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The Turtles of Mexico
Land and Freshwater Forms
The Turtles of Mexico is the first comprehensive guide to the biology ecology evolution and distribution of more than fifty freshwater and terrestrial turtle taxa found in Mexico. Legler and Vogt draw on more than fifty years of fieldwork to elucidate the natural history of these species. The volume includes an extensive introduction to turtle anatomy taxonomy phylogeny biogeography and physiology. A key to the turtles of Mexico is included along with individual species accounts featuring geographic distribution maps and detailed color illustrations. Specific topics discussed for each species include habitat diet feeding behavior reproduction predators parasites growth and ontogeny sexual dimorphism growth rings economic use conservation legal protection and taxonomic studies.
This book is a complete reference for scientists conservationists and professional and amateur enthusiasts who wish to study Mexican turtles.
This book is a complete reference for scientists conservationists and professional and amateur enthusiasts who wish to study Mexican turtles.
John M. Legler is Professor Emeritus of Biology at The University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Richard C. Vogt is a researcher at the National Institute for Amazonia Research, in Manaus, Brazil.
“For the first time we have a synthesis of the biology of Mexican turtles. Legler and Vogt have combined their half century of field and laboratory studies with others' knowledge and written an exciting encyclopedic and readable source book on all aspects of Mexican turtle natural history."--George Zug National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution
"This definitive and scholarly treatment of Mexican turtle biology sets the new standard for books on regional and national turtle faunas."--Joseph C. Mitchell co-editor of Urban Herpetology
"This definitive and scholarly treatment of Mexican turtle biology sets the new standard for books on regional and national turtle faunas."--Joseph C. Mitchell co-editor of Urban Herpetology