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Anonymous. 1969. Turtles of the world. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 3(2): 1.

Anonymous. 1969. Turtles of the world. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 3(4): 1.

Anonymous. 1969. Turtles of the world. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 3(5): 1.

Anonymous. 1983. Hinweise zur Überwinterung von Land- und Wasserschildkröten. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 5(26): 21.

Anonymous. 1988. Troisieme Symposium Europeen sur les Cheloniens. Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Marseille 6-9 juillet 1988. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 48: 1-95.

Anonymous. 1990. The Chelonia. Thames and Chiltern Herpetological Group Newsletter 109: 7-8.

Anonymous. 1997. British Chelonia Group annual symposium in conjunction with Department for Continuing Education, University of Bristol. Chelonia and people, 19 April 1997. Testudo 4(4): 3-33.

Anonymous. 2000. Temperaturbedürfnisse von Schildkröten. Schildkröte 2(5): 18-21.

Anonymous. 2001. Scientists say half of Asia's turtles endangered. TRAFFIC press release. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 3: 13-14.

Anonymous. 2002. Global turtle conservation program. A proposed plan for the conservation of the world's tortoises and freshwater turtles (Phase 1: 2002 - 2005). Zoos' Print Journal 17(9): 7-11.

Anonymous. 2003. Recent literature on freshwater turtles, tortoises, and Marine Turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 743-751.

Anonymous. 2005. Recent literature on freshwater turtles, tortoises and Marine Turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 961-973.

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Ades, G.; Banks, C.B.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Chan, B.; Chang, H.C.; Chen, T.H.; Crow, P.; Haupt, H.; Kan, R.; Lai, J.Y.; Lau, M.; Lin, H.C.; Shi, H.T. 2000. Turtle trade in northeast Asia: regional summary (China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan). Chelonian Research Monographs 2: 52-54.

Ades, G.; Crow, P. 2002. The Asian turtle rescue operation: temporary holding and placement at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 6: 2-7.

Adler, K. 2007. The development of systematic reviews of the turtles of the world. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2): 139-148.

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Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles & tortoises of the world. Blandford Press, London: 1-191.

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Allen, R. 1977. Trade in corals, crocs and turtles: luxuries the poor cannot afford. Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 4(4): 20-21.

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Applegarth, J.S. 1983. Index to the genera of Reptilia - a device to assist curators. Testudinata, Crocodylia and Rhynchocephalia. Published by the author, Eugene, Oregon. 24 pp.

Arillo, A.; Balletto, E. 1991. Adattamenti e costrizioni nella termobiologia dei cheloni. pp. 69-82. In: Associazione Alessandro Ghigi. Atti del 6 Convegno Nazionale dell'Associazione Alessandro Ghigi per la Biologia dei Vertebr Torino 22-24 giugno 1989. [Proceedings of the 6th National Congress of the Alessandro Ghigi Association for Vertebrate Biology: Turin 22-24 June 1989]. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 367 pp.

Artner, B. 1998. Eine neue Variante des Gelatinefutterpuddings für Wasserschildkröten. Emys 5(3): 20-22.

Artner, H.; Farkas, B.; Loehr, V.J.T. (eds.) 2006. Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Artner, H.; Hofer, A. 2001. Observations in the Qing Ping Free Market, Guangzhou, China, November 2000. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 3: 14.

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Conclusions and recommendations from the workshop on conservation and trade of freshwater turtles and tortoises in Asia. Chelonian Research Monographs 2: 148-155.

Auffenberg, W.; Iverson, J.B. 1979. Demography of terrestrial turtles. pp. 541-569. In: Harless, M. & Morlock, H. (eds.) Turtles. Perspectives & research. John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, etc. 695 pp.

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Avise, J.C.; Bowen, B.W.; Lamb, T.; Meylan, A.; Bermingham, E. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines. Molecular Biology and Evolution 9(3): 457-473.

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Barley, A.J.; Spinks, P.Q.; Thomson, R.C.; Shaffer, H.B. 2010. Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 1189-1194.

Bartels, H.J. 1999. Vergleich von Kreislaufanlagen für Nutzfische und von Gesellschaftsaquarien der Süsswasseraquaristik mit einer Kreislaufanlage für Wasserschildkröten. Salamandra 35(2): 97-112.

Baur, G. 1892. Bemerkungen über verschiedene Arten von Schildkröten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 15: 155-159.

Baur, G. 1893. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27: 672-675.

Beaman, K.R.; Caporaso, F.; McKeown, S.; Graff, M.D. (eds.) 1990. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: conservation and captive husbandry, Chapman University, August 9-12, 1990. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Van Nuys. 171 pp.

Becker, R.E.; Valverde, R.A.; Crother, B.I. 2011. Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and testing the phylogenetic position of turtles (Testudines). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49(2): 148-159.

Bell, T. 2016. A Monograph of the Testudinata. (Facsimile reprint, first published in 1836-1842). Fines-Mundi-Verlag, Saarbrücken. 73 pp.

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Bickham, J.W.; Iverson, J.B.; Parham, J.F.; Philippen, H.D.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Shaffer, H.B.; Spinks, P.Q.; Dijk, P.P. van 2007. An annotated list of modern turtle terminal taxa with comments on areas of taxonomic instability and recent change. Chelonian Research Monographs 4: 173-199.

Bickham, J.W.; Parham, J.F.; Philippen, H.D.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Shaffer, H.B.; Spinks, P.Q.; Dijk, P.P. van 2007. Turtle taxonomy: methodology, recommendations, and guidelines. Chelonian Research Monographs 4: 73-84.

Bidmon, H.J. 2006. Aquarienheizer, Wasserkanister und Basaltsäulen zur Temperierung von Fruehbeeten und Legehügeln während der Freilandhaltung von Schildkröten: Langjährig erprobte, praktikable Alternativen. Schildkröten im Fokus (Sonderband) 2006: 39-48.

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Boiko, V.P. 1986. [Chemical communication in Testudines]. pp. 191-195. (In Russian). In: Sokolov, V.E. (ed.). Khimicheskaya kommunikatsiya zhivotnykh. Teoriya i praktika [Chemical communication of animals. Theory and practice]. Nauka, Moscow. 431 pp.

Bombi, P.; Luiselli, L.M.; D'Amen, M. 2011. When the method for mapping species matters: defining priority areas for conservation of African freshwater turtles. Diversity and Distributions 17(4): 581-592.

Bonin, F.; Devaux, B.; Dupre, A. 1996. Toutes les tortues du monde. Delachaux & Niestle, Lausanne. 254 pp.

Bonin, F.; Devaux, B.; Dupre, A. 1998. Toutes les tortues du monde. Deuxieme edition. Delachaux & Niestle, Lausanne. 254 pp.

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Buhlmann, K.A.; Akre, T.S.B.; Iverson, J.B.; Karapatakis, D.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Georges, A.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Dijk, P.P. van; Whitfield-Gibbons, J. 2009. A global analysis of tortoise and freshwater turtle distributions with identification of priority conservation areas. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8(2): 116-149.

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