Turtles

A good general introduction to turtle biology and ecology. – Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report The wide ranging questions are answered in a very readable style, with specific scientific explanations where necessary. – Christine Tilley British Chelonia Group Newsletter Gibbons and Greene have done a masterful job of assembling questions of great interest to many readers and providing detailed, interesting, and informative answers… Highly recommended. Choice Easy and enjoyable to read. – Gunter Gollman Amphibia-Reptilia Packed full of facts… The book is well written, accurate, and makes for an enjoyable reading experience. – Kenneth E. Nussear Copeia Any turtle lover should find this reasonably priced volume to be a valuable and useful addition to their book collection. – Fredric J. Janzen Quarterly Review of Biology A valuable publication, giving answers to the most frequent questions about chelonians in a friendly language that will be easily understood by readers of all backgrounds. – Javier Valverde Reptilia

Whit Gibbons is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia. He writes the weekly environmental column Ecoviews and is the author or editor of eleven books, including Snakes of the Southeast. Judy Greene is the herpetology research coordinator at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and has coauthored, with Dr. Gibbons, a number of scholarly articles on herpetology and ecology.