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Adler, K.K. 1962. A new name for a Chinese turtle, genus Clemmys. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 20(2):135.

Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis. Solothurn: Jent and Gassmann, 393 pp.

Agassiz, L. 1857a. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classification. Part II. North American Testudinata. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., Vol. I, pp. 1–452.

Agassiz, L. 1857b. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. II. Part III. Embryology of the Turtle. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., Vol. II, pp. 453–643.

Ahl, E. 1932. Beschreibung einer neuen Schildkröte aus Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1932(1/3):127–129.

Anderson, J. 1875. Description of some new Asiatic mammals and Chelonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16:282–285.

Anderson, J. 1879 [“1878”]. Anatomical and Zoological Researches, Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. London: Bernard Quaritch, Vol. I, 985 pp., Vol. II, 29 pp. + pls. 2013

Annandale, N. 1906. Testudo baluchiorum, a new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal n.s. 2(3):75–76.

Annandale, N. 1912a. The Indian mud–turtles (Trionychidae). Records of the Indian Museum 7(2):151–180.

Annandale, N. 1912b. The aquatic chelonia of the Mahanaddi and its tributaries. Records of the Indian Museum 7(3):261–266.

Annandale, N. 1913. The tortoises of Chota Nagpur. Records of the Indian Museum 9(5):63–78.

Annandale, N. 1915a. Notes on some Indian Chelonia. Records of the Indian Museum 11(11):189–195.

Annandale, N. 1915b. Herpetological notes and descriptions. Records of the Indian Museum 11(19):341–347.

Annandale, N. 1918. Chelonia and Batrachia of the Inlé Lake. Records of the Indian Museum 14:67–69.

Antenbrink-Vetter, S. and Vetter, H. 1998. Neuer Name für altbekannte Schildkröten. Schildkröten II/98:3–5.

Babcock, H.L. 1937. A new subspecies of the red-bellied terrapin Pseudemys rubriventris(LeConte). Occasional Papers of the Boston Society for Natural History 8:293.

Baird, S.F. and Girard, C. 1852. Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. First Part.—Including the species from the western coast of America. Proceedings of the Acadademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1852:174–177.

Barbour, T. 1935. A new Pseudemys from Cat Island, Bahamas. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8:205–206.

Barbour, T. and Carr, A.F., Jr. 1938. Another Bahamian fresh-water tortoise. Proceedings of the New England Zoology Club 17:75–76.

Barbour, T. and Carr, A.F., Jr. 1940. Antillean terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 54(5):381–415.

Barbour, T. and Carr, A.F., Jr. 1941. Terrapin from Grand Cayman. Proceedings of the New England Zoology Club 18:57–60.

Bartlett, E. 1895a. Notes on tortoises, No. 2. Sarawak Gazette 25:29–30.

Bartlett, E. 1895b. Notes on tortoises, No. 3. Sarawak Gazette 25:83–84.

Bartlett, E. 1896. Notes on tortoises, No. 4. Sarawak Gazette 26:113.

Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchhandlung, 528 pp.

Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1796. Umriss der gesammten Naturgeschichte. Jena: Christian Ernst Gabler, Vol. 1, 287 pp.

Baur, G. 1888a. Osteologische Notizen über Reptilien. Fortsetzung III. Zoologischer Anzeiger 11(285):417–424.

Baur, G. 1888b. Osteologische Notizen über Reptilien. Fortsetzung IV. Zoologischer Anzeiger 11(291):592–597.

Baur, G. 1888c. Notes on the American Trionychidae. American Naturalist 22:1121–1122.

Baur, G. 1889. The gigantic land tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. American Naturalist 23:1039–1057.

Baur, G. 1890a. Two new species of tortoises from the south. Science 16(405):262–263.

Baur, G. 1890b. An apparently new species of Chelys. American Naturalist 24:967–968.

Baur, G. 1891. The very peculiar tortoise, Carettochelys Ramsay, from New Guinea. Science 17(426):190.

Baur, G. 1893a. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 31:210–225.

Baur, G. 1893b. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27:672–674.

