Title Turtles of Alabama / Craig Guyer, Mark A. Bailey, Robert H. Mount ; with Line Drawings by Claire L. Floyd

Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Gosse Nature Guides Gosse nature guides. Contents Abbreviations; Introduction; The Turtle Fauna of Alabama; Indigenous Species; Introduced Species; Taxonomic Changes and Problems; Climate of Alabama; Alabama Geography; River Basins; Important Geographic Units; Species Accounts; Keys; Names; Photographs; Descriptions; Alabama Distribution; Habits; Conservation and Management; Taxonomy; Turtles-Testudines; Key to the Families of Turtles of Alabama; Leatherback Sea Turtles Family Dermochelyidae; Leatherback Sea Turtles Genus Dermochelys; Atlantic Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea; Sea Turtles Family Cheloniidae Key to the Genera of Cheloniidae of AlabamaLoggerhead Sea Turtles Genus Caretta; Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta; Ridley Sea Turtles Genus Lepidochelys; Kemp's Ridley Lepidochelys kempii; Hawksbill Sea Turtles Genus Eretmochelys; Atlantic Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata; Green Sea Turtles Genus Chelonia; Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas; Soft-shelled Turtles Family Trionychidae; North American Softshells Genus Apalone; Key to the Species of Apalone of Alabama; Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Apalone calvata; Midland Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica; Florida Softshell Apalone ferox Spiny Softshells Apalone spiniferaKey to the Subspecies of Apalone spinifera of Alabama; Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera; Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera aspera; Tortoises Family Testudinidae; North American Tortoises Genus Gopherus; Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus; Snapping Turtles Family Chelydridae; Key to the Genera of Chelydridae of Alabama; Snapping Turtles Genus Chelydra; Eastern Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina; Alligator Snapping Turtles Genus Macrochelys; Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Mud and Musk Turtles Family KinosternidaeKey to the Genera of Kinosternidae of Alabama; American Mud Turtles Genus Kinosternon; Key to the Species of Kinosternon of Alabama; Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii; Eastern Mud Turtles Kinosternon subrubrum; Key to the Subspecies of Kinosternon subrubrum of Alabama; Mississippi Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis; Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum; Musk Turtles Genus Sternotherus; Key to the Species of Sternotherus of Alabama; Eastern Musk Turtle (Stinkpot) Sternotherus odoratus Razor-backed Musk Turtle Sternotherus carinatusFlattened Musk Turtle Sternotherus depressus; Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor; Stripe-necked Musk Turtle Sternotherus peltifer; River, Pond, and Box Turtles Family Emydidae; Key to the Genera of Emydidae of Alabama; American Box Turtles Genus Terrapene; Key to the Species of Terrapene of Alabama; Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina; Florida Box Turtle Terrapene bauri; Diamond-backed Terrapins Genus Malaclemys; Mississippi Diamond-backed Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin pileata; Chicken Turtles Genus Deirochelys Summary For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptiles--a lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, like birds, that have invaded the aerial environment, and others, like turtles, that have invaded aquatic environments. With thirty-nine known species, Alabama harbors more turtle species than any other state in the nation, and its Mobile River basin is the center of the world's greatest biodiversity in turtles, surpassing all other river systems around the globe, including the Amazon and the Nile. Turtles of Alabama documents that extraordinary wealth and presents each species in full, describing its physical appearance, habitat and range, behavior, conservation and management, and taxonomy. In addition to providing sixty-five full-color photographs of juveniles and adults along with forty-two colorfully detailed distribution maps, this volume features an introductory section explaining the physiography, climate, and habitats of the state, and offers illustrated taxonomic keys for all the species considered, including the oceanic behemoths that lay their eggs on Alabama's gulf beaches and the lumbering gopher tortoise that provides safe haven for countless other animals and arthropods in its underground burrows of the Coastal Plain. With fine line drawings to highlight various distinguishing attributes of the animals, this volume is the definitive guide to the state's fascinating and diverse turtle populations--freshwater, marine, and terrestrial. Although they are notoriously slow-moving, turtles still survive on Earth because of their remarkable adaptations--an exterior shell for body protection, long lives, high reproductive output, stamina, and a capacity for doing without. Turtles are cold-blooded reptiles that were here long before mammals, and they're still around, continuing to adapt to many different habitats and ecological niches, still interbreeding, evolving, and speciating. Turtles of Alabama is a fitting celebration of that phenomenal variety and strength Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Turtles -- Alabama -- Classification Turtles -- Alabama -- Geographical distribution NATURE -- Animals -- Fish. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology. Turtles Alabama Genre/Form Classification Form Electronic book Author Bailey, Mark A. (Mark Allen), 1961- author. Mount, Robert H. (Robert Hughes), 1931- author. Floyd, Claire C., illustrator ISBN 9780817388171 0817388176

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