
  • Diet of the turtle Phrynops rufipes in central Amazonia. Copeia
  • , Tory 1996
  • Diet of two freshwater turtles, Chelodina rugosa and Elseya dentata (Testudines: Chelidae) from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australis. Copeia
  • 1983
  • Dietary and habitat shift with size of red-eared turtles (Pseudemys scripta) in a southern Louisiana population. Herpetologica 39: 285-290.
  • Bjorndal 1997
  • Dietary overlap in three sympatric congeneric freshwater turtles (Pseudemys) in Florida. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2: 430-433.
  • , 1969
  • Dietary shift in the turtle Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff) from youth to maturity. Copeia
  • Rall, Fairall 1993
  • Diets and food preferences of two South African tortoises Geochelone pardalis and Psammobates oculifer. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 23: 63-70.
  • Fowler de Neira, 1985
  • Diets of giant tortoises and feral burros on Volcán Alcedo, Galápagos. J. Wildl. Manage. 49: 165-169.
  • Bjorndal, 1990
  • Digestive processing in a herbivorous freshwater turtle: consequences of small-intestine fermentation. Physiol. Zool. 63: 1232-1247.
  • Bickham 1985
  • Diploid-triploid mosaicism: an unusual phenomenon in side-necked turtles (Platemys platycephala). Science 227: 1591-1593.
  • Degenhardt, 1974
  • Distribution and habitats of turtles in New Mexico. Southwestern Natur. 19: 21-46.
  • , 1980
  • Distribution and population status of the yellow-backed sawback Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle in Mississippi. Final Report. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Contract No. 14-16-0004-79-038. 23 pp.
  • Iverson 1988
  • Distribution and status of Creaser's mud turtle, Kinosternon creaseri. Herpetol. J. 1(7): 285-291.
  • Baard 1995
  • Distribution and status of the geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus in South Africa. Biol. Conserv. 63: 235-239.
  • Rhodin 1982
  • Distribution and taxonomic status of Phrynops hogei, a rare chelid turtle from southeastern Brazil. Copeia
  • Bringsøe, Buskirk 1998
  • Distribution of Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883 and Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 in the Negev Desert, southern Israel (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae). Faun. Abh. St. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 21(4): 23-30.
  • Kikukawa 1996
  • Distribution of nesting sites of sea turtles in Okinawajima and adjacent islands of the central Ryukyus, Japan. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2: 99-101.
  • 1992
  • Distribution of the long-necked freshwater turtle Chelodina novaeguineae and new information on its ecology. Mem. Queensland Mus. 32: 179-182.
  • Bloxam 1993
  • Distribution of the Madagscar flat-shelled tortoise Pyxis planicauda. Dodo (J. Jersey Wild. Preserv. Trust) 29: 149-156.
  • Pritchard 1975
  • Distribution of tortoises in tropical South America. Chelonia 2(1): 3-10.
  • Bury 1988
  • Distribution, abundance and status of the Bolson tortoise. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 57: 5-30.
  • Rhodin 1993
  • Distribution, osteology, and natural history of the Asian giant softshell, Pelochelys bibroni, in Papua New Guinea. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 1: 19-30.
  • Lindeman 1996c
  • Distribution, relative abundance, and basking ecology of the razorback musk turtle, Kinosternon carinatum, in the Pearl and Pascagoula river drainages. Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 4: 23-34.
  • Buskirk 1993c
  • Distribution, status and biology of the tortoise, Geochelone chilensis, in Río Negro Provence, Argentina. Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. 28: 233-249.
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  • Distributional records for some Indian turtles. J. Bombay Natur. Hist. Soc. 83: 57-62.
  • Bickham 1984
  • Distributional survey of the yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri: A proposed endangered species. Southwest. Natur. 29: 123-132.
  • Lindeman 1996b
  • Does life-history variation in the turtle Chrysemys picta have a subspecific component? J. Herpetol. 31: 155-161.
  • 1989b
  • Does or did the european pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Reptilia: Testudines), occur in Israel? Israel J. Zool. 36: 81-84.
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  • Dos nuevas tortugas terrestres de Argentina. Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción 46: 81-93.
  • 1996
  • Droughts, flooding rains and a turtle that nests underwater. In: B. Devaux (ed.), Proceedings—International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, p. 104. Gonfaron, France: Editions SOPTOM.
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  • Drumming along the Perak. Natur. Hist. 87: 36-43.
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  • Dry-season distribution and ecology of Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelidae) in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Austr. Wildl. Res. 16: 323-335.