turtle books

[ploy22@yahoo.com]

One more question, are there any Diamondback terrapin books out there? I bought “Turtles of the United States and Canada” it was suggested to me by a number of turtle keepers and breeders from another forum. I have looked around at a number of book stores and this book had the most information I could find on diamondback terrapins. it’s a pretty good book, but is there any better books out there? Any about just terrapins? D. Hendrick

[Todd Stockwell]

The closest is: Map Turtles & Diamondback Terrapins …the size of a quarter on the kitchen floor, have recently moved to an entirely different eco-zone and have limited knowledge of turtles aside from being able to say, “Yes, that is a turtle”.Once determining, with great difficulty, the species – Northern Diamondback Terrapin – this book was a tremendous help. After I hurdled the basics, I appreciated the fact that this was more of an intermediary than a beginner’s guide. It is nearly impossible to find any decent reference material on the s…Written by W. P. Mara Published by TFH Publications (April 1997) ISBN 0793820685 Price $9.95 This is one of the very glossy paperbacks by TFH that can be found in local bookstores and petshops and online. Lots of nice color pics of several terp subspecies. The captive keeping and breeding of dbts has advanced and grown greatly in just the past five years, so the most up-to-date care information is not in books. Probably the best info. is right here in the archives of this group. And Jonathan has put together a great overview on his newly updated site http://www.diamondbackterrpain.com. Todd ploy22@… wrote:

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