Baur, G. 1893c. Two new species of North American Testudinata. American Naturalist 27:675–677.

Baur, G. 1896. Der Schädel einer neuen grossen Schildkröte (Adelochelys) aus dem zoologischen Museum in München. Anatomischer Anzeiger 12:314–319.

Baur, G. 1925. [Kinosternon abaxillare]. In: Stejneger, L. New species and subspecies of American turtles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 15:462–463. [p. 462]

Bechstein, J.M. 1800. Herrn De la Cepede’s Naturgeschichte der Amphibien oder der eyerlegenden vierfuszigen Thiere und der Schlangen. Erster Band. Weimar: Comptoir, 524 pp.

Bedriaga, J. von. 1881. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Griechenlands. (Fortsetzung). Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 56(3-4):278–344.

Bell, T. 1825a. A monograph of the tortoises having a moveable sternum, with remarks on their arrangement and affinities. Zoological Journal 2:299–310.

Bell, T. 1825b. [Sternotherus]. In: Gray, J.E. A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy (2)10:211.

Bell, T. 1826. Description of a new species of Terrapene; with further observations on T. carolina and T. maculata. Zoological Journal 2:484–486.

Bell, T. 1827. On two new genera of land tortoises. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15:392–401.

Bell, T. 1828a. Descriptions of three new species of land tortoises. Zoological Journal 3:419–421.

Bell, T. 1828b. On Hydraspis, a new genus of freshwater tortoises, of the family Emydidae. Zoological Journal 3(12):511–513.

Bell, T. 1828c. Characters of the order, families, and genera of the Testudinata. Zoological Journal 3(12):513–516.

Bell, T. 1830a. [Emys decussata]. In: Griffith E. and Pidgeon, E. The Class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. In: Griffith, E. (Ed.). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before Noticed. Vol. 9. Reptilia. London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., pp. 76, pl. [Part 25, published Sep 1830].

Bell, T. 1830b. [Chelys (Hydraspis) lata]. In: Gray, J.E. A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia. In: Griffith E. and Pidgeon, E. The Class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. In: Griffith, E. (Ed.). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before Noticed. Vol. 9. Reptilia. Supplement. London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., p. 17 [Part 26, published Dec 1830].

Bell, T. 1834. A freshwater tortoise described as the type of a new genus, Cyclemys. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834:17.

Bell, T. 1835. [Emys irrigata]. In: Duméril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles. Tome Second. Paris: Roret, pp. 276–279.

Bennett, E.T. 1836. [Footnote 2: Testudo whitei]. In: White, G. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. London: J. and A. Arch, 640 pp. [pp. 360–361].

Berry, J.F. and Iverson, J.B. 1980. A new species of mud turtle, genus Kinosternon, from Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 14(4):313–320.

Berry, J.F. and Legler, J.M. 1980. A new turtle (genus Kinosternon) from northwestern Mexico. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County  325:1–12.

Berry, J.F., Seidel, M.E., and Iverson, J.B. 1996. [Kinosternon chimalhuaca]. In: Rogner, M. Schildkröten 2. Hürtgenwald: Heidi-Rogner-Verlag, 265 pp. [pp. 23–24].

Berry, J.F., Seidel, M.E., and Iverson, J.B. 1997. A new species of mud turtle (genus Kinosternon) from Jalisco and Colima, Mexico, with notes on its natural history. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(3):329–337.

Bibron, G. and Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B. 1833 [“1832”]. Vertébrés à sang froid. Reptiles et poissons. In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. (Ed.). Expédition Scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III, Première Partie. Zoologie – Première Section. Animaux vertébrés, Mollusques et Polypiers. Paris: F.G. Levrault, pp. 57–80.

Blainville, H. de 1816. Prodrome d’une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal.Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1816:105–112, 121–124.

Blanck, T., McCord, W.P., and Le, M. 2006. On the variability of Cuora trifasciata (Bell, 1825); the rediscovery of the type specimen, with descriptions of a new Cuora species and subspecies, and remarks on the distribution, habitat and vulnerability of these species (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae). Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 153 pp.

