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Mayer, F.J.C. 1849. System des Thier-Reiches oder Eintheilung der Thiere nach einem Principe. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 6:169–210.
Mayer, R. 1992. Europäische Landschildkröten. Leben – Haltung – Zucht. Kempten: Agrar Verlag Allgäu, 127 pp.
McCord, W.P. 1997. Mauremys pritchardi, a new batagurid turtle from Myanmar and Yunnan, China. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4):555–562.
McCord, W.P. and Iverson, J.B. 1991. A new box turtle of the genus Cuora (Testudines: Emydidae) with taxonomic notes and a key to the species. Herpetologica 47(4):407–420.
McCord, W.P. and Iverson, J.B. 1992. A new species of Ocadia (Testudines: Bataguridae) from Hainan Island, China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(1):13–18.
McCord, W.P. and Iverson, J.B. 1994. A new species of Ocadia (Testudines: Batagurinae) from southwestern China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(1):52–59.
McCord, W.P. and Joseph-Ouni, M. 2007a. A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) from southwestern New Guinea (Papua, Indonesia). Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 52:47–52.
McCord, W.P. and Joseph-Ouni, M. 2007b. A new genus of Australian longneck turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a new species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley region of Western Australia (Australia). Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 55:56–64.
McCord, W.P. and Philippen, H.D. 1998. A new subspecies of box turtle, Cuora amboinensis lineata, from northern Myanmar (Burma), with remarks on the distribution and geographic variation of the species. Reptile Hobbyist 1998(March):51–58.
McCord, W.P. and Pritchard, P.C.H. 2003. A review of the softshell turtles of the genus Chitra, with the description of new taxa from Myanmar and Indonesia (Java). Hamadryad 27(1)(2002)[2003]:11–56.
McCord, W.P. and Thomson, S.A. 2002. A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2):255–267.
McCord, W.P., Iverson, J.B., and Boeadi. 1995. A new batagurid turtle from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(4):311–316.
McCord, W.P., Iverson, J.B., Spinks, P.Q., and Shaffer, H.B. 2000. A new genus of geoemydid turtle from Asia. Hamadryad 25(2):86–90.
McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M., and Lamar, W.W. 2001. A taxonomic reevaluation of Phrynops (Testudines: Chelidae) with the description of two new genera and a new species of Batrachemys. Revista de Biologia Tropical 49(2):715–764.
McCord, W.P., Cann, J., and Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. A taxonomic assessment of Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) with descriptions of new subspecies from Queensland, Australia. Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 27:59–63.
McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M., and Hagen, C. 2007a. A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) from eastern Timor Island (East Timor). Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 52:53–57.
McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M., and Hagen, C. 2007b. A new subspecies of Chelodina mccordi (Testudines: Chelidae) from eastern Rote Island, Indonesia. Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 52:58–61.
McCord, W.P., Joseph-Ouni, M., Hagen, C., and Blanck, T. 2010. Three new subspecies of Trachemys venusta (Testudines: Emydidae) from Honduras, northern Yucatán (Mexico), and Pacific Coastal Panama. Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 71:39–49.
McCulloch, A.R. 1908. A new genus and species of turtle, from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 7:126–128.
Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger, 191 pp.
Mertens, R. 1937. Bemerkungen über die Rassen von Pelomedusa subrufa (La Cépéde). Zoologischer Anzeiger 117:139–142.
Mertens, R. 1946. Uber einige mediterrane Schildkröten-Rassen. Senckenbergiana 27:111–118. 2013
Mertens, R. 1954. Zur Kenntnis der Schildkrötenfauna Venezuelas. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35(1/2):3–7.
Mertens, R. 1967. Bemerkenswerte Susswasserschildkröten aus Brasilien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48:71–82.
Mertens, R. 1969a. Eine neue Rasse der Dachschildkröte, Kachuga tecta. Senckenbergiana Biologica 50:23–30.
Mertens, R. 1969b. Eine neue Halswender-Schildkröte aus Peru. Senckenbergiana Biologica 50:132.
Meyer, F.A.A. 1790. Kurze Beschreibungen neuer Thiere. Ausgezogen aus dem Leipziger Naturhistorischen Magazin. Magazin für Thiergeschichte, Thieranatomie und Thierarzenkunde, Göttingen 1:80–83.
Meylan, P.A. 1987. The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 186:1–101.
Michahelles, C. 1829. Commentatio de speciebus aut rarioribus, aut novis cheloniorum Europam meridionalem inhabitantibus. Isis von Oken 22:1295–1300.
Mikan, J.C. 1820. Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis. Fasciculus Primus. Vindobonae: 6 pp., 6 pls.
Mikan, J.C. 1825. Delectus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis. Fasciculus Quartus. Vindobonae: 6 pp., 6 pls.
Miller, J.F. 1779. Icones Animalium et Plantarum. Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals, and many curious plants. London: Letterpress, 10 pp., 60 pls. 2018
Mojsisovics, A.V. 1889. Zoogeographische Notizen über Süd-Ungarn aus den Jahren 1886–1888. III. Nachtrag zur “Fauna von Béllye und Darda”. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark, Graz 25(1888)[1889]:233–269.
Moll, E.O. 1987. Survey of the freshwater turtles of India. Part II: The genus Kachuga. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 84:7–25.
Mosimann, J.E. and Rabb, G.B. 1953. A new subspecies of the turtle Geoemyda rubida (Cope) from western Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 548:1–7.
