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.

Adult female Testudo hermanni hermanni from Apulia, Italy. Photo by Chris Leone.

Western Hermann’s Tortoise North American Regional Studbook, 4th Edition

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Steve and Chris release the studbook’s 4th edition. We are proud to announce the release of the 4th edition of the Western Hermann’s Tortoise North American Regional Studbook. Significant changes have been made as a result of new genetic information regarding the species. The studbook is now divided into four management units for conservation action, following the recommendations from the aforementioned research; but specific locales […]

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The Pondcast, Episode 52

Tort Stork

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Randy Betz is our guest in this edition of everyone’s favorite reptile podcast. Randy runs Tort Stork, a newer business with the aim to provide healthy, captive bred tortoises to the public. There’s more to it than this, however. Randy prefers to sell and ship eggs, a practice that has attracted much attention, both negative and positive. His early success is worth consideration, however, and

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The Pondcast, Episode 51

"So You Want to be a Zookeeper?"

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In this episode of the Pondcast, Anthony and Steve sit down with James Hall, Senior Reptile Keeper at the Phoenix Zoo. James is a great guy and a keeper with lots of experience and a message for aspiring zookeepers about the reality of life in that role. We love James and are proud to give an opportunity to share his perspective.

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The Pondcast, Episode 46

Grover Brown III

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The guys sit down with a real turtle aficionado, and name you are sure to hear for decades to come, Grover Brown. Grover is a turtle expert and PhD Student at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is also on the Board of Directors for the American Turtle Observatory. We’re thrilled to get to know Grover better and to offer that opportunity to our viewers.

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