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The Mission of the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG)
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, Ecuador.
Photo by Peter C.H. Pritchard
 


Access the latest updates to our massive
CBFTT Monograph Project:

Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises

843 pages total, 68 separate accounts,
88 species and subspecies covered,
and 5 annual annotated checklists,
by 124 contributing authors

Latest update published online here on
31 December 2012
 


 


Access the latest update of our annual
Checklist of Turtles of the World:

Turtles of the World, 2012 Update:
Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status

by the
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group
of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

6 annual annotated checklists currently available
(5 in the CBFTT monograph project)

Latest update published online here on
31 December 2012
 

 

 

Access the latest quadrennial update to our
"Turtles in Trouble" reports on the
World's 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles:

compiled and published by the
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG)
in collaboration with the
Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF)
and the Turtle Conservation Coalition (TCC)

3 quadrennial Top 25 Lists currently available

Latest update published online here on
14 February 2011
 


 

 


Access the latest updates to our
TFTSG turtle taxonomy literature database:

Turtles of the World:
Online Turtle Taxonomic Literature Database and PDF Library

compiled and collected by the
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group
of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

931 turtle PDF's currently available,

including 711 (95.1%) of 748
primary turtle taxonomic references,

and 220 (74.3%) of 296
secondary turtle taxonomic references
from the CBFTT Checklists

Latest additions posted online here on
17 March 2013

PDF's added in 2013 are marked


 

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