Müller, L. 1935. Uber eine neue Podocnemis-Art (Podocnemis vogli) aus Venezuela nebst ergänzenden Bemerkungen über die systematischen Merkmale der ihr nächstverwandten Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 110(5/6):97–109.
Müller, L. and Hellmich, W. 1936. Amphibien und Reptilien. I. Teil: Amphibia, Chelonia, Loricata. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Gran Chaco Expedition. Stuttgart: Verlag Von Strecker und Schroder, pp. 96–108.
Murray, J.A. 1884. Additions to the reptilian fauna of Sind. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)14:106–111.
Nardo, G.D. 1864. Sopra una nuovo rarissima specie di cheloniano pescato alle nostre spiaggie. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (3)9:1418–1423. [in Italian] 2014
Neill, W.T. 1965. New and noteworthy amphibians and reptiles from British Honduras. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 9:77–130.
Nikolsky, A.M. 1896. Diagnosis Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny Collectorum. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 4:369–372.
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Nilsson, S. 1841. Beskrifning öfver en i Skåne funnen fossil sköldpadda, jemförd med andra i Svensk jord funna qvarlefvor af samma djurordning. [Description of a fossil turtle found in Skåne, compared with other Swedish remains of the same order of animals]. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar 1839[1841]:194–211. [in Swedish]
Nutaphand, W. 1979. The Turtles of Thailand. Bangkok: Siamfarm Zoological Garden, 222 pp.
Nutaphand, W. 1986. [Manlai, the world’s largest soft-shelled turtle]. Thai Zoological Magazine 1(4):64–70. [in Thai]
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Oelrich, T.M. 1953. A new boxturtle from the Pleistocene of southwestern Kansas. Copeia 1953(1):33–38.
Ogilby, J.D. 1890. Description of a new Australian tortoise. Records of the Australian Museum 1:56–59.
Ogilby, J.D. 1905. Catalogue of the Emydosaurian and Testudinian reptiles of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 19(1):1–31.
Olivier, G.A. 1807. Voyage dans l’Empire Othoman, l’Égypte et la Perse. Tome VI. Paris: H. Agasse, 522 pp. 2013
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Ouwens, P.A. 1914. List of Dutch East Indian chelonians in the Buitenzorg Zoological Museum. Contributions à la Faune des Indes Néerlandaises, Buitenzorg 1:29–32.
Owen, R. 1853. Descriptive Catalogue of the Osteological Series Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Vol I. Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Marsupialia. London: Taylor and Francis, 350 pp.
Pallas, P.S. 1814. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. III. Animalia Monocardia seu Frigidi Sanguinis Imperii Rosso-Asiatici. Petropolis: Officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum, 428 pp. 2013
Paolillo O., A. 1985. Description of a new subspecies of the turtle Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin) (Testudines: Emydidae) from southern Venezuela. Amphibia-Reptilia 6(3):293–305. 2013
Parenzan, P. 1932. Revisione delle specie del Gen. Testudo della Balcania. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 91(11):1149–1169. 2013
Pavlov, P.A. 1932. Materials for the study of fauna of northern China, Manchuria and Mongolia. Reptilia and Amphibia. Part 1. Chelonia. Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin 13:1–37. 2013
Pavlov, P.A. 1933. Reptilia and Amphibia collected in 1932 by the staff of the Hoang ho Pai ho Museum. Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin 23:1–12. 2013
Pennant, T. 1801. [Testudo tuberculata]. In: Schoepff, J.D. 1801. Historia Testudinum Iconibus Illustrata. Erlangae: Ioannis Iacobi Palm, 136 pp. [p. 123].
Perälä, J. 2001. A new species of Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Middle East, with implications for conservation. Journal of Herpetology 35(4):567–582.
Perälä, J. 2002. Morphological variation among Middle Eastern Testudo graeca L., 1758 (sensu lato), with a focus on taxonomy. Proceedings of the International Congress on the Genus Testudo. Chelonii 3:78–108.
Peters, W.K.H. 1870. Platemys tuberosa, eine neue Art von Schildkröten aus British-Guiana. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870:311–313.
Philippi, R.A. 1887. Vorlaufige Nachricht über die chilenischen Seeschildkröten und einige Fische der chilenischen Kuste. Zoologische Garten 28:84–88. 2014
Philippi, R.A. 1899. Las tortugas chilenas. Anales de Universidad de Chile 104:727–736. 2018
Pieh, A. 2001. Testudo graeca soussensis, eine neue Unterart der Maurischen Landschildkröte aus dem Sousstal (Südwest-Marokko). Salamandra 36(4):209–222.
Pieh, A. and Perälä, J. 2002. Variabilität von Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 im östlichen Nordafrika mit Beschreibung eines neuen Taxons von der Cyrenaika (Nordostlibyen). Herpetozoa 15(1/2):3–28.
Pieh, A. and Perälä, J. 2004. Variabilität der Maurischen Landschildkröten (Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 – Komplex) im zentralen und norwestlichen Marokko mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Taxa (Testudines: Testudinidae). Herpetozoa 17(1/2):19–47.
Ping, C. 1930. Notes on the shell of a land tortoise from the ancient ruins of Annyang. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology 1(13):217–226. 2013
Pope, C.H. 1934. A new emydid turtle of the genus Geoclemys from Kwangtung Province, China. American Museum Novitates 691:1–2.
Praschag, P., Schmidt, C., Fritzsch, G., Müller, A., Gemel, R., and Fritz, U. 2006. Geoemyda silvatica, an enigmatic turtle of the Geoemydidae (Reptilia: Testudines), represents a distinct genus. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 6:151–162.
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