Directory of Testudinidae Resources

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Images, biological information, conservation information, and other websites specific to Family Testudinidae (tortoises) and its members.

Resources in This Category

• Angulate Tortoise: Chersina angulata

  http://www.arkive.org/angulate-tortoise/chersina-angulata/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Desert Tortoise Council

  http://www.deserttortoise.org/
  An international nonprofit organization whose members share a common fascination with wild desert tortoises and the environment they depend upon.

• Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee

  http://www.tortoise-tracks.org/
  Group helps establish tortoise preserves, implements management programs for reserves and educational programs that evaluate measures aimed at ecosystem and critical habitat recovery.

• Gopher Tortoise Organization

  http://www.gophertortoise.org/
  Conservation and management of the Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) and their habitat.

• Gopherus agassizii: Desert Tortoise

  http://www.californiaherps.com/turtles/pages/g.agassizii.html
  Many photographs, description, biology and taxonomy.

• Gopherus polyphemus

  http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Gopher_polyph.htm
  Taxonomy, description and photograph of the gopher tortoise, its habitat and distribution, life history, community ecology and special status.

• Ploughshare Tortoise: Astrochelys yniphora

  http://www.arkive.org/ploughshare-tortoise/astrochelys-yniphora/
  Photographs, videos and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina)

  http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/wa2003.html
  This species has the smallest surviving population of any Australian reptile. Factsheet with information, lifestyle and threats.

 

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