Directory of Testudines Resources

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Websites about the biology, morphology, phylogeny, classification, reproduction and biological conservation of reptiles included in the order Testudines: turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

Subcategories

• Bataguridae
• Chelidae
• Chelonioidea
• Chelydridae
• Emydidae
• Geoemydidae
• Sea Turtles
• Testudinidae
• Tortoises
• Trionychidae

Resources in This Category

• Bermuda Turtle Project

  http://cccturtle.org/bermuda/index2.htm
  A research and education program sponsored by the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation.

• Box Turtle Conservation Strategies, McKeever Center, Pennsylvania

  http://www.mckeever.org/turtle.html
  Discusses loss of habitat, pet collecting, and predators.

• California Turtle and Tortoise Club

  http://www.tortoise.org/
  A resource for turtle and tortoise information. Includes photo gallery, sounds, species profiles, conservation news, and links.

• Chelonian Research Foundation

  http://www.chelonian.org/
  Publisher of the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology, The Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, and Chelonian Research Monographs.

• China's Turtles

  http://nytts.org/asia/marketthm.htm
  Article explaining the threat of extinction faced by Asian turtle species from commercial exploitation, with photographs taken in Guangzhou and Shenzhen markets.

• EMYSystem

  http://emys.geo.orst.edu/
  Provides a searchable database of turtles from all over the world. Global turtle conservation is also supported by this organisation.

• Order Testudines

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Testudines.html
  Informative pages from the Animal Diversity Web on most turtle species. Habitat information, photographs, and other resources.

• Pig-nosed Turtle: Carettochelys insculpta

  http://www.arkive.org/pig-nosed-turtle/carettochelys-insculpta/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive on this species endemic to Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

• Testudines: Life History and Ecology

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/anapsids/testudines/testudineslh.html
  A general description of the clade Chelonia with information on the habitats, diet, life history and ecology of its members.

• Turtle

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle
  Photographs and much information from Wikipedia on these reptiles, their anatomy and morphology, ecology and life history, evolutionary history and taxonomy.

• Turtle Survival Alliance

  http://www.turtlesurvival.org/
  An international organization dedicated to sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises.

• World Chelonian Trust

  http://www.chelonia.org/
  Dedicated to the captive care and conservation of all turtles and tortoises. Includes gallery, care sheet, and taxonomic list.

• World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps

  http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/c/r/crr2/turtstmp/
  Illustrated list of stamps with depictions of turtles or tortoises.

Related Categories

• Home > Recreation > Pets > Reptiles and Amphibians > Turtles and Tortoises
• Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Living Things > Animals > Reptiles and Amphibians > Reptiles > Turtles

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