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Janice's Turtle Ponds - Information on backyard ponds, water and box turtles, links to turtle and tortoise information. Information about The Northeastern Illinois Turtle and Tortoise Rescue and Rehabilitation programs.
Enchanted Turtle Retreat - Enchanted Turtle is a non-profit turtle and tortoise rescue in New Mexico. Contact us for adoption or placement of a turtle or tortoise, regardless of your location.
Gulf of Maine Aquarium: All About Turtles - Have fun learning about different species of turtles: their habitats, food, and more with stories and activities, for teachers in K-12, or anyone interested in turtles. Join in on the Turtle and Tortoise webring for even more fun and interesting sites all about turtles.
New York Turtle and Tortoise Society - Dedicated to habitat preservation, promotion of proper husbandry, and captive propagation of turtles and tortoises. Members kept up to date on Turtle crises and legislation worldwide.
California Turtle and Tortoise Club - Offering the most comprehensive resource for turtle and tortoise information on the web.
Geneva Area Turtle and Tortoise Society, Switzerland - Organization whose web site offers free membership, details about the free monthly meetings, photos of scores of turtles and tortoises, and articles about their care in captivity and protection in the wild.
Felice's World of Turtles - General husbandry and neonatal requirements of box turtles, water turtles, desert tortoises, redfoots and African leopard tortoises.
Joshua Tree Turtle and Tortoise Rescue - A chapter of the California Turtle and Tortoise Club (CTTC)dedicated to the survival of the desert tortoise through education and adoption programs, working closely with government and military agencies, schools, community groups and local businesses.
Chelonian Research Foundation - International Journal of Turtle and Tortoise Research. They are the only international scientific peer-reviewed journal of cosmopolitan and broad-based coverage of all aspects of conservation and biology of all chelonians, including freshwater turtles, marine turtles, and tortoises.
Dutch Turtle/Tortoise Society - Summaries of articles that have been published in Nederlandse Schildpadden Vereniging (NSV), which is a bi-monthly magazine called De Schildpad (The Turtle). The society provides information regarding turtles in the wild, proper housing, care, and breeding of turtles in captivity and to preserve the ecology of these graceful animals. Site is in Dutch and English.

Wikipedia Articles

Turtles and tortoises in popular culture - Turtles and tortoises are frequently depicted in popular culture as easygoing, patient, and wise creatures. Due to their long lifespan, slow movement, sturdiness, and wrinkled appearance, they are an emblem of longevity and stability in many cultures around the world.
Differences between turtles, tortoises and terrapins - Although the word "turtle" is widely used to describe all members of the order Testudines, it is also common to see certain members described as terrapins, tortoises or sea turtles as well. Precisely how these alternative names are used, if at all, depends on the type of English being used.
Testudinoidea - Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the taxinomic suborder Cryptodira of Testudines. It includes the families of Pond Turtles/Box and Water Turtles (Emydidae), Asian River Turtles, Leaf and Roofed Turtles, Asian Box Turtles (Geoemydidae) and Tortoises (Testudinidae).
Protorothyrididae - Protorothyrididae was a clade of small, lizard-like reptiles, possibly the ancestors of turtles and tortoises. Their skulls did not have fenestra, as is also true of modern turtles and tortoises.
Turtle - Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins are reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the crown group Chelonia), most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilagenous shell developed from their ribs. The Order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species, the earliest known ...