IUCN/SSC
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
The Mission of the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
is to identify and document threats to the survival of all species of tortoises and freshwater turtles, and to help catalyze conservation action to ensure that none become extinct and that sustainable populations of all species persist in the wild
Tortoises in the Mist
(Galapagos giant tortoises, Chelonoidis nigra vicina, on the rim of Volcan Alcedo, Galápagos; photo by Peter C.H. Pritchard)
(Banner photo: Malayan snail-eating turtle, Malayemys macrocephala, from Thailand; photo by Peter Paul van Dijk)







