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Species Spotlights
#TurtleOfTheWeek: Burmese Star Tortoise
Highlighting the Success Story of the Burmese Star Tortoise In Myanmar, in the late 1990s, the Burmese Star Tortoise was on the brink of extinction....
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Species Spotlight! Flattened Musk Turtle!
Common name: Flattened Musk Turtle Scientific name: Sternotherus depressus Countries of origin: United States of America Habitat: Medium-sized, clean, clear-water streams and small rivers with...
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Turtle Month: Species Spotlights!
Click on the images below to learn about each species!
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Species Spotlight! Bourret’s Box Turtle!
Beautiful Bale of Bourret’s! Our Turtle Survival Center in South Carolina houses an assurance colony numbering over 60 individuals of this splendid species. Their wild...
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Species Spotlight! Vietnamese Pond Turtle!
#turtletuesday Twofer: Part 2 An endemic species of coastal south-central Vietnam, these stripe-faced beauties are, sadly, now one of the rarest turtles in nature. At...
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Species Spotlight! Yellow-bellied Slider!
#turtletuesday Twofer: Part 1 The Yellow-bellied Slider is arguably one of the most common turtles found in South Carolina, and they find refuge in wetlands...
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Species Spotlight! Common Musk Turtle!
What a little stinker! It’s Musk Turtle Monday! Did you know that native Common (or Eastern) Musk Turtles find refuge in shallow wetlands on the...
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Species Spotlight! Coastal Plain Cooter!
It’s Mother’s Day, and what better species to highlight than a native one that often lays its eggs on and around the grounds of our...
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Species Spotlight! Southeast Asian Box Turtle
#Saturday Turtle Survival Center Species Spotlight! Hailing from a broad range across subtropical and tropical South and Southeast Asia, these stripe-faced beauties are well known...
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Species Spotlight! Forsten’s Tortoise!
Hailing from Sulawesi, these handsome little tortoises are feisty, full of character, and critically endangered. Your support ensures this species survives into the future! Donate...
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