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 and Tortoise Club
	Florida Turtle Conservation Trust
	Gopher Tortoise Council
	Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society
	Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society, Baltimore, MD
	National Turtle and Tortoise Society (Phoenix, Arizona)
	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 Survival Alliance
	Turtle and Tortoise Society of Charleston
	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
	Ontario Turtle & Tortoise Society
	SOPTOM, Le Village des Tortues
	Swiss Turtle and Tortoise Interest Group
	Testudinum Societas Cataloniae
	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
	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 in Arizona
	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)
	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
	Marine Turtle Conservation Program, South Carolina
	Marine Turtle Research Group
	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, 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)
	Sea Turtles - World Ocean Observatory
	The Turtle Hospital
	Tortugas Marinas/ (Canary Islands)
	Turtle Trax - A Sea Turtle Page
	VIDEO Turtles in Trouble: You can make a difference!
	Turtles, Florida Marine Research Institute
	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)
	Sandalwood High School Gopher Tortoise
	Tartoombria - Turtles in Umbria, Italy
	Texas Tortoise
	Tortoise Centre Waterland (Holland)

Water Turtles

	Alabama Red-belly Turtle, USFWS
	Australian Long-necked Tortoise Chelodina longicollis
	Carettochelys and Emydura Australasian Turtles
	Mississippi Map Turtle
	Northern Redbelly Cooter (Plymouth Redbelly Turtle)
	Red-eared Slider, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
	Sternotherus odoratus Stinkpot
	Western Pond Turtle Clemmys 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
	Status of Amphibian and Reptile Populations in Canada
	Ecology of Turtles (Peter A. Meylan and Eric Ganko)
	Indian Ocean - South East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding
	Shellshock - EAZA Turtle and Tortoise Campaign 2004/5
	Herptox - Effects of environmental contaminants on reptiles and amphibians
	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
	EMBL Reptile Database
	EMYSystem -- Iverson's Checklist On-line
	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
	Fossil Forms, Tree of Life Project
	Testudines (Turtles), Tree of Life Project.
	The Complete Chelonian Taxonomy List
	Turtles of the World -- the CD ROM -- now on line
	Catalogue of Life
	Integrated Taxonomic Information System
	Wikispecies

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
	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
	HerpLit
	Herpetologic@l Index
	Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta and fossils in the genus Caretta
	Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma Bibliography
	Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
	Western Pond Turtle

United States

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

U.S. States & Regions

	Alabama - Checklist of Reptiles and Amphibians
	Alaska - Turtles, Alaska Dept. Fish and Game
	Arizona Tucson Area Reptiles | Herps of the Arizona Strip
	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 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
	Reptile line drawings, USFWS
	Stock Images of Turtles
	The Turtle Gallery, CTTC
	Turtle Collection (Wayne State University)
	Turtles in Trouble: You can make a difference! VIDEO
	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)
	Why Some Turtles Have Smooth Shells Creek folk tale

	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
	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
	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
	Carrollwood Day School - Watch a Chicken Turtle Hatch
	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
	Mertle's Home Page
	Misty Corton's Care Center
	The North Carolina Turtle Swamp
	No Turtles! - Organization against import of turtles to Europe
	Robyn's Turtle Pond
	Schildkroeten - Testudo (Austrian site in German)
	Sea Turtles of Uruguay (Spanish)
	Slowcoach Tortoise Site
	Soul Tones Box Turtle Pages
	Stichting Schildpad - Foundation Turtle (Dutch)
	Sulcata Station
	Susan & Marshall Tellem's American Tortoise Rescue
	TBOB's Tortoise Page
	Tess Cook's Box Turtle Care and Conservation Web Page
	Testudo kleinmanni, Cairo American College
	The Tlady's Hiding Place!
	The Turtle Guy, Salvatore Santelli
	The Turtle Stop
	Tortoise Land
	Turtle in Space, Hubble Telescope Image