Websites about the biology, morphology, phylogeny, classification, reproduction and biological conservation of reptiles included in the order Testudines: turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.
Subcategories 10
Related categories 2
Sites 13
- Bermuda Turtle Project A research and education program sponsored by the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation.
- Chelonian Research Foundation Publisher of the journal Chelonian Conservation and Biology, The Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, and Chelonian Research Monographs.
- Box Turtle Conservation Strategies, McKeever Center, Pennsylvania Discusses loss of habitat, pet collecting, and predators.
- California Turtle and Tortoise Club A resource for turtle and tortoise information. Includes photo gallery, sounds, species profiles, conservation news, and links.
- World Chelonian Trust Dedicated to the captive care and conservation of all turtles and tortoises. Includes gallery, care sheet, and taxonomic list.
- Turtle Survival Alliance An international organization dedicated to sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises.
- World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps Illustrated list of stamps with depictions of turtles or tortoises.
- Turtle Photographs and much information from Wikipedia on these reptiles, their anatomy and morphology, ecology and life history, evolutionary history and taxonomy.
- EMYSystem Provides a searchable database of turtles from all over the world. Global turtle conservation is also supported by this organisation.
- Testudines: Life History and Ecology A general description of the clade Chelonia with information on the habitats, diet, life history and ecology of its members.
- China's Turtles Article explaining the threat of extinction faced by Asian turtle species from commercial exploitation, with photographs taken in Guangzhou and Shenzhen markets.
- Pig-nosed Turtle: Carettochelys insculpta Photographs, videos and information from ARKive on this species endemic to Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
- Order Testudines Informative pages from the Animal Diversity Web on most turtle species. Habitat information, photographs, and other resources.