Mundo Exótico

01/05/2024

Primera puesta de una de las primeras hembras de thh nacidas en casa

28/10/2023

Ya estamos listos para TerraSur!!!!!!

11/05/2023

Pseudemys nelsoni hembra

14/03/2023

Terrario para Geoemyda spengleri

04/01/2023

Mesoclemmys sabiniparaensis Cunha, Sampaio, Carneiro, Vogt, Mittermeier, Rhodin & Andrade, 2022 meridian.allenpress.com instagram.co...

01/12/2022

23/11/2022

La tortuga Matamata va a pasar a ser CITES II

CITES CoP19 Parties agreed by consensus to a proposal to protect both matamata turtle species, Chelus fimbriata and Chelus orinocensis, whose populations are threatened as the turtles are prized by the pet trade. Final adoption in Plenary is expected by end of week.

29/10/2022

Ya ha empezado TerraSur!!!!

29/10/2022

Ya estamos preparados pra comenzar TerraSur!!!!

18/09/2022

Diferencias visuales en diferentes fases de Emydura subglobosa
Abajo: Albino t+
Central: Albino t-
Arriba: Normal (het albino t-)

22/08/2022

Muchos de vosotros estáis recibiendo negativas por parte del MITECO a la hora de obtener los certificados CE correspondientes a las especies Testudo hermanni y Testudo graeca. Para facilitar los trámites hemos hecho un modelo de recurso que podéis ...

14/07/2022

Ojito, van a incluir los géneros Rhinoclemmys, Kinosternon y Sternotherus en el anexo II del CITES, hay que registrar los animales en miteco antes de noviembre. Los compañeros de FAUNA os explican cómo en este enlace

Como actuar frente a las nuevas incorporaciones CITES

30/04/2022

Plantean incluir todas las especies de tortugas (las que no lo están ya), en el apéndice II de CITES

All turtles have been petitioned for listing under CITES Appendix II. CITES is the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species. Captive bred turtles make up 88% of reptile exports from the US. The listing of all turtles as CITES II will dramatically impact turtle breeders, because the paperwork burden to export CITES II species is almost impossible to fulfill in the case of most species, even for legitimate captive bred animals. With legitimate breeders struggling to stay in business, the demand is more likely to be filled by black market operatives with wild caught animals.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/26/2022-08871/conference-of-the-parties-to-the-convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species-of-wild?utm_source=federalregister.gov&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list

21/04/2022

What gives us hope for the future? Releasing 1,000 Black Softshell Turtles into the Brahmaputra Floodplain of India by 2030.

On World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2022, TSA India Program, Assam Forest Department, and Nagshankar temple committee released 59 headstarted Black Softshell Turtles (Nilssonia nigricans) into a shallow lagoon of Chandubi Lake. Until recently this species was considered Extinct in the Wild.

February's celebratory release is part of a much greater vision. In 2021, TSA and our partners in Northeast India signed the Black Softshell Turtle Vision 2030 agreement. It’s our goal to restore an ecologically viable population of 1,000 Black Softshell Turtles to the Brahmaputra Floodplain by the year 2030. Following the December 2020 inaugural release of 22 headstarted softshells, this year's World Wetlands Day release further inches us toward that goal.

"This remarkable event is a stepping stone towards fulfilling our commitment along with other stakeholders of releasing 1,000 individuals of these turtles in the wild in next 10 years,” said Dr. Shailendra Singh, Director, TSA India.

Thank you to Disney Conservation for funding that supports this work!

20/04/2022

"Snappy" Goes Free!!!

Do you remember our Mother's Day Tragedy post https://www.facebook.com/TurtleSurvival/posts/10157412743396680 from 2020 of the female Common Snapping Turtle who was hit by a car, but we salvaged her eggs?

Of the 9 turtles that hatched, 7 were released as hatchlings while 2 were held back for headstarting to give them a better chance of survival following release.

This week, one of the head starts, "Snappy," was released into a wetland in her mother's home range.

Good luck, Snappy, and we hope you not only survive, but thrive, producing future generations for years to come!

