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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

99 separate accounts, 1379 pages total,
  129 species and subspecies covered,
and 7 annotated checklists
(6 for modern taxa, 1 for recently extinct taxa),
by 193 contributing authors

Latest update published online here on
27 October 2016
 


 


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

Turtles of the World, 7th Edition:
Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status

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

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

Latest update published online here on
16 June 2014

 

Access our
Checklist of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Turtles of the World:

Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity:
First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians

by the
Turtle Extinctions Working Group
[Anders G.J. Rhodin, Scott Thomson, Georgios L. Georgalis, Hans-Volker Karl, Igor G. Danilov, Akio Takahashi,
Marcelo S. de la Fuente, Jason R. Bourque, Massimo Delfino, Roger Bour, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Peter Paul van Dijk]
of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

1 annotated checklist currently available

Published online here on
16 April 2015


Current TFTSG Announcements and News

• WWF-Pakistan successfully releases 200 freshwater turtles [Black Pond Turtles, Geoclemys hamiltonii] back into their natural habitat (September 25, 2014)

(click for details)

 

 

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

940 turtle PDF's currently available,

Latest additions posted online here on
27 April 2014

PDF's added in 2013–2014 are marked


 

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