Freshwater turtles of Australia / John Cann, Ross Sadlier
- Bib ID:
- 7428278
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cann, John, 1938-, author
- Description:
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- Rodeo, NM, USA : ECO Wear & Publishing ; Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2017]
- ©2017
- ix, 448 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 33 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781486308248 (hardback)
- 9781938850196
- 9781938850240
- Summary:
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Freshwater Turtles of Australia is a comprehensive monograph based on John Cann's highly respected Australian Freshwater Turtles (1998). It reviews new information on the biology of Australian chelid turtles, presents recent perspectives and insights into their history and taxonomy, and provides an introduction to the freshwater turtles of New Guinea and Irian Jaya to Australia's north.
- Full contents:
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- Chapter 1: Australian freshwater turtles and Aboriginal culture
- Chapter 2: Long-neck turtles
- Chapter 3: Snapping turtles
- Chapter 4: Saw-shell turtles
- Chapter 5: Fitzroy River turtle
- Chapter 6: Mary River turtle
- Chapter 7: Short-neck turtles
- Chapter 8: Western swamp turtle
- Chapter 9: Pig-nose turtle
- Chapter 10: New Guinea freshwater turtles.
- Notes:
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- Illustrations on endpapers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-446)
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2017
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