California Turtle & Tortoise Club

Turtle & Tortoise Organizations

United States | International
CTTC Chapters

United States

• California Turtle & Tortoise Club
• Center for North American Herpetology's North American Chelonian Organizations
• Desert Tortoise Council
• Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
• Florida Turtle Conservation Trust
• Gopher Tortoise Council
• Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society
• Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society, Baltimore, MD
• New York Turtle and Tortoise Society
• 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 Conservancy
• Turtle and Tortoise Club of Florida
• Turtle and Tortoise Society of Charleston
• Turtle Survival Alliance
• World Chelonian Trust

International

• Asian Turtle Conservation Network
• ISV – International Turtle Association, Austrian Turtle Society
• British Chelonia Group
• Chelonian Research Foundation
• Irish Association of Tortoise Keepers
• Tarta Club Italia
• SOPTOM, Le Village des Tortues (in French)
• Swiss Turtle and Tortoise Interest Group
• Tortoise Trust (UK)

CTTC Chapters

• Contacting CTTC Chapters and Branches
• Chino Chapter (Chino Valley)
• Foothill Chapter (Pasadena)
• High Desert Chapter (Victorville/Apple Valley)
• Inland Empire Chapter (Riverside/San Bernardino)
• Kern County Chapter (Bakersfield)
• Low Desert Chapter (Palm Springs area)
• Orange County Chapter
• Ridgecrest Chapter
• Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
• Santa Clarita Chapter
• TOOSLO Chapter (San Luis Obispo) – the website is temporarily down.
• Turtle & Tortoise Care Society Chapter (Long Beach)
• Valley Chapter (San Fernando Valley)

Turtle/Tortoise Genera: Species-specific Sites

Box Turtles

• Box Turtles
• Box Turtle Conservation Committee
• Eastern Box Turtle Field Observations
• Shell Coloration Development
• The Asian Box Turtles
• The Desert Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola

Desert Tortoises

• The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group
• A 150-year-old NEW Species of Gopherus:Gopherus morafkai
• Desert Tortoise Conservation Synopsis
• Desert Tortoise Council
• Desert Tortoise, US Fish and Wildlife Service/Nevada office
• Desert Tortoise Management, Arizona Game and Fish Department
• Desert Tortoise Ecology, Health, Habitat, and Conservation Biology – Western Ecological Research Center
• The Mojave Desert Tortoise – National Park Service
• 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 Galápagos tortoises)
• Galápagos Conservancy
• Galápagos Giant Tortoise, AMNH
• Seychelles Granitic Island Tortoises ("Extinct" giants rediscovered!)
• Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 17, Galápagos Archipelago by Charles Darwin

Sea Turtles

• Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research
• Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Marine Turtle in Southern Baja
• Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention (Free PDF download)
• Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative - ICAPO
• Folly Beach Turtle Watch
• Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, Costa Rica
• Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research (Texas A&M University)
• Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtle Network
• Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles
• International Sea Turtle Society
• International Sea Turtle Symposium Abstracts: 1988 to the present
• Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
• Leatherback Sea Turtle, AMNH
• Leatherback.org
• Malama na Honu
• Marine Turtle Conservation Program, South Carolina
• Marine Turtle Research Group
• Marine Turtle Specialist Group-IUCN
• Marine Turtles in Australia
• Olive Ridley Satellite Tracking
• Orientation and Open-Sea Navigation in Sea Turtles
• Parismina Turtle Commission
• PRETOMA, Costa Rica
• Project Tamar (Brazil)
• Qatar's Marine Turtles
• SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program
• Sea Turtle Conservancy (formerly Caribbean Conservation Corporation)
• Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking
• Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
• Seaturtle.org
• Sea Turtles Forever
• Sea Turtles, National Marine Fisheries Service
• Marine Turtle Recovery Plans (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking
• Research and Conservation of Endangered Sea Turtles of the Paria Peninsula (Rufford Foundation)
• The Turtle Hospital
• Tortugas Marinas (Canary Islands)
• Turtle Trax – A Sea Turtle Page
• Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research and Management Workshop
• Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network

