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McAllister, C.T., Forstner, M.R.J., and Fuller, J.P. 2007. Second report of the southern painted turtle, Chrysemys dorsalis (Testudines: Emydidae), from Texas, with comments on its genetic relationship to other populations. Texas Journal of Science 59(2):155–160.
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McGaugh, S.E. 2008. Color variation among habitat types in the spiny softshell turtles (Trionychidae: Apalone) of Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 42(2):347-353.
McGaugh, S.E. and Janzen, F.J. 2008. The status of Apalone atra populations in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico: preliminary data. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):88-95.
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Mittermeier, R.A., and Wilson, R.A. 1974. Redescription of Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824), an Amazonian pelomedusid turtle. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 28(8):147-162.
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Palkovacs, E.P., Marschner, M., Ciofi, C., Gerlach, J., and Caccone, A. 2003. Are the native giant tortoises from the Seychelles really extinct? A genetic perspective based on mtDNA and microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology 12:1403-1413.
Parham, J.F. 2008. Rediscovery of an “extinct” Galapagos tortoise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105:15227–15228.
Parham, J.F., and Feldman, C.R. 2002. Generic revisions of emydine turtles. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 6:28–30.
Parham, J.F., and Zug, G.R. 1996. Chelonia agassizii – valid or not? Marine Turtle Newsletter 72:2-5.
Parham, J.F., Simison, W.B., Kozak, K.H., Feldman, C.R., and Shi, H. 2001. New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis, and known locality specimens. Animal Conservation 4:357-367.
Parham, J.F., Stuart, B.L., Bour, R., and Fritz, U. 2004. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the extinct Yunnan box turtle revealed by DNA from an old museum specimen. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biology Letters 271(1556[S6]):391-394.
Parham, J.F., Feldman, C.R., and Boore, J.L. 2006a. The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6(11):1-11.
Parham, J.F., Macey, J.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Feldman, C.R., Türkozan, O., Polymeni, R., and Boore, J.L. 2006b. The phylogeny of Mediterranean tortoises and their close relatives based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences from museum specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:50-64.
Parham, J.F., Türkozan, O., Stuart, B.L., Arakelyan, M., Shafei, S., Macey, J.R., and Papenfuss, T.J. 2006c. Genetic evidence for premature taxonomic inflation in Middle Eastern tortoises. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(3):955-963.
Pedall, I., Fritz, U., Stuckas, H., Valdeón, A., and Wink, M. 2010. Gene flow across secondary contact zones of the Emys orbicularis complex in the Western Mediterranean and evidence for extinction and re-introduction of pond turtles on Corsica and Sardinia (Testudines: Emydidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00572.x.
Perälä, J. 2002a. The genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae): phylogenetic inferences. Chelonii 3:32-39.
Perälä, J. 2002b. Biodiversity in relatively neglected taxa of Testudo L., 1758 S. L. Chelonii 3:40-53.
Phillips, C.A., Dimmick, W.W., and Carr, J.L. 1996. Conservation genetics of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Conservation Biology 10:397-405.
Poulakakis, N., Glaberman, S., Russello, M., Beheregaray, L.B., Ciofi, C., Powell, J.R., and Caccone, A. 2008. Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos tortoise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:15464–15469, doi:10.1073.pnas.0805340105.
Praschag, P. and Gemel, R. 2002. Identity of the black softshell turtle Aspideretes nigricans (Anderson, 1875), with remarks on related species. Faunistische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 23:87-116.
Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A.K., Reza, A.H.M.A., and Fritz, U. 2007a. Genetic evidence for wild-living Aspideretes nigricans and a molecular phylogeny of South Asian softshell turtles (Reptilia: Trionychidae: Aspideretes, Nilssonia). Zoologica Scripta 36(4):301-310.
Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A.K., and Fritz, U. 2007b. Phylogeny and taxonomy of endangered South and South-east Asian freshwater turtles elucidated by mtDNA sequence variation (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Batagur, Callagur, Hardella, Kachuga, Pangshura). Zoologica Scripta 36(5):429-442.
Praschag, P., Hundsdörfer, A.K., and Fritz, U. 2009b. Further specimens and phylogenetic position of the recently described leaf turtle species Cyclemys gemeli (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zootaxa 2008:29–37.
Pritchard, P.C.H. 1967. Living Turtles of the World. Jersey City: TFH Publ., 288 pp.
Pritchard, P.C.H. 1990. Turtles of the world (book review). Copeia 1990:62-67.
Pritchard, P.C.H. 1996. The Galápagos Tortoises: Nomenclatural and Survival Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 1, 85 pp.
Pritchard, P.C.H. 2000. Indotestudo travancorica…a valid species of tortoise? Reptile and Amphibian Hobbyist 5(6):18-28.
Rhodin, A.G.J. and Carr, J.L. 2009. A quarter millenium of uses and misuses of the turtle name Testudo scabra: identification of the type specimens of T. scabra Linnaeus 1758 (=Rhinoclemmys punctularia) and T. scripta Thunberg in Schoepff 1792 (= Trachemys scripta scripta). Zootaxa 2226:1–18.
