California Turtle and Tortoise Club

Chelonian Archives

Articles on the captive husbandry, conservation and biology of specific species of turtle and tortoise from California Turtle and Tortoise Club publications.

All articles copyright © CTTC.

The list is available alphabetized by scientific or by common name.

African spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata Living with sulcata (I) Living with sulcata (II) Living with sulcata (III) One Day... (On feeding sulcata) Bob & Barbara Jamison interviewed

Alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii

Angonoka, Geochelone yniphora

Argentine snake-necked turtle, Hydromedusa tectifera

Asian or Burmese brown tortoise, Manouria emys Management and Breeding in Captivity Manouria emys, Asian brown tortoise

Australian red-bellied short-necked turtle, Emydura subglobosa

Australian snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis

Barbour's map turtle, Graptemys barbouri

Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii

Bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergii The bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergii Captive husbandry at Zoo Atlanta

Box turtles, North American Terrapene Box turtle care-sheet Exploitation in the pet trade U. S. box turtles

Cagle's map turtle, Graptemys caglei

Central American wood turtle, Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Chinese box turtle, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata

Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii Desert tortoise care-sheet Desert tortoise conservation Desert tortoise registration program "How Old Is My Tortoise?" and Other Desert Tortoise Questions 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 Twinning in desert tortoises Upper Respiratory Tract Disease What's In a Name - Gopherus

Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin

Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina

Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni 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

Elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata

European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis

Florida box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri

Fly River turtle, Carettochelys insculpta

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

Giant Asian river turtle, Batagur baska

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

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas Chelonia mydas, Green sea turtle Joanne Pettigrew & Malama na Honu

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major

Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni

Hinge-backed tortoise, Kinixys belliana nogueyi

Impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa

Leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis

Map turtles, Graptemys sp.

Matamata, Chelus fimbriatus

Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca

Ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata

Pacific pond turtle, Actinemys (= Emys, Clemmys) marmorata

Painted batagur, Callagur borneoensis

Painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

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

Pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta

Ploughshare tortoise, Geochelone yniphora

Radiated tortoise, Geochelone radiata

Red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans

Red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria Red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria Differentiating red- and yellow-footed tortoises

Reeves' turtle, Chinemys reevesii

Ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera

River cooter, Pseudemys concinna

Russian tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii

Softshell turtles, Apalone (Trionyx) sp.

Snapping turtles Alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Speckled tortoise, Homopus signatus

Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri Differentiating Desert and Texas Tortoises What's In a Name - Gopherus

Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis

Twist-necked turtle, Platemys platycephala

Western pond turtle, Actinemys (= Emys, Clemmys) marmorata

Wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta

Yellow-blotched map turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata

Yellow-footed tortoise, Geochelone denticulata

Yucatan box turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana