CTTC Links

Comprehensive Guide to Turtle & Tortoise Resources

California Turtle & Tortoise Club's guide to turtle and tortoise resources

United States

	California Turtle & Tortoise Club
	Chicago Turtle Club
	Desert Tortoise Council
	Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
	Florida Turtle Conservation Trust
	Gopher Tortoise Council
	Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society
	Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society, Baltimore, MD
	New York Turtle and Tortoise Society
	Reno Tur-Toise Club
	Rio Grande Turtle & Tortoise Club, New Mexico
	Sacramento Turtle and Tortoise Club
	San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society
	Seattle Turtle and Tortoise Club
	Tortoise Group, Las Vegas, Nevada
	Turtle and Tortoise Club of Florida
	Turtle and Tortoise Society of Charleston
	Turtle Survival Alliance
	World Chelonian Trust

International

	Asian Turtle Conservation Network
	ISV - International Turtle Association, Austrian Turtle Society
	British Chelonia Group
	Chelonian Research Foundation
	Dutch Turtle & Tortoise Society
	German Turtle Specialist Group
	Irish Association of Tortoise Keepers
	Tarta Club Italia
	SOPTOM, Le Village des Tortues
	Swiss Turtle and Tortoise Interest Group
	Tortoise Trust (UK)

CTTC Chapters

	Contacting CTTC Chapters and Branches
	Cen-Val Chapter (Fresno)
	Chino Valley Chapter
	Foothill Chapter (Pasadena)
	High Desert Chapter (Victorville/Apple Valley)
	Inland Empire Chapter
	Kern County Chapter (Bakersfield)
	Low Desert Chapter (Palm Springs area)
	Orange County Chapter
	San Fernando Valley Chapter
	Silicon Valley Chapter
	Santa Barbara Chapter
	TOOSLO Chapter
	Turtle & Tortoise Care Society Chapter (Long Beach)

Box Turtles

	Box Turtle Conservation Committee
	The Asian Box Turtles
	The Desert Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola

Desert Tortoise

	Desert Tortoise Conservation Synopsis
	Desert Tortoise Council
	Desert Tortoise, USFWS
	Desert Tortoise, USFWS Nevada Office
	Desert Tortoise Management, Arizona Game and Fish
	Desert Tortoise Research, WERC
	The Mojave Desert Tortoise
	Desert Tortoise Ecology - Mojave Desert Tortoise GATF Project
	FWS Desert Tortoise (Mojave Population) Recovery Plan, 1994 (warning! this is a 25 Mb pdf file)
	Gopherus agassizii - NatureServe

Giant Tortoises

	Aldabra Tortoise from Sea World's Animal Bytes
	Charles Darwin Research Station Restoring the Galapagos tortoises
	Galapagos Giant Tortoise, AMNH
	Seychelles Granitic Island Tortoises "Extinct" giants rediscovered!
	Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 17, Galapagos Archipelago by C. Darwin

Sea Turtles

	Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research
	Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Marine Turtle in Southern Baja
	Caribbean Conservation Corporation/Sea Turtle Survival League
	Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention (1990)
	Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative - ICAPO
	EuroTurtle, Mediterranean Sea Turtle Conservation
	Folly Beach Turtle Watch
	Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
	25th International Sea Turtle Symposium Abstracts
	Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
	Leatherback Sea Turtle, AMNH
	Leatherback.org
	Malama na Honu
	Marine Turtle Conservation Program, South Carolina
	Marine Turtle Research Group
	Marine Turtle Specialist Group-IUCN
	Marine Turtles in Australia
	Olive Ridley Satellite Tracking
	Orientation and Navigation Behavior of Sea Turtles
	Parismina Turtle Commission
	PRETOMA, Costa Rica
	Project Tamar (Brazil)
	propenisular.org - Baja California
	Red Sea Turtle Project - Egypt
	SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program
	Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias
	Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking
	Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
	Seaturtle.org
	Sea Turtles Forever
	Sea Turtles, National Marine Fisheries Service
	Sea Turtle Recovery Plans (pdf format), National Marine Fisheries Service
	Sea Turtle Program, Texas A&M
	Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking Education Program, CCC
	Sea Turtles of the Paria Peninsular (English & Spanish versions)
	The Turtle Hospital
	Tortugas Marinas (Canary Islands)
	Turtle Trax - A Sea Turtle Page
	VIDEO Turtles in Trouble: You can make a difference!
	Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop

Tortoises

	Homopus Research Foundation Homopus s. signatus and H. areolatus
	Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus
	The Gopher Tortoise: A Species in Decline
	Radiated Tortoise (in french)
	Tartoombria - Turtles in Umbria, Italy
	Texas Tortoise
	Tortoise Centre Waterland (Holland)

