Turtle & Tortoise Resource Guide
Suggested Reading
Captive Husbandry
de Vosjoli, P., The General Care and Maintenance of Red-eared Sliders, (Advanced Vivarium Systems, Santee, CA, 2002) .
Gurley, R., The African Spurred Tortoise Geochelone sulcata in Captivity, (Taxon Media Publishing, Lansboro, MN., 2002).
Gurley, R., Keeping and Breeding Freshwater Turtles, ( Living Art Publications, Ada, OK,2003).
Highfield, A., Practical Encyclopedia of Keeping and Breeding Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles, (Carapace Press, London, England, 1996).
Highfield. A., The Tortoise and Turtle Feeding Manual, (Carapace Press, London, England, 2000).
Palika, L., The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Turtles and Tortoises, (Alpha Books, New York, NY, 1998).
Pingleton, M., Practical Care and Maintenance of the Red-footed Tortoise Geochelone carbonaria in Captivity, (Carapace Press, London, England, 2001).
Wike, H., Turtles: A Complete Pet Owner’s Manual, (Barrant’s, Hauguage, New York, NY,1991).
Wilson, R. and Wilson, R., The Care and Breeding of the African Spurred Tortoise Geochelone sulcata, (Carapace Press, London, England, 1997).
Conservation
Klemens, M.W., Turtle Conservation, (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2000).
Swarth, S.W., Roosenberg, W.M., and Kiviat, E. (eds.), Conservation and Ecology of Turtles of the Mid-Atlantic Region: A Symposium (Bibliomania!, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004. ).
Van Abbema, J. (ed.), Proceedings: Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles--An International Conference (New York Turtle and Tortoise Society and WCS Turtle Recovery Program, New York, NY, 1997).
Natural History
Alderton, D., Turtles and Tortoises of the World, ( Facts on File Publications, New York, NY, 1988).
Conant, R. and Collins, J., A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Eastern and Central North America, (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1991).
Dodd, C.K., North American Box Turtles, A Natural History, (University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 2001).
Ernst, C.H. and Barbour, R.W., Turtles of the World, (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1989).
Ernst, C.H., Lovich, J.E., and Barbour, R.W., Turtles of the United States and Canada, (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1994).
Spotila, J.R., Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2004.)
Orenstein, R., Turtles, Tortoises & Terrapins: Survivors in Armor, ( Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY., 2001).
Vetter, Holger, Turtles of the World. Vol 1. Africa, Europe and Western Asia, (Chimaira, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002).
Vetter, Holger, Turtles of the World. Vol 2. North America, (Chimaira, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002).
Medicine
Mader, D., Reptile Medicine and Surgery, (W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA., 1996).
McArthur, S., Wilkinson, R., and Meyer, J., Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles, (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2004).