Tortoises

• Dwarf Tortoise Conservation (Chersobius and Homopus species)
• Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus
• Ojai Sulcata Project
• The Gopher Tortoise: A Species in Decline
• Radiated Tortoise (in French)
• Russian Tortoise
• Tartoombria - Turtles in Umbria, Italy
• Texas Tortoise
• Tortoise Centre Waterland (Holland)

Water Turtles

• Alabama Red-belly Turtle (Alabama Forestry Commission)
• Carettochelys and Emydura, Australasian Turtles
• Mississippi Map Turtle
• Red-bellied Turtle
• Red-eared Slider, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
• Southwestern Pond Turtle Project, Kern River Preserve
• Stinkpot Turtle (Common Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus)
• Western Pond Turtle, Actinemys marmorata marmorata (USFWS)
• Western Pond Turtle Bibliography
• Western Pond Turtle in the Mojave River (US Geological Survey)
• Western Pond Turtle Natural History
• Western Pond Turtle Project, Washington State
• Western Pond Turtle, SDMNH
• Western Pond Turtle (Stanford University Conservation Program)
• Western Swamp Tortoise, Pseudemydura umbrina
• Western Swamp Tortoise, Pseudemydura umbrina, Perth Zoo
• Yellow Mud Turtle, Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife

Turtle and Tortoise Biology

Turtle Anatomy and Physiology

• Anatomy of Sea Turtles
• Geographic variation and 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-Dependent Sex Determination in Reptiles
• 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 Program
• Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises
• A Review of the Status of Canada's Amphibian and Reptile Species (Robert Alvo and Michael J. Oldham)
• Ecology of Turtles (Peter A. Meylan and Eric Ganko)
• Indian Ocean - South East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding
• Lake Jackson Turtle Ecopassage
• Legislation regulating the release of balloons
• Oil and Sea Turtles: Biology, Planning, and Response
• Terrapin Institute

Desert Tortoise Conservation

• Desert Managers Group
• Center for Biological Diversity - Desert Tortoise
• Desert Tortoise Council
• Desert Tortoise Recovery Program, 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 Phylogenys

• Chelonian Research Foundation
• Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, And Crocodilians. Fifth Edition (2009) (Collins and Taggart)
• EMYSystem — Iverson's Checklist On-line
• Fossil Forms, Tree of Life Project
• 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
• Phylogeny of Turtles – Eugene S. Gaffney
• Testudines (Turtles), Tree of Life Project
• The Complete Chelonian Taxonomy List
• The TIGR Reptile Database
• Turtles of the World
• Catalogue of Life
• Wikispecies
• ZooBank - Prototype Online Registry for Zoological Nomenclature

Turtle Molecular Biology

• Green Sea Turtle and Loggerhead Sea Turtle DNA Sequences

Turtle and Tortoise Health

• Dermex Trials Against Fibropapilloma in Green Sea Turtles
• Gopher Tortoise Health Working Group
• Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma Bibliography
• Mycoplasmosis and Respiratory Tract Disease in Tortoises Research Papers
• Turtle/Tortoise Health Information From CTTC

Chelonian Bibliographies

• An Annotated Bibliography of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni
• Cape Verde Sea Turtle References
• Indexed Bibliography of the Herpetofauna of Florida
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta and fossils in the genus Caretta
• Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma Bibliography
• Sea Turtle Documents and Publications
• Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
• Western Pond Turtle
• Zen Scientist

Turtle Checklists by State or Region

United States | International

United States

• U.S. Turtle Species (CNAAR)
• US Nonindigenous Aquatic Reptiles, US Geological Survey

