Turtles in Your Pocket: A Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles of the Upper Midwest

by Terry VanDeWalle, Suzanne L. Collins

Overview

From the hefty alligator snapping turtle—the largest freshwater turtle in North America and the only turtle in the world with a predatory lure in its mouth—to the wood turtle, which uses “worm stomping” to catch earthworms, to the lovely ornate box turtle, which closes its shell completely for self-defense, the slow-but-sure turtle is an intriguing reptile. Terry VanDeWalle provides a complete description of each species, both male and female, along with distinguishing characteristics for fourteen subspecies, information about range and habitat, and natural history notes about behavior, hibernation, diet, and nesting. Two panels devoted to hatchlings provide short descriptions of the young of each species as well as photographs of some commonly seen young turtles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609380625
Publisher:	University of Iowa Press
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Series:	Bur Oak Guide
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Terry VanDeWalle has been researching reptiles and amphibians in the Midwest for more than twenty years. Author of Snakes and Lizards in Your Pocket: A Guide to Reptiles of the Upper Midwest (Iowa, 2010), he is a senior biologist with Stantec Consulting in Independence, Iowa. Wildlife photographer Suzanne Collins is an executive officer of the Center for North American Herpetology.

Table of Contents

Midland Smooth Softshell Alligator Snapping Turtle Southern Painted Turtle Blanding’s Turtle Western Chicken Turtle False Map Turtle Common Musk Turtle Ornate Box Turtle Eastern Mud Turtle