Blanford, W.T. 1870. Notes on some Reptilia and Amphibia from central India. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39:335–376.

Blumenbach, J.F. 1779. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Ed. 1. Part 1. Göttingen: J.C. Dieterich, 448 pp.

Blyth, E. 1853. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22(7):639–655.

Blyth, E. 1856. Report for October Meeting, 1855. [Notabilia contained in the collections presented by Capt. Berdmore and Mr. Theobald]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24:711–723.

Blyth, E. 1859. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. [4. A small collection from Major Berdmore, sent by him from the Sitang Valley, Pegu]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 27:267281.

Blyth, E. 1863. Report of the Curator, Zoological Department. [III. W.T. Blanford, Esq., of the Indian Geological Survey. A collection of sundries from different parts of Burma]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 32:73–90.

Bocourt, M.F. 1868. Description de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris (5)10:121–122.

Bocourt, M.F. 1876a. Note sur quelques reptiles de l’Isthme de Tehuantepec (Mexique) donnés par M. Sumichrast au Museum. Journaldef Zoologie (Paris) 5:386–411.

Bocourt, M.F. 1876b. Addition. [Emys grayi, Duméril et Bocourt, devra prendre un nouveau nom, Emys umbra, Nob.]. In: Bocourt, M.F. Sur quelques reptiles de l'Isthme de Tehuantepec (Mexique) donnés par M. Sumichrast au Muséum. Extrait du Journal de Zoologie publié par M. Paul Gervais, t. V, 1876. Paris: Imprimerie Bouchard-Huzard, pp. 1–26. [p. 26].

Boddaert, P. 1770. Brief van de kraakbeenige schildpad. Epistola de testudine cartilaginea. Amsterdam: Kornelis van Tongerlo, 39 pp.

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1935. Animal Life in Palestine. Jerusalem: L. Mayer, 235 pp. 2013

Boettger, O. 1893. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt-am-Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). Frankfurt: Knauer, 140 pp.

Boettger, O. 1894. Materialien zur herpetologischen Fauna von China III. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 25:129–152.

Bogert, C.M. 1943. A new box turtle from southeastern Sonora, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1226:1–7.

Bohls, J. 1895. Bemerkung zur Eintheilung der Chelydidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18:51–53.

Bonaparte, C.L. 1832. Versuch einer methodischen Eintheilung der Wirbelthiere. Isis von Oken 25:283–320.

Bonaparte, C.L. 1836. Cheloniorum Tabula Analytica. Rome: 9 pp.

Bonnaterre, P.J. 1789. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Erpétologie. Paris: Panckoucke, Hôtel de Thou, 70 pp.

Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B. 1804. Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Îles des Mers d’Afrique. Paris: F. Buisson, Tome 2, 430 pp., Planches, pl. 37. 2013

Boulenger, G.A. 1886a. On the South-African tortoises allied to Testudo geometrica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886:540–542.

Boulenger, G.A. 1886b. A synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)18:423–445.

Boulenger, G.A. 1887. On a new family of pleurodiran turtles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19:170–172.

Boulenger, G.A. 1888a. Description of a new land-tortoise from South Africa, from a specimen living in the Society’s Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888:251.

Boulenger, G.A. 1888b. On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (2)6:449–452.

Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Trustees of the Museum, 311 pp.

Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On some chelonian remains preserved in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891:4–8.

Boulenger, G.A. 1895a. Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892–93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Risultati Zoologici. Rettili e Batraci. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (2)15:7–18.

Boulenger, G.A. 1895b. On the American box turtles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)15:330–331.

Boulenger, G.A. 1897a. Description of a new genus and species of tortoises from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)19:468–469.

Boulenger, G.A. 1897b. Description of a new tortoise of the genus Sternothaerus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897:919.

Boulenger, G.A. 1902a. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from north-western Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9:51–57.

Boulenger, G.A. 1902b. A list of the fishes, batrachians, and reptiles collected by Mr. J. Folliott Darling in Mashonaland, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2):13–18.

