Turtle Facts
for
Serious Consideration
Find
information about:
Turtles,
Tortoises, Terrapins--What's the difference?
Life
of a Turtle, et al.
Taking
Care of Turtles as Pets
Environmental
Concerns
Click
on the following links
to learn
more about the animal
that
carries the world on its back.
The most
comprehensive site
for information
about turtles
is Jeff
Dawson's.
 ©
Click on me.
Box turtles
are widely distributed throughout
the world,
and this next site provides lots of data, care instructions, and pictures
of their species.
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Click on the photo.
You'll find many
links to other sites too!
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A biologist and colleague of mine
recommends this site to visit
on the web and in person.
Another
great page here!
Turtles
and Tortugas by Sara.
Click
on her turtle logo below.
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Ursula
Keuper-Bennett and Peter Bennett
have
created the Turtle Trax pages
to raise
public awareness of marine turtles
and efforts
to protect them.
Please
visit their site to learn more!
The photos
below are used with
the permission
of the folks at
Turtle
Trax.
©  ©
Click either turtle
to go
to Turtle Trax.
European
Turtles
have
a place at Euro Turtle.
To learn
more about them,
click
on their image:
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AN ONLINE
TAXONOMIC
AND GEOGRAPHIC
REFERENCE
Edited
by F. Wayne King
and
Russell L. Burke
An
excellent resource for facts!
 ©
Click on the Sphenodon punctatus
above.
The TORTOISE
TRUST is the world's largest tortoise and turtle organization, with
members
in more than
26 countries.
Click above to go
to the Tortoise Trust website.
© A.C. Highfield
& Tortoise Trust
The Turtleman's
site features
information
about the
Alligator
Snapping Turtle.
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The mission
of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is to educate and help leave our
children with a living planet. It publishes articles to keep the public
informed of recent environmental issues. The article here describes
how Florida's Tortugas Reserve Becomes Nation's Largest No-Fishing
Zone Fishermen.
California
Turtle & Tortoise Club's
World
Wide Web Site
"Dedicated
to turtle &
tortoise
preservation,
conservation,
study
and education,
since
1964."
 ©
Gulf
Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society Home Page
 ©
Click on me to go to the Gulf Coast.
Tortoise
Land comes from Japan,
so you
can read either in English
or Japanese!
This
is a photo of one of their
favorite
tortoises.
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Click on photo to go to
Tortoise Land.
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Slowcoach
is a site for people who keep tortoises. Click on their logo
above to get there quickly.
TICOS,
TURTLES, AND THE TORTUGUERO
Sharing someone's
enthusiasm for all species of ticos, turtles, and tortuguero.
 ©
Click
on the cartoon above.
Sea
World Education Department
 ©
Click
to enter Sea World.
"Sea
World strives to provide an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually
stimulating atmosphere to help students reach their academic potential."
Carribean
Conservation Corporation
Celebrating
40 Years of Saving Sea Turtles and Their Habitats!
 ©
Visit
the Nova Scotia Turtle Site.
Chrysemys
picta picta (Schneider)
©Image
from the Nova Scotia Museum
of Natural History
This page reflects the personal interest
that I have in turtles and their care and preservation. If
you have any comments or find a broken link, please let me know.
Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed the many stories,
facts, pictures and other fun stuff about the turtle.
Every effort has been made to credit each
image to its rightful owner and each site identified above.
This page was last updated on July 17,
2002.
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