Water Turtles

	Alabama Red-belly Turtle, USFWS
	Carettochelys and Emydura Australasian Turtles
	Mississippi Map Turtle
	Northern Redbelly Cooter (Plymouth Redbelly Turtle)
	Red-eared Slider, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
	Southwestern Pond Turtle Project, Kern River Preserve
	Sternotherus odoratus Stinkpot
	Western Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata marmorata
	Western Pond Turtle Bibliography
	Western Pond Turtle in the Mojave River
	Western Pond Turtle Natural History
	Western Pond Turtle Project, Washington State
	Western Pond Turtle Recovery Plan, Washington
	Western Pond Turtle, SDMNH
	Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina
	Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina, Perth Zoo
	Yellow Mud Turtle, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife

Turtle Anatomy and Physiology

	Anatomy of Sea Turtles
	Environmental determinants of reproductive output in the desert tortoise
	Physiology, Ecology, and Conservation of Turtles (Peter A. Meylan and Eric Ganko)
	Role of Estrogen in Turtle Sex Determination
	Temperature variation and sex determination in reptilia by Pieau, C., Girondot, M., et al.

Turtle Conservation and Ecology

	Ashton Biodiversity Research & Preservation Institute, Inc.
	Asian Scholarship Program for in-situ Chelonian Conservation
	Asian Turtle Conservation Network
	Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises
	Canada Amphibian and Reptile Population Status
	Ecology of Turtles (Peter A. Meylan and Eric Ganko)
	Herptox - Effects of environmental contaminants on reptiles and amphibians
	Indian Ocean - South East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding
	Lake Jackson Turtle Ecopassage
	Legislation regulating the release of balloons
	Oil and Sea Turtles: Biology, Planning, and Response
	Terrapin Institute

Desert Tortoise Conservation

	California Desert Managers Groups - Documents
	Center for Biological Diversity - Desert Tortoise
	Desert Tortoise Council
	Desert Tortoise Recovery Office, USFWS
	Desert Tortoise Threats Maps
	Energy Development - California Desert Coalition
	Energy Development - No On Greenpath North!
	Saving the Tortoise, CTTC
	Tortoise Consortium

Turtles and Global Climate Change

	Adaptation to Climate Change in Marine Turtles
	Turtles and Global Climate Change

Turtle Fossils, Evolution, Taxonomy and Phylogeny

	Chelonian Research Institute
	Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, And Crocodilians. Sixth Edition (2009) By Collins and Taggart
	EMYSystem -- Iverson's Checklist On-line
	Fossil Forms, Tree of Life Project
	The Fossil Turtles of Hagerman
	Relationships of Testudines to Other Amniotes
	Integrated Taxonomic Information System
	International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
	Introduction to Anapsida - Turtles and Their Kin University of California Museum of Paleontology
	Introduction to Chelonia - The "Crown Group" Turtles University of California Museum of Paleontology
	Introduction to Testudines - The Turtles University of California Museum of Paleontology
	Online Taxonomic and Geographic Turtle, Tuatara, Crocodile Checklist
	Order Testudines; The Animal Diversity Web
	Phylogeny of Turtles - Eugene S. Gaffney
	Testudines (Turtles), Tree of Life Project.
	The Complete Chelonian Taxonomy List
	THE TIGR REPTILE DATABASE
	Turtles of the World -- the CD ROM -- now on line
	Catalogue of Life
	Integrated Taxonomic Information System
	Wikispecies
	ZooBank - Prototype Online Registry for Zoological Nomenclature

Turtle Molecular biology

	Green Sea Turtle DNA Sequences
	Loggerhead Sea Turtle DNA Sequences

	Dermex Trials Against Fibropapilloma in Green Sea Turtles
	Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma Bibliography
	Mycoplasmosis and Respiratory Tract Disease in Tortoises Research Papers
	Turtle/Tortoise Health Information From CTTC

	An Annotated Bibliography of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni
	A Searchable Bibliography of the Herpetofauna of Florida
	Bibliography of the Herpetofauna of Florida
	Cape Verde Sea Turtle References
	HerpLit
	Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta and fossils in the genus Caretta
	Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma Bibliography
	Sea Turtle Documents and Publications
	Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
	Western Pond Turtle

United States

	CNAH State Checklists for North American Herpetofauna
	Neartica Checklist of North American Turtles
	U.S. Turtle Species (CNAAR)
	US Nonindigenous Aquatic Reptiles, US Geological Survey

