Turtle With Deformed Shell Has Very Important Doctor Visit
Through radiographs, they discovered the poor guy had a collapsed lung that could be related to his old shell injury. What exactly happened to this snapping turtle and his shell will likely remain a mystery. But one thing’s for sure: He’s been in the right hands. Click the link to find out how he’s doing…
Want to name a Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) check out the Miscellany section. Kamp Kenan visits the Turtle Conservancy and see their Astrochelys yniphora (Ploughshare tortoise) and the status of Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle) is revised under the Endangered Species Act see the Conservation section.
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Biology
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Crime & Punishment
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Miscellany
Help name Conservancy’s new baby loggerhead turtle
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Species Facts…
Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni). Conservation status: Endangered. Hermann’s tortoises are small to medium-sized tortoises from southern Europe. The specific epithet, hermanni, honors French naturalist Johann Hermann.
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Photo from WRC.
