California Turtle & Tortoise Club

Archived articles on the captive husbandry, conservation and biology of specific species of turtle and tortoise from California Turtle and Tortoise Club publications and other sources. All articles copyright © CTTC unless otherwise noted. The list is available alphabetized by scientific or by common name.

Apalone – Cistoclemmys

• Actinemys (= Emys, Clemmys) marmorata, Western or Pacific pond turtle

Agrionemys (= Testudo) horsfieldii, Russian or Steppe tortoise

• Apalone species, North American softshells

• Batagur baska, Giant Asian river turtle

• Callagur borneoensis, Painted batagur
• Carettochelys insculpta, Pig-nosed or Fly River turtle
• Centrochelys sulcata: see Geochelone sulcata
• Chelodina longicollis, Australian snake-necked turtle

Chelonia mydas, Green turtle

• Chelonia mydas, Green sea turtle
• Joanne Pettigrew & Malama na Honu
• HiwaHiwa's Journey

• Chelonoidis nigra: see Geochelone nigra
• Chelus fimbriatus, Matamata
• Chelydra serpentina, Common snapping turtle
• Chinemys (= Mauremys) reevesii, Reeves' turtle
• Chrysemys picta, Painted turtle
• Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Chinese Box Turtle
• Clemmys guttata, Spotted turtle
• Cuora flavomarginata: see Cistoclemmys flavomarginata

Emydoidea – Geochelone

• Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle
• Emydura subglobosa, Red-bellied short-necked turtle
• Emys orbicularis, European pond turtle

Geochelone carbonaria, Red-footed tortoise

• Geochelone carbonaria, Red-footed tortoise
• Differentiating Geochelone denticulata and Geochelone carbonaria
• Geochelone denticulata, Yellow-footed tortoise

Geochelone (=Chelonoides) nigra, Galápagos tortoise

• Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Program: the Plight and Future for the Pinzón Island Tortoise
• Interview with Kathy Nevins, Galápagos Tortoise Keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo
• Husbandry of the Giants: Interview with Jeff Gee, Captive Bred Wildlife Foundation

• Geochelone (= Stigmochelys) pardalis, Leopard tortoise
• Geochelone radiata, Radiated tortoise

Geochelone (=Centrochelys) sulcata, African spurred tortoise

• A Sulcata Here, a Sulcata There, a Sulcata Everywhere
• Living with sulcata (I)
• Living with sulcata (II)
• Living with sulcata (III)
• Last Week... (On feeding sulcata)
• Bob and Barbara Jamison interview

• Geochelone (=Astrochelys) yniphora, Angonoka or Ploughshare tortoise

Glyptemys – Manouria

• Glyptemys (=Clemmys) insculpta, North American wood turtle

Glytpemys (=Clemmys) muhlenbergii, Bog turtle

• The Bog Turtle
• Captive Husbandry of the Eastern Clemmys Group at Zoo Atlanta

Gopherus agassizii, Agassiz's, or Mojave desert tortoise

• Desert tortoise care-sheet
• Desert tortoise conservation
• Desert tortoise permit program
• Molecular biology and the turtle - the desert tortoise and its relatives
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease - Mycoplasma Specialist Professor Mary Brown Interviewed
• Native plants for desert tortoises
• Saving The Tortoise - desert tortoise conservation in the southwestern deserts
• Twinning in desert tortoises
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

Gopherus berlandieri, Texas tortoise

• Differentiating Desert and Texas Tortoises
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

Gopherus evgoodei, Goode's thornscrub tortoise

• The Sinaloan Desert Tortoise

Gopherus morafkai, Morafka's, or Sonoran desert tortoise

• The Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus, Gopher tortoise

• Gopherus polyphemus, Gopher tortoise
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease - Mycoplasma Specialist Professor Mary Brown Interviewed
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

• Graptemys barbouri, Barbour's map turtle
• Graptemys flavimaculata, Yellow-blotched map turtle
• Graptemys oculifera, Ringed map turtle
• Graptemys caglei, Cagle's map turtle
• Graptemys geographica, Northern Map Turtle

• Homopus signatus, Speckled tortoise
• Hydromedusa tectifera, Argentine snake-necked turtle

• Indotestudo elongata, Elongated tortoise 

• Kinixys belliana nogueyi, Western hinge-back tortoise

• Macroclemys temminckii, Alligator snapping turtle
• Malaclemys terrapin

Malacochersus tornieri, Pancake tortoise

• The pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri
• What's In a Name - Malacochersus

Manouria emys, Asian brown tortoise

• Management and Breeding in Captivity
• Manouria emys, Asian brown tortoise
• Manouria impressa, Impressed tortoise

Platemys – Trionyx

• Platemys platycephala, Twist-necked turtle
• Pseudemys concinna, River cooter

• Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, Mexican wood turtle

Terrapene genus, North American box turtles

• Box turtle care-sheet
• Exploitation in the pet trade
• U. S. box turtles
• Terrapene carolina bauri, Florida box turtle
• Terrapene carolina carolina, Eastern box turtle
• Terrapene carolina major, Gulf Coast box turtle
• Terrapene carolina triunguis, Three-toed box turtle
• Terrapene carolina yucatana, Yucatan box turtle
• Terrapene ornata, Ornate box turtle

• Testudo graeca, Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
• Testudo hermanni, Hermann's tortoise
• Testudo horsfieldii, Russian tortoise
• Testudo horsfieldii, Russian tortoise: see Agrionemys horsfieldii

Testudo kleinmanni, Egyptian tortoise

• An Annotated Bibliography of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet 1883
• Testudo kleinmanni, Notes on Captive Husbandry
• The plight of the Egyptian tortoise
• What's In a Name - Testudo kleinmanni

• Trachemys scripta elegans, Red-eared slider
• Trionyx species, see Apalone