Spotted Turtle

The Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) lives in the United States and Canada and is a protected species within the South Carolina area. It has a carapace that is jet-black and has yellow dots all over, and usually, it is not more than five inches in length. It lives in shallow wetlands, swamps, and marshes.

Bog Turtle

The Bog Turtle is native to the Eastern United States, ranging from northeast Georgia to Massachusetts and western New York. The species lives in two disjunct management units, northern and southern, separated by ~270 miles (436 km). Although called the Bog Turtle, the species lives in stream-, spring-, and seep-fed fens, sedge meadows, sphagnum bogs, […]

Flattened Musk Turtle

The Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus) is endemic to Alabama, meaning it’s only found here. In fact, the Flattened Musk Turtle is the only reptile endemic to the state of Alabama. This small turtle featuring a flat carapace, or top shell, lives in clean, clear, free-flowing streams and rivers of the upper Warrior River Basin. […]

Volunteer Science

Program Volunteer Science Conservation Action The Turtle Survival Alliance North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group (TSA-NAFTRG) is an undergraduate research experience/citizen scientist volunteer program directed by academic and non-academic professionals and committed to long-term turtle population monitoring. Spanning more than 20 years, this program is home to the 2nd longest ongoing study of turtles inhabiting […]

Dave Collins

Dave joined the Turtle Survival Alliance in July 2021 as Director of North American Turtle Conservation and Program Leader of the AZA SAFE: American Turtle Program. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the State University of New York at Albany and brings over 40 years of experience in Zoos and Aquariums. He began […]