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Which is your favorite tortoise reference book? Which book(s) do you routinely pull from your shelf when you need to look something up about a tortoise?
Itort said:Pritchard's Encyclopedia of Turtles and Tortoises. A good general reference if outdated. I use it to find where from and then research that area and use that info. I research alot of horticultural and climate sources and relate back to tortoise.
Tim/Robin said:Which is your favorite tortoise reference book? Which book(s) do you routinely pull from your shelf when you need to look something up about a tortoise?
stells said:l've heard the author is a good bloke too Ed bit of a looker aswell
Ed you used a smilie face i am shocked.
Tim/Robin said:And relying on a single source for information (like a forum), is in our opinions, unwise. Now please don't anyone take that the wrong way. We absolutely value everyone's input here. Truly! We just want to broaden our base of knowledge.
Jacqui said:Tim/Robin said:And relying on a single source for information (like a forum), is in our opinions, unwise. Now please don't anyone take that the wrong way. We absolutely value everyone's input here. Truly! We just want to broaden our base of knowledge.
I think you will find many of us belong to many forums and sites for this very same reason. The more folks you get the chance to share information with, the more you do learn.
I have Ed's Russian book, but am waiting for a chance to get an autographed copy of his other book.
egyptiandan said:If scientific articles are what your looking for Tim and Robin than the best places to look first are Copeia and Chelonian Conservation and Biology. You won't find tortoise articles in every issue of Copeia (which is fish and reptiles) but I've gotten quite a few.
There have been a few turtle and tortoise symposiums over the years and the published books of all the papers presented are great also.
Danny
Madkins,where did you find Moskovitz's thesis? I've been searching for it.Madkins007 said:In a recent speech to our local herp society, Dr. Joseph Collins, author of a gazillion books on herps including several field guides, said to not rely too heavily on the internet- too much bad, old, misleading, over-generalized, etc. on there. A good source for a lot of stuff, obviously, but not everything.
He also pointed out that many authors of good info intentionally keep their stuff off the net since they expect to make some money from their work.
My printed references are:
- Dr. Douglas Mader's book "Reptile Surgery and Medicine" (mostly WAY over my head, but some great stuff in there.)
- Pritchard's "Turtles of Venezuela" which not only has a great section on Red-foots, but has some wonderful introductions to many aspects of turtles. Well worth looking for through a library loan or something.
- Debra Moskovits' thesis "The Behavior and Ecology of the Two Amazonian Tortoises, Geochelone carbonaria and Geochelone denticulata in Northwestern Brazil" (Not designed as a hobbyist's reference, but tons of great info to be teased out of it.)
- Mike Pingleton's "Practical Care and Maintenance of the Redfoot Tortoise"
- Richard Cary Paull's "Vol. 4: The Great Redfoot Tortoise"
- and a lot of published articles in the International Zoo Yearbook, Radiata, Reptiles, and more. (I have a decent library of digitized articles from many sources that I refer to).
I REALLY like to research stuff!