Boulenger, G.A. 1903a. Report on the batrachians and reptiles. In: Annandale, N. and Robinson, H.C. (Eds.). Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901–1902. Zoology. Liverpool: University Press, pp. 131–170.

Boulenger, G.A. 1903b. On a collection of batrachians and reptiles from the interior of Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12:215–217.

Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Descriptions of new reptiles from Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17:567–568.

Boulenger, G.A. 1907. A new tortoise from Travancore. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17:560–561.

Boulenger, G.A. 1913. On a collection of batrachians and reptiles made by Dr. H.G.F. Spurrell, F.Z.S., in the Choco, Colombia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(4):1019–1038.

Boulenger, G.A. 1920. Une tortue extraordinaire: Testudo loveridgii, sp.n. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 170:263–266.

Boulenger, G.A. 1921. Description of a new land-tortoise from northern Persia. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27:251–252.

Bour, R. 1973. Contribution à la connaissance de Phrynops nasutus (Schweigger: 1812) etPhrynops tuberculatus (Luederwaldt: 1926). Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce originaire du Paraguay, Phrynops tuberculatus vanderhaegei (Testudinata – Pleurodira – Chelidae). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 98(1):175–190.

Bour, R. 1978. Les tortues des Mascareignes; description d’une espèce nouvelle d’après un document (Mémoires de l’Académie) de 1737 dans lequel le crâne est figuré. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences 287D:491–493.

Bour, R. 1979. Les tortues actuelles de Madagascar (République malgache): liste systématique et description de deux sous–espèces nouvelles (Reptilia–Testudines). Bulletin de la Société d’Etudes Scientifiques de l’Anjou n.s. 10(1978)[1979]:141–154.

Bour, R. 1982. Contribution à la connaisance des tortues terrestres des Seychelles: définition du genre endémiqueet description d’une espéce nouvelle probablement originaire des îles grantiques et bord de l’extinction. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences 295:117–122.

Bour, R. 1983. Trois populations endémiques du genre Pelusios (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae) aux îles Seychelles; relations avec les espèces africaines et malgaches. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (4)5A:343–382.

Bour, R. 1984. Note sur Pelusios williamsi Laurent, 1965 (Chelonii, Pelomedusinae). Revue Français Aquariologie 11:27–32.

Bour, R. 1986. Note sur Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) et sur une nouvelle espèce affine du Kenya (Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 2:23–54.

Bour, R. 1996. Une nouvelle espèce de tortue terrestre dans le Péloponnèse (Grèce). Dumerilia 2(1995)[1996]:23–54.

Bour, R. 2000. Une nouvelle espèce de Pelusios du Gabon (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Manouria 3(8):1–32.

Bour, R. and Maran, J. 1999. Taxinomie de Mauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812) dans le sud du Maroc: la “tortue aux yeux bleus” (Reptilia, Chelonii, Geoemydidae). Manouria 1(2)(1998)[1999]:22–52.

Bour, R. and Maran, J. 2003. Une nouvelle espèce de Pelusios de Côte d’Ivoire (Reptilia, Chelonii, Pelomedusidae). Manouria 6(21):24–43.

Bour, R. and Zaher, H. 2005. A new species of Mesoclemmys, from the open formations of northeastern Brazil (Chelonii, Chelidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 45:295–311.

Bourret, R. 1939. Notes herpétologiques sur l’Indochine française. XVI. Tortues de la collection du Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université. Description d’une espèce nouvelle. Annexe au Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 1939:1–34.

Bourret, R. 1940 ["1939"]. Notes herpétologiques sur l’Indochine française. XVIII. Reptiles et batraciens reçus au Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1939. Descriptions de quatre espèces et d’une variété nouvelles. Annexe au Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 1939(4)[1940]:1–40.

Bourret, R. 1941a. Note sur un crâne de tortue fossile. Comptes Rendus des Séances du Conseil de Recherches Scientifiques de l'Indochine 1940–1941. 1941(1):9–11.

Bourret, R. 1941b. Notes herpétologiques sur l’Indochine française. XXI. Reptiles et batraciens reçus au Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Universite au cours de l’année 1940. Description d’une espèce fossile nouvelle. Annexe au Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 1941:1–16.

