Contributing Authors

Contributing Authors

Authorship of accounts is by invitation only, but we encourage any and all who have expertise on particular turtle or tortoise species or subspecies to contact us about volunteering to take on (as senior author) or join (as co-author) a new account, or eventually, a revised account. See specific instructions for Contributing Authors. Thank you.

Number of authors participating in this project to date: 205
(for a partial list of participating authors, click here)

To date, the following individuals have contributed published accounts in this on-going project

Number of contributing authors published to date: 46
Number of accounts published to date: 21 plus checklist

Erika A. Alacs
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia [alacs@aerg.canberra.edu.au]
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Emmett L. Blankenship
224 Transart Pkwy, Canton, Georgia 30114 USA [emmettdvm@netzero.net]
• Graptemys nigrinoda, 005

Roger Bour
          Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier,
          75005 Paris, France [bour@mnhn.fr]
            • Pelusios adansonii, 017
• Pelusios seychellensis, 018

Ortwin Bourquin
P.O. Box 1226, Columbus, Montana 59019 USA [ortyb@imt.net]
• Pelomedusa subrufa, 007

Richard C. Boycott
          P.O. Box 5245, Mbabane, Swaziland [richjude@realnet.co.sz]
                    • Pelusios rhodesianus, 004
                    • Pelomedusa subrufa, 007

Bruce J. Brecke
22675 Co. Blvd. 18 No. 58-A, Welch, Minnesota 55089 USA [breckeopod@msn.com]
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Donald G. Broadley
Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, P.O. Box FM 730, Famona, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe [broadley@gatorzw.co.uk]
• Pelusios rhodesianus, 004

Kurt A. Buhlmann
          University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Drawer E, Aiken,
          South Carolina 29802 USA [kbuhlmann@earthlink.net]
                    • Deirochelys reticularia, 014

R. Bruce Bury
          U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, 3200 SW Jefferson Way,
          Corvallis, Oregon, 97331 USA [buryb@usgs.gov]
                    • Actinemys marmorata, 001

Brian P. Butterfield
Department of Biology, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee 38340 USA [bbutterfield@fhu.edu]
• Graptemys nigrinoda, 005

Adrián Cerdá-Ardura
Romero 93 Col. Niños Heroes, C.P. 03440, Mexico D.F. Mexico [mayaquen@cablevision.net.mx]
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Justin D. Congdon
          Bar Boot Ranch, Box 1128, Douglas, Arizona 85608 USA [congdon@vtc.net]
          Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802 USA
                    • Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Indraneil Das
          Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan,
          Sarawak, Malaysia [idas@ibec.unimas.my]
                    • Pelochelys cantorii, 011

James L. Dobie
211 South Spanish Oak Trail, Kerrville, Texas 78028 USA [wjdobie@ktc.com]
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
          Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida,
          Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA [Terrapene600@gmail.com]
           • Sternotherus depressus, 013

J. Sean Doody
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia [doody@aerg.canberra.edu.au]
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Carla Eisemberg
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia [eisemberg@aerg.canberra.edu.au]
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Peter S. Floyd
Field Associate, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 515 Hague Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567 USA
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Arthur Georges
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia [georges@aerg.canberra.edu.au]
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Justin Gerlach
          133 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge CB1 7BX, United Kingdom [jstgerlach@aol.com]
            • Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010
        • Pelusios subniger parietalis, 016
                    • Pelusios seychellensis, 018

David J. Germano
          Department of Biology, California State University at Bakersfield,
          Bakersfield, California 93311-1022 USA [dgermano@csub.edu]
                    • Actinemys marmorata, 001

J. Whitfield Gibbons
          University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802 USA [wgibbons@uga.edu]
                    • Deirochelys reticularia, 014

James C. Godwin
          Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Environmental Institute, 1090 S. Donahue Drive,
          Auburn University, Alabama 36849 USA [jgodwin@alnhp.org]
                    • Graptemys nigrinoda, 005