U.S. States and Regions

• Alabama Reptiles – Turtles
• Alaska – Turtles, Alaska Dept. Fish and Game
• Arizona – Reptiles and Amphibians
• Arkansas – Herps of Arkansas: Turtles
• California Turtles List
• Turtles of Colorado
• Connecticut Turtles
• Florida – Checklist of Florida Amphibians and Reptiles
• Turtles of Georgia
• Idaho Turtles
• Reptiles & Amphibians of Illinois
• Indiana Reptiles
• Iowa Reptiles and Amphibians
• Kansas Amphibians, Turtles, and Lizards
• Kentucky – Amphibians and Reptiles
• Turtles of Louisiana | Rare Species Checklist
• Maine Turtle Species
• Maryland Reptiles
• Massachusetts – Turtles of Massachusetts
• Michigan's Turtles
• Turtles Of Minnesota
• Turtles of Missouri
• Nevada – Native Species Information
• New England States – Turtle Conservation Project
• New Hampshire Reptiles and Amphibians
• New Jersey Reptiles
• Turtles of New Mexico
• New York Turtles, NYSDEC
• North Carolina Turtles
• North Dakota – Amphibians and Reptiles of North Dakota
• Turtles of Ohio
• Oklahoma Turtles
• Turtles of Oregon
• South Carolina – Turtles Found in South Carolina
• South Dakota Reptiles and Amphibians
• Texas Reptiles
• Turtles of Virginia
• Washington State Reptiles
• West Virginia Turtles
• Herps of Wisconsin

International

• Australia – List of Australian Turtles
• Indian Ocean Tortoise Alliance (IOTA)
• Reptiles of Baja California, SDNHM
• Nova Scotia – Turtles of Nova Scotia
• Turtles Of The World

Turtle and Tortoise Publications and Media

• Decline of the Sea Turtles: Causes and Prevention (1990) (download PDF or purchase paperback)
• Herpetological Conservation and Biology
• Journal of Chelonian Conservation and Biology
• Purchase, New York, Symposium Proceedings
• Thomas Bell: A Monograph of the Testudinata
• Tortoise Tracks (DTPC)
• The Tortuga Gazette

Turtle and Tortoise Adoptions and Rescues

• CTTC Adoption Programs
• Reptile Rescue Network

Food and Nutrition Sites

Raising food for your turtles; determining the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables in your turtle's diets.

• Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• Oxalic Acid Content of Vegetables
• Snail Cultivation - Heliciculture

Turtles in Human Art and Culture

• A World-Wide List of Turtles and Tortoises on Stamps
• The Turtle in Native American Mythology
• Turtle's Phonecards - Andrea Cirmi (in Italian)

Turtle Tourism / Seeing Turtles in the Wild

• Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area
• EcoTeach Foundation
• Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
• SEE Turtles Project

Turtle Listserves / Internet Chat / Mailing Lists

• CTTC Email Listserve
• CCC/Sea Turtle Survival League Email list
• CTURTLE (sea turtle list serve)
• Tortoise Consortium - Desert Tortoise Conservation
• Tortoiseforum.org
• Tortoise Forum (on Kingsnake.com)
• Tortoisefriends (UK)
• Turtle Forum (on Kingsnake.com)
• Turtle-L The Turtle Discussion List

Turtle and Tortoise Search Engines, Portals and Directories

• CTTC Links | Search CTTC Site
• Sea Turtle Online Bibliography
• Seaturtle.org's Links Pages
• The Turtle Portal
• Turtle Times
• Google Scholar

Turtle and Tortoise Web Pages

Sites listed below have turtles and tortoises as a major focus. There are thousands of other general reptile sites that may provide some chelonian information. Go to General Herpetology for sites with extensive links to general reptile sites.

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These web sites are listed for informational purposes only. Opinions expressed are those of the web site owners and do not necessarily represent those of the California Turtle & Tortoise Club, its staff or membership.