Bramble, D.M. 1982. Scaptochelys: generic revision and evolution of gopher tortoises. Copeia 1982(4):852–867.

Branch, W.R. 2007. A new species of tortoise of the genus Homopus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia. African Journal of Herpetology 56:1–21.

Brandt, J.F. 1857. Observationes quadam ad generis Trionychum species duas novas spectantes. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-mathématique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 16:110–111.

Brimley, C.S. 1928. Two new terrapins of the genus Pseudemys from the southern states. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Science Society 44:66–69.

Broadley, D.G. 1981. A review of the genus Pelusios Wagler in southern Africa (Pleurodira: Pelomedusidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, B. Natural Sciences 6(9):633–686. 2013

Brongniart, A. 1800a. Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles. [1]. Magasin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts (5)6[An 8]:184–201.

Brongniart, A. 1800b. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. [2]. Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique 3(2)[An 8]:81–82, 89–91.

Brongniart, A. 1805. Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles. [3]. Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l’Institut National, 53 pp.

Bruguière, J.G. 1792. Description d’une nouvelle espèce de tortue de Cayenne. Journal d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1(7):253–261.

Burmeister, C.H. 1837. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Zweite Abtheilung: Zoologie. Berlin: Verlag Enslin, 858 pp. 2013

Cagle, F.R. 1953. Two new subspecies of Graptemys pseudogeographica. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan 546:1–17.

Cagle, F.R. 1954. Two new species of the genus Graptemys. Tulane Studies in Zoology 1:167–186.

Caldwell, D.K. 1962. Sea turtles in Baja California waters (with special reference to those of the Gulf of California), and the description of a new subspecies of northeastern Pacific green turtle. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 61:1–31. 2014

Calinescu, R. 1931. Contributini sistematica si Zoogeografica la studini Amphibidor si Reptilidor din Romania. Memoriile Sectiilor Stiintifice, Academia Romana 3(7):119–291. [in Romanian2018

Cann, J. 1997a. Georges short-necked turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):18–23, 31–32.

Cann, J. 1997b. The northern yellow-faced turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):24–29, 31–32, 3435.

Cann, J. 1997c. Irwin’s turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):36–40, 31–32.

Cann, J. 1997d. Kuchling’s turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):41–44, 32.

Cann, J. 1998. Australian Freshwater Turtles. Singapore: Beaumont Publications, 292 pp.

Cann, J. and Legler, J.M. 1994. The Mary River tortoise: a new genus and species of short-necked chelid from Queensland, Australia (Testudines; Pleurodira). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(2):81–96.

Cann, J., McCord, W.P., and Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. [Emydura macquarii emmotti ssp. nov.] In: McCord, W.P., Cann, J., and Joseph-Ouni, M. A taxonomic assessment of Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) with descriptions of new subspecies from Queensland, Australia. Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 27:60–61.

Cantor, T. 1842. General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)9:265–278, 361–370, 481–493.

Cantor, T. 1847. Catalogue of reptiles inhabiting the Malayan peninsula and islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16:607–656, 897–952, 1026–1078.

Carr, A.F., Jr. 1937. A new turtle from Florida, with notes on Pseudemys floridana mobiliensis (Holbrook). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan 348:1–7.

Carr, A.F., Jr. 1938a. Pseudemys nelsoni, a new turtle from Florida. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:305–310.

Carr, A.F., Jr. 1938b. A new subspecies of Pseudemys floridana with notes on the floridana complex. Copeia 1938(3):105–109.

Carr, A.F., Jr. 1942. A new Pseudemys from Sonora, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1181:1–4.

Carr, A.F., Jr. and Marchand, L.J. 1942. A new turtle from the Chipola River, Florida. Proceedings of the New England Zoology Club 20:95–100.

Catesby, M. 1771. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and Bahama Islands. Folio 2. Edited by G. Edwards. London. 2013

Chang, M.L. 1957. [Testudoformes]. Science (Ko-xue) (China) 33(1):50.

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