Autographed Copies of Brand New TURTLES OF THE UNITED STATES& CANA

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February 2, 2009 at 5:28 am #22335

HerpDigest is pleased to announce the publication of TURTLES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (Second Edition) by Carl H. Ernst and Jeffrey E. Lovich , 2009, 840 pp. 240 color photos, 11 line drawings, 52 maps, 8 __” X 11″ By far, this is the most thorough, up-to-date, book on turtles on the fifty-eight species – plus four new ones- in the U.S. and Canada. It’s contains almost twice the information of the first edition printed in 1994. It has to. . Each species account contains information on identification, karyotype, fossil record, distribution, geographic variation, habitat, behavior, reproduction, biology, growth and longevity, food habits, populations, predators, and conservation status. The book includes range maps for freshwater and terrestrial species, a glossary of scientific names, an extensive bibliography for further research, and an index to scientific and common names. This edition includes everything from the explosion of new scientific information published on turtles since the first edition was printed in 1994 – Fifteen Years ago. A scientific lifetime ago – Especially when it comes to turtle conservation. And it’s in full color. SEND IN YOUR PRE-ORDERS IN NOW __ To HerpDigest To Insure That You Will Get HerpDigest’s Special Autographed Copies of the book. Only a limited amount of autographed copies are available. The book is due out late April or early May, 840 pp. 240 color photos, 11 line drawings, 52 maps, 8 __” X 11″ Published by the John Hopkins University Press. $85.00 hardcover. Choose how you want it shipped add $4.00 for S&J costs via media mail, $9.00 for First Class. _________________________________________________________________ REMEMBER This is a monster book, an important book, a must-have for anyone interested in turtles, from the layman to the professional. Turtles of the United States and Canada remains the standard for libraries, museums, nature centers, field biologists, and professional and amateur herpetologists alike. All profits from the sale of this book from HerpDigest go to keep Herpdigest, the only free independent weekly electronic newsletter on the latest conservation and science news on reptiles and amphibians. Now in its 9th year. And admit it. You were going to buy it anyway, so why not buy it from a group that helps turtle and all other herps, and not just increase the size of the dividend a company sends out to its stockholders. ****************************************** TO ORDER 1) Send a check to Herpdigest/Allen Salzberg/67-87 Booth Street __5B/Forest Hills, NY 11375. Make the check out to Herpdigest. 2) By Paypal __ our account is asalzberg@… 3) By credit card, Master or Visa only, send us your credit card number, expiration date, billing and shipping address to asalzberg@…. (Though I haven’t heard of this happening, a credit card number stolen from an email, I’m told to prevent this send ccard number divided into two emails.) 4) By phone, call us at 1-718-275-2190 Eastern Standard Time (NYC) __ Any Day Of The Week, 10 A.M.- 8 P.M. If not in, leave message and we’ll call back. IMPORTANT – If ordering outside of US, email us first at asalzberg@… so we can quote you a shipping and handling price. And ironically that includes Canada. Also, the date of publication has been pushed back from April to June.. So please be patient I will keep you updated if the latest date of mid-may to first weeks of May changes. ________________________________________________________________________ REVIEWS “For all turtle aficionados, this comprehensive review is the first of its kind published in the last twenty-five years.”_Science News , reviewing a previous edition or volume “A comprehensive reference that summarizes the current knowledge about the 56 turtle species of the U.S. and Canada, of which 13 are protected under the Endangered Species Act.”_Book News , reviewing a previous edition or volume “[A] monumental work . . . the standard reference to North American turtles for the next generation of biologists. Every serious vertebrate biologist on the continent will want a copy.”_Herpetological Review , reviewing a previous edition or volume “The most comprehensive compilation on North American turtles ever attempted and achieved.”_Herpetofauna , reviewing a previous edition or volume “In 1972, C. H. Ernst completed the daunting task of compiling a sequel to A. F. Carr’s (1952) landmark Handbook of Turtles. Two decades later, Ernst, this time with assistance from former student and fellow cheloniophile J. E. Lovich, has done it again.”_Copeia , reviewing a previous edition or volume AUTHOR INFORMATION Carl H. Ernst, professor emeritus at George Mason University and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution, is author of Venomous Reptiles of North America. Jeffrey E. Lovich is deputy director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Southwest Biological Science Center and coeditor of Biological Diversity: Problems and Challenges. Ernst and Lovich were coauthors, with Roger W. Barbour, of the previous edition of Turtles of the United States and Canada. ______________________________________________________________

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