A big thanks to Ashley Whittemore who witnessed the auto strike, and quickly retrieved the snapping turtle out of the road. Her rapid response made sure the mother snapping turtle did not die in vain.

Photo: Jordan Gray

08/04/2022

Did you know that there is only an estimated 1,000 Geometric Tortoises left in the wild? These beautiful tortoises are critically endangered due to agricultural expansion, livestock, drought, fire and invasive species. The good news? Up to 900 of them live on our protected Geometric Tortoise Preserve! And as a bonus, the preserve is also home to two more protected tortoises, the Bowsprit and Parrot-beaked tortoises, as well as several species of endangered plants! We’re working tirelessly to expand the range of area we protect so that these critically endangered tortoises can remain in their wild homes in peace.

23/03/2022

22/03/2022

Una nueva oportunidad!!!!

Una tortuga de caparazón blando Swinhoe fue avistado en Hanoi, y levantó la esperanza para su especie en peligro de extinción.

20/03/2022

‼️ HAN ROBADO NUESTRAS TORTUGAS ‼️

👉Ayer no hubo publicaciones pese a que era el día del padre, el motivo es que la noche del viernes (18) al sábado (19) nos robaron el grupo de tortugas terrestres de su instalación. 😞

🐢Estas tortugas pertenecen a un proyecto de conservación y hemos conseguido reproducirlas con éxito en los últimos años. Esto siempre es el fruto de un trabajo continuo, una dedicación diaria y mucha inversión.

🐾Somos una fundación implicada en proyectos de educación y conservación, además estamos inmersos en numerosas participaciones con entidades de personas con discapacidad.... Ponemos toda la energía, toda la pasión y todos los recursos que con vuestra ayuda son posibles pero siempre hay personas en el mundo que consideran que es mucho más sencillo arrancar todo esto de una forma violenta y a vistas de lo sucedido sin cuidado, mimo ni bienestar para estos ejemplares que estaban durmiendo en sus instalaciones y que de un momento a otro se han visto inmersas en un sin sentido de stress, cambios y en una situación incierta. 😞

🗣Todas ellas están identificadas con microchip (imposible de eliminar) y también con una marca en el caparazón con su número local (aunque esta marca se puede borrar). Estos datos junto a las imágenes de videocámara han sido puestas en manos de la policía. 🤞

👎Imaginamos que su destino sea un coleccionista privado o la venta en el mercado "negro" puesto que estas especies sin su correspondiente documentación no están autorizadas ,lo cual nos apena todavía más puesto que su destino como decíamos antes es bastante nefasto. 😞

Sea como fuere Tortu, Morita, Tortugui, Ashlan, Asula, Google, Yahoo, Jovene, Creber, Valerica, Naina, Lolandes, Katria, Vladimir, Paco y Fernan ya no están con nosotros en la fundación. 😭

Rogamos máxima ayuda y difusión.

18/03/2022

Un nuevo virus que afecta a tortugas acuáticas silvestres...

FWC is investigating a virus called Turtle fraservirus 1 (TFV1), previously referred to as Turtle bunyavirus (TBV), detected in multiple species of Florida’s native and nonnative freshwater turtles.
To reduce the spread of TFV1 and lessen potential impacts of this virus, FWC enacted Executive Order #21-19 which prohibits the take and transportation of the following species: Florida softshell turtles (Apalone ferox), smooth softshell turtles (Apalone mutica), spiny softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera), and yellow-bellied sliders (Trachemys scripta scripta). Additionally, the virus is known to infect Florida’s cooter species (genus Pseudemys) and common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina), which are already prohibited from being removed from the wild, along with red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), which are a conditional nonnative species.
To help assess the geographic distribution of the virus, FWC is encouraging the public to reports of sick, dead and strangely acting freshwater turtles to FWC’s Freshwater Turtle Hotline: 352-339-8597, or via the FWC Reporter App. Contact FWC before handling sick or dead turtles.

Use link for FAQs and what to look for: https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/wildlife/freshwater-turtles/tfv1/

12/03/2022

08/03/2022

Juveniles de Chelus fimbriatus

03/03/2022

22/02/2022

Trachemys callirostris, disponible

20/01/2022