U.S. States & Regions

	Alabama - Checklist of Reptiles and Amphibians
	Alaska - Turtles, Alaska Dept. Fish and Game
	Arizona Tucson Area Reptiles
	Arkansas - Reptiles of Arkansas
	California Turtles List
	Colorado Turtles
	Amphibians and Reptiles of Connecticut
	Florida - Checklist of Florida Amphibians and Reptiles
	Georgia - Reptiles of Georgia
	Idaho Reptile Checklist
	Illinois - Reptiles & Amphibians of Illinois
	Indiana - Reptiles, Amphibians and Mammals of Indiana
	Iowa Herpetology
	Kansas Reptiles and Amphibians
	Kentucky - Turtles of Kentucky
	Louisiana - Turtles of of Louisiana | Rare Species Checklist
	Maine Turtle Species
	Maryland Reptiles
	Massachusetts, State Reptiles & Amphibians List
	Michigan's Turtles
	Turtles Of Minnesota
	Mississippi Reptiles
	Missouri's Turtles | Missouri's Two Box Turtles
	Nevada, Checklist of Native Reptiles
	New Hampshire Vertebrates
	New Jersey - Reptiles of New Jersey
	New Mexico Turtles list | New Mexico Reptile and Amphibian Species List
	New York Turtles, NYSDEC
	North Carolina Turtles
	North Dakota - Turtles of North Dakota
	Ohio Reptiles
	Oklahoma, Amphibians and Reptiles of Oklahoma
	Oregon - Checklist to the Amphibians and Reptiles in Oregon
	South Carolina - Turtles Found in South Carolina
	South Dakota - Reptiles and Amphibians of South Dakota
	Texas Reptiles | Herps of Texas - Turtles
	Turtles of Virginia
	Utah - Reptiles
	Washington - Reptiles of Washington
	West Virginia, Turtles of West Virginia
	Wisconsin Herpetological Atlas

International

	Australia - List of Australian Turtles
	Reptiles of Baja California, SDNHM
	Nova Scotia - Turtles of Nova Scotia
	Turtles Of The World

	Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention (1990)
	Fossil Turtle Newsletter
	Herpetological Conservation and Biology
	Journal of Chelonian Conservation and Biology

	Manouria (in french)
	Purchase, New York, Symposium Proceedings
	Thomas Bell: A Monograph of the Testudinata
	Tortoise Tracks (DTPC)
	The Tortuga Gazette
	Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter

	Australian Turtle Photo Index
	Helen Cain's CTTC Show Albums
	Reptile line drawings, USFWS
	Stock Images of Turtles
	The Turtle Gallery, CTTC
	Turtle Collection (Wayne State University)
	Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins (Mike Pingleton)

	CTTC Adoption and Rescue Programs
	New England Amphibian & Reptile Rescue
	Turtle Homes

Raising food for your turtles; Determine the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables in your turtle's diets.

	Raising Snails
	Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
	Food Composition Data, USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory
	Nutrition Analysis Tool
	Oxalic Acid Content of Selected Vegetables
	Wild Edible Plant Nutrition

	A World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps
	An Ancient Tortoise From Aegina
	Sea Turtle Postage Stamps of the World
	Turtle Phonecards
	The Desert Tortoise and Early Peoples of the Western Deserts
	The Turtle in Native American Mythology
	Turtles and Tortoises on Coins and Papermoney
	Turtle's Phonecards - Andrea Cirmi (Italian)

	Desert Tortoise Natural Area
	Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
	SEE Turtles Project

	Subscribe to CTTC_Turtle_And_Tortoise_List
	CCC/Sea Turtle Survival League E-mail list
	CTURTLE Sea turtle list serve
	The Sea Turtle Activist-EcoTeach Foundation
	Tortoise Consortium - Desert Tortoise Conservation
	Tortoiseforum.org
	Tortoise Forum (on Kingsnake.com)
	Tortoisefriends (UK)
	Turtle Forum (on Kingsnake.com)
	Turtle-L The Turtle Discussion List

	CTTC Links; Search CTTC Site
	Herplit Database - 50,000 herpetology literature citations
	Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
	Seaturtle.org's Links Pages
	The Turtle Portal
	Turtle Search (German)
	Turtle Times
	Google Scholar

Sites listed below have turtles and tortoises as a major focus. There are thousands of other general reptile sites available that may provide some turtle and tortoise information. Go to General Herpetology for sites with extensive links to general reptile sites.

