MESOCLEMMYS DAHLI
Dahl’s Toad-headed Turtle

    • Habitat:
      - Slow-moving streams and pools
      - Cattle ponds, swamps, and their surrounding tropical dry forest and pastures
    • Threats:
      - Habitat destruction, alteration, and fragmentation
      - Inbreeding depression
      - Prolonged drought
    • Conservation Efforts:
      - Habitat protection, restoration, management
      - Genetic rescue and management
      - Protected in Colombia
    • Wild Population:
      - Decreasing
      - Populations highly fragmented
    • Endangered Status:
      Critically Endangered

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