Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Turtles Chelidae Australia Malay Archipelago Taxonomy of the genus Emydura Biodiversity of the family Chelidae Bibliography of the genus Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles) (Reptilia: Testudines: Chelidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Emydura in general Cann, J. 1998. Australian freshwater turtles. John Cann & Beaumont Publishing, Singapore. 292 pp. Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37. Green, D. 1996. Observations of grooming in some captive Australian chelid turtles. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(1): 46-47. Green, D. 2000. Keeping Short-necked Turtles Emydura species. Australian Reptile Keeper Publications, Bendigo, Victoria. 32 pp. Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112. Kuchling, G. 2005. Bifid tail regeneration in a turtle, Emydura sp. (Testudines: Chelidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 935-937. Kuchling, G. 2005. Bifid tail regeneration in a turtle, Emydura sp. (Testudines: Chelidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 935-937. Legler, J.M. 1976. Feeding habits of some Australian short-necked tortoises. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 93(2): 40-43. Lieb, C.S.; Sites, J.W.; Archie, J.W. 1999. The use of isozyme characters in systematic studies of turtles: preliminary data for Australian chelids. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 27(2): 157-183. McCord, W.P.; Cann, J.; Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. A taxonomic assessment of Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) with descriptions of new subspecies from Queensland, Australia. Reptilia (GB) 27: 59-63. McDowell, S.B. 1983. The genus Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) in New Guinea with notes on the penial morphology of Pleurodira. pp. 169-189. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp. Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279. Stimson, A.F. 1986. On the correct zoological name of the Australasian turtle genus Emydura Bonaparte. Journal of Herpetology 20(2): 279-280. White, J. 1979. Brief observations on tortoises in Minkie waterhole, Innaminka. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 10(2): 31. Emydura macquarii Ahl, E. 1932. Beschreibung einer neuen Schildkröte aus Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1932(1-3): 127-129. Alibardi, L.; Thompson, M.B. 1999. Morphogenesis of shell and scutes in the turtle Emydura macquarii. Australian Journal of Zoology 47(3): 245-260. Artner, H. 1999. Nomenklatur aktuell: Emydura macquarii. Emys 6(2): 26. Artner, H. 2006. Keeping and breeding turtles of the Emydura macquarii Gray, 1831 complex. pp. 183-195. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp. Baden Thompson, M. 1985. Functional significance of the opaque white patch in eggs of Emydura macquarii. pp. 387-395. In: Grigg, G., Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons & Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 527 pp. Banks, C.B. 1983. Breeding Australian chelids at the Royal Melbourne Zoo. ASRA (Association for the Study of Reptilia and Amphibia) Journal 2(1): 2-21. Banks, C.B. 1986. Induced colour change in a Krefft's tortoise. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 103(5): 158-159. Banks, C.B. 1987. Nesting, incubation and hatchling growth in captive Kreffts' tortoise, Emydura krefftii. Australian Wildlife Research 14(4): 551-558. Barrett, C. 1929. The Murray tortoise. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46: 95-96. Blamires, S.J.; Spencer, R.J.; King, P.; Thompson, M.B. 2005. Population parameters and life-table analysis of two coexisting freshwater turtles: are the Bellinger River turtle populations threatened? Wildlife Research 32(4): 339-347. Booth, D.T. 1998. Effects of incubation temperature on the energetics of embryonic development and hatchling morphology in the Brisbane river turtle Emydura signata. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 168(5): 399-404. Booth, D.T. 1998. Incubation of turtle eggs at different temperatures: do embryos compensate for temperature during development?. Physiological Zoology 71(1): 23-26. Booth, D.T. 1999. Incubation temperature and growth of Brisbane river turtle (Emydura signata) hatchlings. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 121: 45-52. Booth, D.T. 1999. Size, water and energy content of eggs of the freshwater turtles, Emydura signata and Chelodina expansa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 121: 53-59. Booth, D.T. 2003. Composition and energy density of eggs from two species of freshwater turtle with twofold ranges in egg size. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Molecular and Integrative Physiology 134A(1): 129-137. Booth, D.T. 2010. The natural history of nesting in two Australian freshwater turtles. Australian Zoologist 35(2): 198-203. Booth, D.T.; Burgess, E.; McCosker, J.; Lanyon, J.M. 2005. 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Brooker, M.; Wombey, J. 1986. Some observations on the herpetofauna of the Macquarie Marshes region, NSW, with special reference to Chelidae. Australian Zoologist 23(1): 1-4. Burgin, S.; Ryan, M. 2008. Comparison of sympatric freshwater turtle populations from an urbanized Sydney catchment. Aquatic Conservation 18(7): 1277-1284. Carter, B.; Tucker, A.D. 2001. A novel nesting habitat for Krefft's turtle (Emydura krefftii). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(2): 108-111. Chessman, B.C. 1984. Evaporative water loss from the south-eastern Australian species of freshwater turtle. Australian Journal of Zoology 32(5): 649-655. Chessman, B.C. 1986. Diet of the Murray turtle Emydura macquarti (Gray) (Testudines: Chelidae). Australian Wildlife Research 13(1): 65-69. Chessman, B.C. 1987. Atmospheric and aquatic basking of the Australian freshwater turtle Emydura macquarii (Gray) (Testudines: Chelidae). Herpetologica 43(3): 301-306. Chessman, B.C. 2011. 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Lowry, M.B.; Pease, B.C.; Graham, K.; Walford, T.R. 2005. Reducing the mortality of freshwater turtles in commercial fish traps. Aquatic Conservation 15(1): 7-21. Manning, B.; Grigg, G.C. 1997. Basking is not of thermoregulatory significance in the "basking" freshwater turtle Emydura signata. Copeia 1997(3): 579-584. McCord, W.P.; Cann, J.; Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. A taxonomic assessment of Emydura (Testudines: Chelidae) with descriptions of new subspecies from Queensland, Australia. Reptilia (GB) 27: 59-63. McCosker, J. 2002. Natural history notes: Chelodina expansa (Broad Shell River Turtle) and Emydura signata (Brisbane Shortneck Turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 33(3): 198-199. Meathrel, C.E.; Suter, P.J.; Radford, N.A.M. 2002. Niche segregation between three species of freshwater turtle in a large billabong during flood. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 119(4): 160-173. Meathrel, C.E.; Suter, P.J.; Reid, S.J. 2004. 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