Rhodin, A.G.J., and Genorupa, V.R. 2000. Conservation status of freshwater turtles in Papua New Guinea. In: van Dijk, P.P., Stuart, B.L., and Rhodin, A.G.J. (Eds.). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia. Chelonian Research Monographs 2:129-136.
Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P., and Parham, J.F. 2008. Turtles of the world: annotated checklist of taxonomy and synonymy. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., and Iverson, J.B. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.1–000.38, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v1.2008, //iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.
Rohilla, M.S., Rao, R.J., and Tiwari, P.K. 2009. Enzyme polymorphism in Indian freshwater soft shell turtle Lissemys punctata. Acta Herpetologica 4(1):15–28.
Roman, J., Santhuff, S.D., Moler, P.E., and Bowen, B.W. 1999. Population structure and cryptic evolutionary units in the alligator snapping turtle. Conservation Biology 13(1):135-142.
Rueda-Almonacid, J.V., Carr, J.L., Mittermeier, R.A., Rodríguez-Mahecha, J.V., Mast, R.B., Vogt, R.C., Rhodin, A.G.J., De La Ossa-Velásquez, J., Rueda, J.N., and Mittermeier, C.G. 2007. Las Tortugas y los Cocodrilianos de los Países Andinos del Trópico. Bogotá, Colombia: Editorial Panamericana, Formas e Impresos, Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo No. 6, Conservación Internacional, 538 pp.
Russello, M.A., Glaberman, S., Gibbs, J.P., Marquez, C., Powell, J.R., and Caccone, A. 2005. A cryptic taxon of Galápagos tortoise in conservation peril. Biological Letters 1:287-290.
Russello, M.A., Beheregaray, L.B., Gibbs, J.P., Fritts, T., Havill, N., Powell, J.R., and Caccone, A. 2007. Lonesome George is not alone among Galápagos tortoises. Current Biology 17(9):R317-R318.
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Sawyer, F.C. 1953. The dates of issue of J.E. Gray’s “Illustrations of Indian Zoology” (London, 1830-1835). Journal of the Society of Bibliography of Natural History 3(1):48–55.
Schleich, H.H. and Kästle, W. (Eds.). 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Biology, Systematics, Field Guide. Koenigstein: Koeltz Scientific Books, pp. 1201.
Seidel, M.E. 1988. Trachemys decussata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 440:1-3. 2013
Seidel, M.E. 1994. Morphometric analysis and taxonomy of cooter and red-bellied turtles in the North American genus Pseudemys (Emydidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(2):117-130.
Seidel, M.E. 1995. How many species of cooter turtles and where is the scientific evidence? – A reply to Jackson. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(4):333-336.
Seidel, M.E. 2002. Taxonomic observations on extant species and subspecies of slider turtles, genus Trachemys. Journal of Herpetology 36(2):285–292.
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Shaffer, H.B., Meylan, P., and McKnight, M.L. 1997. Test of turtle phylogeny: molecular, morphological, and paleontological approaches. Systematic Biology 46:235–268.
Shaffer, H.B., Starkey, D.E., and Fujita, M.K. 2008. Molecular insights into the systematics of the snapping turtles (Chelydridae). In: Steyermark, A.C., Finkler, M.S., and Brooks, R.J. (Eds.). Biology of the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 44-49.
Shi, H., Fong, J.J., Parham, J.F., Pang, J., Wang, J., Hong, M., and Zhang, Y.-P. 2008. Mitochondrial variation of the ‘‘eyed” turtles (Sacalia) based on known-locality and trade specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:1025-1029.
Siroky, P., and Fritz, U. 2007. Is Testudo werneri a distinct species? Biologia (Bratislava) Section Zoology 62(2):1-4.
Smith, H.M. and Chiszar, D. 2006. Dilemma of name-recognition: why and when to use new combinations of scientific names. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1(1):6–8.
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Spinks, P.Q. and Shaffer, H.B. 2005. Range-wide molecular analysis of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata): cryptic variation, isolation by distance, and their conservation implications. Molecular Ecology 14:2047-2064.
Spinks, P.Q. and Shaffer, H.B. 2007. Conservation phylogenetics of the Asian box turtles (Geoemydidae, Cuora): mitochondrial introgression, numts, and inferences from multiple nuclear loci. Conservation Genetics 8:641-657.
Spinks, P.Q. and Shaffer, H.B. 2009. Conflicting mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies for the widely disjunct Emys (Testudines: Emydidae) species complex, and what they tell us about biogeography and hybridization. Systematic Biology 58(1):1–20.
Spinks, P.Q., Shaffer, H.B., Iverson, J.B., and McCord, W.P. 2004. Phylogenetic hypotheses for the turtle family Geoemydidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:164–182.
Spinks, P.Q., Thomson, R.C., and Shaffer, H.B. 2009a. A reassessment of Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord and Le, 2006 (Testudines, Geoemydidae) and a plea for taxonomic stability. Zootaxa 2018:58–68.
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