Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises
Published to date:
21 accounts, 143 pages, 44 authors, 36 photographers
Most recent account published on: 9 August 2008
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Cover Photo: Batagur (= Kachuga) trivittata, Burmese roofed turtle, male in breeding color,
at the Yadanabon Zoo, Mandalay, Myanmar, October 2005.
Photo by Rick Hudson.
Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises:
A Compilation Project of the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Edited by
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter C.H. Pritchard, Peter Paul van Dijk,
Raymond A. Saumure, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and John B. Iverson
Chelonian Research Monographs – Number 5
Published by Chelonian Research Foundation
This major compilation project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group has been in progress for several years, slowly accumulating species accounts for all extant freshwater turtles and tortoises of the world. Publication of these accounts is being handled by Chelonian Research Foundation as Chelonian Research Monographs Number 5. We have initiated online publication of these accounts in gradual fashion here on the TFTSG website, launching the project on 15 May 2008, and planning on eventually publishing accounts for all 300+ species of freshwater turtles and tortoises over the course of the next few years. All accounts published here are fully citeable as published scientific publications, with each identified by a unique DOI (digital object identifier) number, as practiced by leading online and open access web-based journals. Every year we will also publish high-quality printed copies of the accounts published during the year, but we wish to release the information content in these accounts here online in a more timely fashion, rather than waiting for all accounts to be done before producing a final hardcopy publication. The entire work is modeled loosely on the format established by the Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.
Table of Contents
for Online Publication