FISH, AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES

The first steps up the vertebrate ladder!
Aquatic vertebrates (fish) and the first to
transition from water to land (amphibians
and reptiles), able to free themselves from
water by developing amniotic eggs.

TURTLES OF THE EASTERN STATES
An introductory presentation of a signifi- cant cross section of familiar, uncommon and endangerd freshwater and marine turt- les. 2 pgms. 40 slides and texts.
EP #0403X SLIDES
$72.50

TURTLES OF THE EASTERN U.S. Order #403X..........$72.50

Common and rare turtles of the eastern U.S. Presents habits, habitats and care
as pets. Pictured are painted, snapping, spotted, Muhlenberg, wood, Blandings, musk,
eastern mud, diamondback, hawksbill, loggerhead, green, softshell, map, red-bellied,
cooter, chicken, box, gopher and red eared turtles; injured and healed turtles; nest and
hatchlings; research; tanks for pets, eggs, hatching and development. (2 slide sets) 40
slides and 2 guides.

CONTENT SAMPLE: 149 The Southeast is well-populated with a variety of these
little turtles. This is a the Paradise Key Mud Turtle, a particular color form of the Striped Mud
Turtle (Kinosternon). Mud turtles are less than four inches long when adult. They are smooth,
usually dark in color, with no bright markings. They have very powerful muscles at the back of
their head which means that they bite hard for their size. Their legs are short, as is their tail.

Mud turtles rarely bask in the sun. They seem to prefer the muddy shallows of ponds
and streams. They make amusing pets and tame quite easily--but they are not necessarily
turtles one encourages to eat from one’s hand--if a finger gets included it can be painful.

The distinguishing feature of the particular form shown here is the bone sutures of the
shell that show through the translucent horn covering and run at right angles to the three light
stripes running the length of the shell.

REVIEWS: “...excellent sets of eastern turtles...” Tortuga Gazette of California Turtle
and Tortoise Club.
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~0214-062~ Female snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). photo by Educational Images Ltd.

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