Foreword / J. Whitfield Gibbons
pt. 1. Taxonomy and systematics
1. Systematics, taxonomy, and geographic distribution of the snapping turtles, family Chelydridae / Carl H. Ernst
2. History of fossil Chelydridae / J. Howard Hutchison
3. An introduction to the skull of Chelydra serpentina, with a review of the morphology literature of Chelydra / Eugene S. Gaffney
4. Molecular insights into the systematics of the snapping turtles (Chelydridae) / H. Bradley Shaffer, David E. Starkey, and Matthew K. Fujita
pt. 2. Physiology, energetics, and growth
5. Respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina / Nigel H. West
6. Reproductive physiology of the snapping turtle / Ibrahim Y. Mahmoud, and Abdulaziz Y.A. Alkindi
7. Thermal ecology and feeding of the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina / James R. Spotila and Barbara A. Bell
8. Energetics of the snapping turtle / Robert E. Gatten, Jr.
9. Ecology and physiology of overwintering / Gordon R. Ultsch and Scott A. Reese
10. Embryos and incubation period of the snapping turtle / Michael A. Ewert
11. Growth patterns of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina / Anthony C. Steyermark
pt. 3. Life history and ecology
12. Reproductive and nesting ecology of female snapping turtles / Justin D. Congdon, Judith L. Greene and Ronald J. Brooks
13. Water relations of snapping turtle eggs / Ralph A. Ackerman, Todd A. Rimkus and David B. Lott
14. Sex determination in Chelydra / Fredric J. Janzen
15. Physiology and ecology of hatchling snapping turtles / Michael S. Finkler and Jason J. Kolbe
16. Population biology and population genetics / David A. Galbraith
17. Geographic variation in life-history traits / Don Moll and John B. Iverson
