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Turtles of Alabama (Volume 5) (Gosse Nature Guides) by Craig Guyer, Mark A. Bailey, and Robert H. Mount is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptiles—a lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, like birds, that have invaded the aerial environment, and others, like turtles, that have invaded aquatic environments. With thirty-nine known species, Alabama harbors more turtle species than any other state in the nation, and its Mobile River basin is the center of the world's greatest biodiversity in turtles, surpassing all other river systems around the globe, including the Amazon and the Nile. __Turtles of Alabama__ documents that extraordinary wealth and presents each species in full, describing its physical appearance, habitat and range, behavior, conservation and management, and taxonomy. In addition to providing sixty-five full-color photographs of juveniles and adults along with forty-two colorfully detailed distribution maps, this volume features an introductory section explaining the physiography, climate, and habitats of the state, and offers illustrated taxonomic keys for all the species considered, including the oceanic behemoths that lay their eggs on Alabama's gulf beaches and the lumbering gopher tortoise that provides safe haven for countless

Who reads Turtles of Alabama (Volume 5) (Gosse Nature Guides)?

Author

Craig Guyer, Mark A. Bailey, and Robert H. Mount

Publisher

The University of Alabama Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780817358068

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, History, Science