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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

 

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Tortoises in the Mist
(Galapagos giant tortoises, Chelonoidis vicina, on the rim of Volcan Alcedo, Galápagos; photo by Peter C.H. Pritchard)

 

IUCN/SSC Species-of-the-Day Campaign to Celebrate 2010
The UN-Designated International Year of Biodiversity
Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles Selected for the Campaign



Testudo kleinmanni,
Egyptian Tortoise
(photo by Omar Attum)

 


Pseudemydura umbrina
Western Swamp Turtle
(photo by Gerald Kuchling)

 


Rafetus swinhoei
Yangtze Giant Softshell
(photo by Tim McCormack)

 


Astrochelys yniphora
Ploughshare Tortoise
(photo by Anders Rhodin)

 


Batagur trivittata
Myanmar River Turtle
(photo by Rick Hudson)

 


Chelonoidis (nigra) abingdonii
Pinta Island Tortoise
(photo by Anders Rhodin)
 

 

Click here for the IUCN/SSC Species-of-the-Day Website Link

 

 

 

(Banner photo: Malayan snail-eating turtle, Malayemys macrocephala, from Thailand; photo by Peter Paul van Dijk)