Terrapins, Tortoises, and Turtles
Terrapins, Tortoises, and Turtles
Terrapins, Tortoises, and Turtles Links
- The Bog Turtle Dorothy Delisle reviews the diminutive bog turtle for the Tortuga Gazette.
- David Kirkpatrick's Turtle Stuff Full text of published articles about many different species of turtles.
- The Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Group helps establish tortoise preserves, implements management programs for reserves and educational programs that evaluate measures aimed at ecosystem and critical habitat recovery.
- Bog/Muhlenberg Turtle Fact Document Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; proposed rule to list the northern and southern bog turtle as threatened.
- The Desert Box Turtle: Terrapene ornata luteola Taxonomy, description, and care of the "Desert Box Turtle", Terrapene ornata luteola
- Hermann's Tortoise Testudo hermanni, by Michael J. Connor.
- Order Testudines Informative pages from the Animal Diversity Web on most turtle species. Habitat information, photographs, and other resources.
- United States Box Turtles Overview of box turtles (Terrapene).
- Radiated Tortoise Geochelone radiata, by David T. Kirkpatrick.
- Asian Forest Tortoise The management and breeding of Manouria emys in captivity by Sean McKeown, Duane E. Meier and James O. Juvik.
- Red Eared Slider Habitat and distribution Trachemys scripta elegans.
- Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina, by C. Dee Dillon.
- New York State Sea Turtle Program A detailed study of the four species of sea turtles found in Long Island waters.
- The CAC Egyptian Tortoise Program The eighth grade students of Cairo American College have taken on the responsibility of saving an endangered species, the Testudo Kleinmanni.
- Gopher Tortoise Gopher tortoise conservation reviewed by Harold Wahlquist.
- Horefield's Tortoise A brief review of Testudo horsfieldi (Gray 1844) biology, ecology and captive breeding.
- Wood Turtle Earthworm Stomping Stomping for Earthworms by Clemmys insculpta in Captivity.
- TortoiseAid Dedicated to the protection and preservation of tortoises, turtles, and terrapins worldwide.
- Turtle Conservation General information and links on turtle conservation issues, from the Tennessee Aquarium.
- The Asian Turtle Crisis Dedicated to the imminent threat of extinction of numerous Asian turtle species from commercial exploitation. Includes links to related articles.
- Common Snapping Turtle Understanding the biology of Chelydra serpentina.
- Red Eared Slider Chrysemys scripta elegans ecology and conservation.
- Russian Tortoise A review of Testudo horsfieldii, by Mary Anderson Cohen.
- The Asian Box Turtles Taxonomy, natural history, captive care and photos of several box turtle in the genera Cuora, Cistoclemmys, and Pyxidea.
- Bibliography of the Egyptian Tortoise, An annotated bibliography of Testudo kleinmanni (Lortet 1883), by James Buskirk.
- The Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata, by Betsy McCormick.
- Red Eared Slider Trachemys scripta identification and ecology in the wild.
- Kids' Questions About Turtles Answers to your questions about turtles! How long have they been on earth? How many different kinds? What are the largest and smallest? ...
- Gopher Tortoise Guardians Working hard to get better protection and to purchase habitat for tortoises in Florida.
- Ploughshare Tortoise Captive husbandry and conservation of the Madagascar ploughshare tortoise - Geochelone yniphora, by James O. Juvik, Duane E. Meier and Sean McKeown.
- Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta identification, distribution, habitat, behaviour, nutritional requirements, reproduction, neonatal care, and other interesting things.
- Western Box Turtle Terrepene ornata (Agassiz) identification and ecological requirements.
- River Cooter A note on the foraging behavior of Pseudemys concinna, by Michael J. Dreslik.
- The Alligator Snapping Turtle The giant Macroclemys temminckii of the southeastern United States, by Diane Levine.
- Map Turtle Status and Conservation Greg George reviews the status and conservation of Graptemys barbouri, Graptemys flavimaculata, Graptemys oculifera and Graptemys caglei.
- Red-Footed Tortoise Geochelone carbonaria husbandry, by Diane Levine & David Schafer.
- Graptemys Proposal The inclusion of all species in the genus Graptemys in Appendix II, in accordance with Article II 2(a).
- Radiated Tortoise Review of the captive breeding program for the radiated tortoise at the New York Zoological Society's Wildlife Survival Center, by John L. Behler and John Iaderosa.
- Yucatan Box Turtle An in depth review of the Yucatan Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana, from a Tortuga Gazette article by James R. Buskirk.
- Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina in the wild.
- Western Hinge-back Tortoise Kinixys belliana nogueyi, by Lisa Morris.
- River Cooter, Pseudemys concinna Contains photo, description, natural history and captive care of river cooter turtles.
- Fly River or Pig-nosed Turtle Carettochelys insculpta, by Michael Bargeron.
- Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus) in the wild.
- Pacific or Western Pond Turtle Captive requirements and biology of Clemmys marmorata, by R. Bruce Bury.
- Giant Asian River Terrapin and the Closely Related Painted Batagur Propagation of the Batagurine turtles Batagur baska and Callagur borneoensis at the Bronx Zoo, by Sandra Blanco, John L. Behler and Faith Kostel.
- Mexican Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima ecology and captive husbandry, by Betsy McCormick.
- The Big-headed Turtle A small semi-terrestrial turtle from Southeast Asia: Platysternon megacephalum.
- Leatherback Turtles in Cornwall Description and classification of Dermochelys coriacea.
- Nova Scotia Turtles Photographic identification guide and species accounts for Nova Scotia's seven species.
- African Mud Turtles An essay on taxonomy and the genus Pelusios.
- Semi-Aquatic Turtles Overview The basics of turtle husbandry and recognizing commonly available native species from the States.
- Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle Ellen Nichol reviews the captive care and breeding of Emydura subglobosa in an article from the Tortuga Gazette.
- The Bermuda Turtle Project A research and education program sponsored by the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation.
- Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala, by C. Dee Dillon.
- The Desert Tortoise Council An international nonprofit organization whose members share a common fascination with wild desert tortoises and the environment they depend upon.
- Turtles Features Russian tortoises (Testudo horsfieldi) and California desert tortoisea (Gopherus agassizii).
- The Impressed Tortoise A summary of known and anecdotal information about Manouria impressa (Gunther 1882), by William H. Espenshade and James Buskirk.
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