Steve Enders

Steve is the Founder and Director of theTurtleRoom, responsible for theTurtleRoom's consistent achievement of its mission and goals, oversees all development of educational resources, and handles all the web and technical details. He also authors many of the educational resources for the site and works with other organizations (AZA and TSA) and privately to develop quality, detailed captive breeding programs of carefully selected turtle and tortoise specimens in an effort to meet theTurtleRoom's conservation goals. Steve holds a B.A. in Music (with concentrations in both Jazz Studies and Saxophone) from Lebanon Valley College and is a graduate student studying Mathematics at Millersville University. Currently, Steve keeps mainly the Graptemys species, many of which are presently threatened or endangered. His trio of Graptemys oculifera will be part of the upcoming AZA Species Survival Plan for the species. Additionally, he co-owns a group of Geoemyda spengleri with Anthony that are also listed in the AZA SSP for the species. He has also published a North American Regional Studbookstudbook for the Western Hermann's Tortoise (which he co-wrote with Chris Leone of Garden State Tortoise). Steve is a member of the Turtle Survival Alliance and Turtle & Tortoise Preservation Group as well as TurtleForum.com (Steve E), TortoiseBoard.com (theTurtleRoom), and TortoiseForum.org (theTurtleRoom). You can contact him at [email protected], or on Twitter as @steveenders8. For more about Steve, head to his bio page.

Hatchling Geoemyda spengleri (Vietnamese Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle)

Endangered Geoemyda spengleri Hatch at theTurtleRoom

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theTurtleRoom Hatches another Geoemyda spengleri, now as part of the AZA Studbook Late last night, as I prepared for lights out in my turtle room, I decided to check my incubation container which contained our Vietnamese Black Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) eggs once last time for the day. Throughout the course of the incubation of this two egg clutch, our first for this species, […]

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Hamburg Reptile Show, August 3, 2013

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Steve and Anthony share footage they captured at the Hamburg Reptile Expo on August 3rd, 2013. Many impressive animals were seen at the show, and only a small fraction of those encountered were filmed and are being shared in this video. This is the best show in the Northeast, especially for turtles and tortoises. At this show, you will find dozens of hatchling turtles and

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Knoxville Zoo

Chelonian Conservation: Behind the Exhibit – Volume II: Knoxville Zoo

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theTurtleRoom’s staff step behind the exhibits at hubs of conservation to give you a look at the real work happening in Zoos and Aquariums across the country. Steve and his wife, Lisa, bring you Volume II: Knoxville Zoo. Knoxville Zoological Gardens is home to nearly 1,000 animals. If you read the signage as you walk through the zoo, you’ll get a sample of the conservation

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Tennessee Aquarium, River Journey Building, Chattanooga, TN

Chelonian Conservation: Behind the Exhibit – Volume I: Tennessee Aquarium

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theTurtleRoom’s staff step behind the exhibits at hubs of conservation to give you a look at the real work happening in Zoos and Aquariums across the country. Steve and his wife, Lisa, bring you Volume I: Tennessee Aquarium. Tennessee Aquarium maintains over 10,000 animals and hundreds of plant species. One of their key conservation programs is on display in the River Journey building where you

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Adult Male Geoemyda spengleri (Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle)

Collecting Rare Eggs (Geoemyda spengleri)

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Anthony shares an exciting experience shared by himself, Steve, and Ben involving the discovery of two Vietnamese Black Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) eggs that had already banded/chalked in the enclosure. Check out their respective project page for more information this project. Project History for tTR’s Geoemyda spengleri Now belonging to Anthony and Steve — under Anthony’s care — this 1.1 pair of Vietnamese Black

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