	A Cupulatta - La cité des Tortues
	allthesea - Sea Turtles
	American Tortoise Rescue
	Angonoka
	Arcadia Project, Trachemys scripta elegans (Italian)
	Basil the Red Foot Tortoise
	Bill's Eastern Box Turtles
	British Association of Tortoise Keepers
	Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd, Turtle Culture
	cheloniophilie.com
	Clemmys.de
	Confessions of a Turtle Wife
	CRARC - Catalonia Center for Reptile and Amphibian Rehabilitation
	Darrell Senneke's Hatchling Haven Web Page
	Dave McShaffrey's Box Turtle Observation Project
	David T. Kirkpatrick - Turtle Stuff
	Desert Tortoise, DesertUSA
	d.k zelva turtle (Czech Republic)
	The Egyptian Tortoise
	Harpo & Friends
	Indiana Turtle Care
	Jamina's Sea Turtle Pages
	Jamina's Hudson River Terrapin Project
	Janice's Turtle Pond
	La Casa Della Testudo hermanni (Italian)
	Mary Hopson's Turtle Puddle
	Maryland State Reptile - Diamondback Terrapin
	Mellissa Kaplan's Herp Care Site
	Misty Corton's Care Center
	MojaveMax.com
	No Turtles! - Organization against import of turtles to Europe
	Pet Turtles and More - Blog
	Robyn's Turtle Pond
	schildkroete.zanzaa.at (Extensive site in German)
	Schildkroeten - Testudo (Austrian site in German)
	Slowcoach Tortoise Site
	Soul Tones Box Turtle Pages
	Stichting Schildpad - Foundation Turtle (Dutch)
	Sulcata Station
	Tess Cook's Box Turtle Care and Conservation Web Page
	Testudo kleinmanni, Cairo American College
	The Tlady's Hiding Place!
	Tortoise-Aid
	Tortoise Land
	Turtle in Space, Hubble Telescope Image
	Turtle Net
	Turtle Tails
	Turtley Awesome, Mall of America
	Valerie Haecky's Turtle Information Pages

There are many excellent general herpetological sites. The sites below have links to many of these including local Herpetological Societies, national organizations and other potential sources of information.

	American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
	Association Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, ARAV
	Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH)
	Contemporary Herpetology
	Encyclopedia of Life
	Herpetological Conservation and Biology
	Herpetological Societies
	Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America
	NetVet - Reptile Home Page
	PARC, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
	Reptile and Amphibian Captive Breeding and Longevity Records
	Reptile and Amphibian Pesticide Database
	Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, SSAR
	Australian Herpetological Society
	The Hepetologists League

	1986 Ohio Turtle-Associated Salmonellosis Case, CDC
	Pet Turtles: Cute But Contaminated with Salmonella, CDC
	Reptile-Associated Salmonellosis, 1996-1998, CDC
	Reporting Illegal Turtle Sales To FDA
	Salmonellosis, General Information
	Turtle-Associated Salmonellosis in Humans, United States, 2006-2007

	Building a Biofilter
	Pond Expert (uk)

	Effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States, USDA CCSP Report
	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
	National Climatic Data Center Interactive site for US and global climate data.
	National Weather Service, NOAA
	Weather Underground
	Western Regional Climate Center Western US with links to world weather sites.
	World Climate: Weather, rainfall and temperature data
	www.climate-zone.com

	AZA, American Zoo & Aquarium Association
	European Studbook Foundation
	EAZA
	ISIS (International Species Information System)
	The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum, Singapore

Desert Conservation

	BLM, California Desert District
	Desert Report
	California Desert Conservation Area planning
	Center for Biological Diversity
	Fort Irwin National Training Center Proposed Expansion
	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
	Mojave National Preserve
	National Public Lands Grazing Campaign
	National Public Lands News
	Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
	Western Watersheds Project
	West Mojave Plan Information Page

General Conservation & Environment

	Audubon Society
	CITES
	Defenders of Wildlife
	EDGE of Existence Programme
	Endangered Species Coalition
	Endangered Species International
	Environment Now
	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
	Living On Earth, National Public Radio
	Natural Resources Defense Council
	Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
	Sierra Club
	The Nature Conservancy
	Traffic Monitoring the world's wildlife trade
	Western Watersheds Project
	Wildcoast
	World Wildlife Fund

	CalPhotos
	The CalFlora Database
	CalPhotos: Plants
	California Native Plant Society
	Theodore Payne Foundation
	The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany (Biosciences)
	Cornell University Poisonous Plants Database

	Cornell University Poisonous Plants Database
	CTTC Poisonous Plants List

	National Wildlife Health Center
	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service World Wide Web Site
	Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Home Page
	Endangered Species Home Page, U.S.F.W.S.
	PARKNET: The National Park Service
	US National Parks (NPS) Flora and Fauna Database
	USFWS Import/Export information
	Wildlife Interest Group, American Society of International Law

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