Turtles and Tortoises of the World

by David Alderton and david-alderton

Book Overview

Providing clear, basic information on physiology, classification, habitat, life cycle and behaviour of turtles and tortoises, this comphrehensive account of these fascinating creatures is part of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816017336
• ISBN13: 9780816017331
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This book would be your first book to the world of turtles.

A concise yet comprehensive book on this diverse and fantastic group of animals. The author has succeeded in giving us an overview of almost all species of turtles in very readable text, even for the layman. The book wrote not only on the bare classification materials but also supplemented with many interesting facts about turtles. Although photo is not for every species, it does cover many of them and the quality is good. I think this book will lead you to discover more about turtles. It's the book you have to read before reading Dr. Pritchard's classic "Encyclopeida of Turtles". Highly recommended.