Published by Firefly Books Ltd. 2012
Fifth printing, 2012
597.92
dc23
QL666.C5.O746
2012
Cover photo: © Martin Woike / Age Fotostock
Permission to quote from The Aye-Aye and I was kindly granted by the Estate of Gerald Durrell.
dedication
for Eileen
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Text Copyright © 2012 Ron Orenstein2007 Eleanor Topp and Margaret Howard
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Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.)
Orenstein, Ron.
Turtles, tortoises and terrapins : a natural history / Ron Orenstein.
2nd ed.
[448]
p.
:
col.
photos.
;
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
As
part
of
the
global
movement
to
protect
turtles,
this
book
provides
important
information
about
turtles
and
their ecology.
ISBN-13: 978-1-77085-119-1
EPUB: 978-1-77088-072-6
PDF: 978-1-77088-073-3
1. Turtles. 2. Turtles – Life cycles.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Orenstein, Ronald I. (Ronald Isaac), 1946-
Turtles, tortoises and terrapins : a natural history / Ron Orenstein. -- 2nd ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-77085-119-1
1. Turtles. 2. Turtles--Ecology. I. Title.
QL666.C5O74 2012
597.92
C2012-902278-0
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the financial support for our publishing program by the Government of Canada
through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department of Canadian Heritage.