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• A Cupulatta – La cité des Tortues (in French)
• allthesea.com – Sea Turtles
• American Tortoise Rescue
• Arcadia Project, Trachemys scripta elegans (in Italian)
• Basil the Red Foot Tortoise
• Bill's Eastern Box Turtles
• Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd, Turtle Culture
• cheloniophilie.com (in French)
• Clemmys.de (in German)
• Confessions of a Turtle Wife
• CRARC - Catalonia Center for Reptile and Amphibian Rehabilitation
• Darrell Senneke's Hatchling Haven Web Page
• Box Turtle Project (Reptile Conservation International)
• Desert Tortoise, DesertUSA
• d.k. zelva turtle (Czech Republic site in Czech and English)
• Don's Desert Tortoises
• The Egyptian Tortoise
• Gea Chelonia Foundation
• Indiana Turtle Care
• Janice's Turtle Pond
• La Casa Della Testudo hermanni (in Italian)
• Mary Hopson's Turtle Puddle
• Maryland State Reptile – Diamondback Terrapin
• Mellissa Kaplan's Herp Care Site
• Misty Corton's Care Center
• MojaveMax.com
• No Turtles! - Organization against import of turtles to Europe
• Ojai Sulcata Project
• Pet Turtles and More - Blog
• Robyn's Turtle Page
• Schildkroeten - Testudo (Austrian site in German)
• Slowcoach Tortoise Site
• Soul Tones Box Turtle Pages
• Stichting Schildpad - Foundation Turtle (in Dutch)
• Sulcata Station Blog
• Box Turtle Care and Conservation Web Page
• Testudo kleinmanni, Cairo American College
• The Tlady's Hiding Place!
• Tortoise Land (in Japanese and English)
• Turtle & Tortoise Rescue of Arroyo Grande [California]
• Turtle in Space: Hubble Telescope Image
• Turtle Net
• Turtle Tails
• V.A. Haecky's Turtle Information Pages

General Herpetology Sites

There are many excellent general herpetological sites. The sites below have links to many of these including local Herpetological Societies, national organizations and other potential sources of information.

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Association Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, ARAV
• Australian Herpetological Society
• Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH)
• Contemporary Herpetology
• Dakota Amphibian and Reptile Network
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Herpetological Conservation and Biology
• Herpetological Societies (national and international)
• The Herpetologists League
• Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America
• NetVet - Reptile Home Page
• PARC, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
• Reptile and Amphibian Captive Breeding and Longevity Records
• Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, SSAR

Salmonella Information

• 1986 Ohio Turtle-Associated Salmonellosis Case, CDC
• Pet Turtles: a Source of Germs– Salmonella Information from USFDA
• Reptile-Associated Salmonellosis, 1996-1998, CDC
• Reporting Illegal Turtle Sales To FDA
• Salmonella Infection
• Turtle-Associated Salmonellosis in Humans, United States, 2006-2007

Ponds and Aquaria

• Homemade Biofilters - DIY
• Pond Expert (UK)
• Sunland Water Gardens

Climate Information

• Effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States, USDA CCSP Report
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• National Center for Environmental Information – Climate Monitoring
• National Weather Service, NOAA
• Weather Underground
• Western Regional Climate Center (Western US with links to world weather sites)
• World Climate: Weather, rainfall and temperature data
• www.climate-zone.com

Animals, Zoos, Collections and Studbooks

• AZA, American Zoo & Aquarium Association
• European Studbook Foundation
• EAZA, European Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• ISIS, International Species Information System
• The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum, Singapore

Conservation and Environment

Desert Conservation | Conservation & Environment

Desert Conservation

• Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District
• Desert Report
• California Desert Conservation Area planning
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Fort Irwin National Training Center Proposed Expansion
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Mojave National Preserve
• National Public Lands Grazing Campaign
• National Public Lands News
• Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
• Western Watersheds Project
• West Mojave Plan Information Page

General Conservation and Environment

• Audubon Society
• CITES
• Conservation International
• Conservation Maven
• Defenders of Wildlife
• EDGE of Existence Programme
• Endangered Species Coalition
• Endangered Species International
• Environment Now
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Living On Earth, National Public Radio
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
• Sierra Club
• The Nature Conservancy
• Traffic (Monitoring the world's wildlife trade)
• Western Watersheds Project
• Wildcoast
• World Wildlife Fund

Plants and Wildflowers

• CalPhotos: Plants
• The CalFlora Database 
• California Native Plant Society
• Theodore Payne Foundation
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany (Biosciences)

Poisonous Plants

• Cornell University Poisonous Plants Database
• CTTC Poisonous Plants List

Government and Law

• National Wildlife Health Center
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service World Wide Web Site
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Home Page
• Endangered Species Home Page, USFWS
• PARKNET: The National Park Service
• US National Parks (NPS) Flora and Fauna Database
• USFWS Import/Export information
• Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy

Last updated:  11-Jul-2023