theTurtleRoom announces the addition of a new staff member and a new resource. Today, we officially announce the addition of Kévin Labille to our staff in the position of Educational Resource Developer. He and our Founder, Steve Enders, have worked together to bring you today’s other announcement, another new resource. You can expect the two of them to continue to develop neat, interactive content together. […]
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Anthony opines on the petitions that have been filed to list the entire Pyxis genus in the United States Endangered Species Act. Pro-gun lobbyists in the ever popular gun control debate in this country often point out the fact that the laws, against which their efforts are focused, often only affect law abiding citizens. We chelonian keepers often like to make the same claim about
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John and Tony bring you the The Pondcast, Episode 9 – The Pondcast Goes Live! This show was created to tackle topics related to herpetoculture, in an educational manner, for hobbyists who are looking for some discussion related to their unique interests. John and Tony have decades of combined hands on experience with turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes, and amphibians. Conservation, field herping, legislature, literature, captive
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John and Tony bring you the The Pondcast, Episode 9 – The Pondcast Goes Live! This show was created to tackle topics related to herpetoculture, in an educational manner, for hobbyists who are looking for some discussion related to their unique interests. John and Tony have decades of combined hands on experience with turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes, and amphibians. Conservation, field herping, legislature, literature, captive
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Joe visits the Denver Zoo on May 19, 2014 and gets a surprise off-exhibit experience. When I head home to Colorado, I try to make it to the Denver Zoo at least a few times a year. It is always exciting seeing the changes in the zoo – especially, when it includes a new chelonian addition. Recently, I was visiting family in Denver and decided
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theTurtleRoom and Garden State Tortoise, LLC release the Western Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni) North American Regional Studbook, 2nd Edition. We are proud to announce the release of the 2nd edition of the Western Hermann’s Tortoise North American Regional Studbook. Updated with new, legal imports and tortoises hatched this year at Garden State Tortoise, the studbook now includes tortoises originating from 9 localities in their
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World Turtle Day, 2014: Why Turtles and Tortoises? For World Turtle Day, 2014, theTurtleRoom collaborates with our good friends at Garden State Tortoise and Arizona Tortoise Compound to bring you what we feel is our best video yet. Hear direct from the source as we answer the age-old question “why turtles and tortoises?” which we all have been asked before. It is our pleasure to
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Joe details the acclimation and care of Cuora mouhotii obsti (Southern Keeled Box Turtles). I believe that creating and maintaining a proper enclosure, as cloase as possible to the natural environment of the species, greatly increases the chance for a successful acclimation and healthy, happy turtles. To pursue this goal, I split my group into three enclosures; one for each of the two males and
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Anthony goes out into the field with Arick Barsch of the Turtle Conservation Project in Connecticut in search of the declining Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata In this video, hear from the source regarding the status of this species in the wild and their behavior during overcast days in the Northeast. These two Spotted Turtles were HUGE in person. There’s no way to tell how long
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