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Mesoclemmys dahli

Dahl’s Toad-headed Turtle

Habitat:

• Tropical 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 droughts

Wild Population:

• Decreasing
• Populations highly fragmented
• Less than 8% of tropical dry forest habitat remains

Conservation Efforts:

• Habitat protection, restoration, and management
• Genetic rescue and management

Endangered Status:

Species Range

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