Terry E. Graham
Department of Biology, Worcester State College, Worcester, Massachusetts 01602 USA [tncgraham4@juno.com]
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Tom B. Herman
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P2R6 Canada [tom.herman@acadiau.ca]
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Bonggi R. Ibarrondo
          Indonesian Turtle Conservation Group, Kelompok Konservasi Kura-kura Indonesia, Bogor 16000, Indonesia
          Barrio Valcaba No. 18, 39807 Soba, Cantabria, Spain [bongui72@hotmail.com]
                    • Chelodina mccordi, 008

Dale R. Jackson
          Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Florida State University, 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C,
          Tallahassee, Florida 32303 USA [djackson@fnai.org]
                    • Pseudemys concinna, 006
                    • Deirochelys reticularia, 014

Gerald Kuchling
          Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands,
          Western Australia, 6009 Australia [kuchling@cyllene.uwa.edu.au]
                    • Chelodina mccordi, 008

Jeffrey W. Lang
1385 Brompton St., St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 USA [jeff_lang@und.nodak.edu]
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Christopher J. Leary
Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 USA [leary@biology.utah.edu]
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Peter V. Lindeman
          Department of Biology and Health Services, 150 Cooper Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
          Edinboro, Pennsylvania 16444 USA [plindeman@edinboro.edu]
            • Sternotherus carinatus, 012

Thomas M. Mann
          Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks,
          2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, Mississippi 39202 USA [tom.mann@mmns.state.ms.us]
                    • Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Suzanne E. McGaugh
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA [smcgaugh@iastate.edu]
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

David H. Nelson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688 USA [dnelson@usouthal.edu]
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Hidetoshi Ota
          Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-cho,
          Okinawa 903-0213, Japan [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
                    • Geoemyda japonica, 002
                    • Mauremys japonica, 003

Michael J. Pappas
Michaels Restaurant, 15 South Broadway, Rochester, Minnesota 55904 USA [michael@michaelsfinedining.com]
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

James F. Parham
          Biodiversity Synthesis Center, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 USA, and
          Dept. of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA [jparham@fieldmuseum.org]
                    • Turtle Checklist, 000

Peter C.H. Pritchard
Chelonian Research Institute, 402 South Central Avenue, Oviedo, Florida 32765 USA [ChelonianRI@aol.com]
• Chelus fimbriata, 020

Anders G.J. Rhodin
          Chelonian Research Foundation, 168 Goodrich Street, Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462 USA [RhodinCRF@aol.com]
                    • Chelodina mccordi, 008
                    • Turtle Checklist, 000

Mark Rose
          Fauna and Flora International, Jupiter House, 4th Floor, Station Road,
          Cambridge, CB1 2JD United Kingdom [mark.rose@fauna-flora.org]
                    • Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Francisco Soberón-Mobarak
Xavier Sorondo 210 Col. Iztaccihuatl, C.P. 03520, Mexico D.F. Mexico [francisco.soberon@sabio.com.mx]
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Peter Paul van Dijk
Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202 USA [p.vandijk@conservation.org]
• Turtle Checklist, 000

Richard C. Vogt
CPBA/INPA, Caixa Postal 478, Petropolis, Manaus, Amazonas 69011-970 Brazil [vogt@inpa.gov.br]
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Joseph P. Ward
6899 South Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951 USA [jpwtct@cfl.rr.com]
• Pseudemys concinna, 006

Takashi Yabe
          School of Community Policy, Aichi Gakusen University, 1 Shiotori, Oike-cho, Toyota City,
          Aichi 471-8532, Japan [yabe@gakusen.ac.jp]
                    • Mauremys japonica, 003

Yuichirou Yasukawa
          District Office Okinawa, Takada Reptiles and Wildlife Research Institute, 1-15-3 Teruya, Okinawa City,
          Okinawa 904-0011, Japan [guau_yasukawa@ybb.ne.jp]
                    • Geoemyda japonica, 002
                    • Mauremys japonica, 003