Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Turtle Taxonomic Literature Database
Turtles of the World:
Online Turtle Taxonomic Literature Database and PDF Library
compiled and collected by the
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group
of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Number of PDF's in Database
(updated as of 29 July 2019)
958
These PDF's are strictly for personal non-commercial research and educational use only,
for the benefit of individual turtle researchers, conservationists, and students,
and especially for members of the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
This Database is divided into two Sections:
(1) All Primary Taxonomic Literature
for all modern turtles as noted in all our checklists
(Turtle Taxonomy Working Group 2007b, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Rhodin et al. 2008),
including all descriptions of new species, subspecies, and genera,
replacement names (nomina nova) for all taxa and genera, and cited suprageneric names.
• PDF's available for 730 (97.7%) of 747 primary taxonomic references —
please help us complete them — only 17 (2.3%) left to go
PDF's added in 2013–2019 are marked
(2) Secondary Taxonomic Literature
cited in the introductions and annotations to all our checklists,
including taxonomic revisions and related publications that do not contain primary taxonomic citations.
• PDF's available for 228 (77.0%) of 296 secondary taxonomic references —
please help us complete them — only 68 (23.0%) left to go
PDF's added in 2013–2019 are marked
Links to downloadable PDF's of articles will be gradually included as available.
These PDF's are strictly for personal non-commercial research and educational use only,
for the benefit of individual turtle researchers, conservationists, and students,
and especially for members of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
For references lacking PDF's we request and gratefully accept copies for inclusion if available.
Please help us make this database of taxonomic turtle literature as complete as possible.
Contact Anders Rhodin to submit PDF's.
PDF's added in 2013–2019 are marked
Acknowledgments:
Many individuals have sent us PDF copies of their own articles over the years, and we thank them for this generous professional courtesy. We have also obtained and extracted many PDF's from various public sites on the internet, including personal publications pages and extensive literature databases such as those maintained by Biodiversity Heritage Library, Google Books, and Center for North American Herpetology. Additionally, the following individuals have sent several scanned or other personally collected PDF's, or helped in other ways, and we thank them specially: Peter Paul van Dijk, James Parham, John Iverson, Torsten Blanck, Roger Bour, Flora Ihlow, Karen Jensen, Indraneil Das, Uwe Fritz, Hans-Dieter Philippen, Frank Slavens, Paul Smith, Scott Thomson, Peter Lindeman, Patrick Baker, Brad Shaffer, Beate Pfau, Mario Schweiger, and especially Uwe Schlüter, Peter Havas, and Holger Vetter for exceptional assistance in providing PDF's. Thanks to one and all who have participated in one way or another in making this project successful by providing PDF's or other help. We apologize if we've missed listing any names.