The natural history of the turtles of Iowa
Book - 2024
"As a follow up to The Natural History of the Snakes and Lizards of Iowa, this book is a combination of general and technical information about each of Iowa's 13 turtle species along with Iowa-specific morphological and reproductive data found nowhere else"--
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- Subjects
- Published
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xv, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781609389857
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Taxonomy
- Status and Conservation
- Organization of This Book
- The Exploitation of Turtles in Iowa
- Identifying Iowa's Adult Turtles
- Guide to Eggs and Hatchlings of Iowa Turtles
- Family Chelydridae: Snapping Turtles
- Snapping Turtle
- Family Emydidae: Semiaquatic Pond and Box Turtles
- Western Painted Turtle
- Blanding's Turtle
- Wood Turtle
- Northern Map Turtle
- Ouachita Map Turtle
- Northern False Map Turtle
- Ornate Box Turtle
- Red-Eared Slider
- Family Kinosternidae: Mud and Musk Turtles
- Yellow Mud Turtle
- Eastern Musk Turtle
- Family Trionychidae: Softshell Turtles
- Midland Smooth Softshell
- Eastern Spiny Softshell
- Glossary
- References
- Life List
- Index of Scientific and Common Names