Conservation Efforts to Protect Endangered Turtles of Sulawesi
Sulawesi, Indonesia, is home to many species found nowhere else on Earth. Although rich in biodiversity, Sulawesi has only two endemic turtles: the Endangered Forsten’s Tortoise and the Critically Endangered Sulawesi Forest Turtle. This project proposes to conduct surveys to determine current population sizes and distributions of these turtles, initiating a long-term project to support turtle conservation, graduate research education, citizen science, capacity building, and community-based awareness. Click the link to read more about this project and how to back it.
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Did You Know…
Indotestudo travancorica, found in the Western Ghats of India, has been previously considered a synonym of Indotestudo forstenii, but is now treated as a separate species.
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