The IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG) has received generous support at various times over several years from the following dedicated organizations and individuals, for which we are truly and eternally grateful.
Most of this support has been focused on our regional IUCN Red Listing workshops, our CITES evaluation efforts, and our Chelonian Research Foundation-associated publications and science-based documentation of the ecology, biology, taxonomy, distribution, conservation status, and threats to turtles and tortoises around the world.
Please consider supporting our ongoing and ever more critically-needed efforts to understand and preserve turtles around the world by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group through our partner, Chelonian Research Foundation (an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization), 564 Chittenden Drive, Arlington, VT 05250 USA
Thank you from all of us on behalf of all the turtles of the world.
Chelonian Research Foundation
Chester Zoo, England
CITES Secretariat
Conservation International
David Crews
Desert Tortoise Council
EAZA Shellshock Campaign
Nancy Fitzsimmons
Forschungsverbund Berlin
Matthew G. Frankel
Frankel Family Foundation
Global Wildlife Conservation
Eric V. Goode
IUCN Species Survival Commission
Xiaonan Li
Paulina Malek
George Meyer and Maria Semple
MF Living Trust
Russell A. Mittermeier
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Moore Family Foundation
Panaphil Foundation
Reptile Conservation International
Anders G.J. Rhodin
Ulrich Rytz
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
San Diego Zoo Global
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Charlie Tang
theTurtleRoom
Turtle Conservancy
Turtle Conservation Fund
Turtle Survival Alliance
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Peter Paul van Dijk
Marianne Warhol
Wildlife Conservation Society
Photo Credits
Thank you to the following individuals for providing various photographs for use on the site:
Taggert Butterfield – Kinosternon vogti (Vallarta Mud Turtle)
Mercy Kinya – Malacochersus tornieri (Pancake Tortoise)
Dario Podesta – Chelonoidis chilensis (Chaco Tortoise)
Peter C.H. Pritchard – Tortoises in the Mist: Chelonoidis vicina (Galapagos Giant Tortoises) on the rim of Volcan Alcedo, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Basem Rabia – Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)
Craig Stanford – Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle), Astrochelys radiata (Radiated Tortoise)
Scott Trageser – Indotestudo elongata (Elongated Tortoise), Geochelone elegans (Indian Star Tortoise), Lissemys punctata (Indian Flapshell Turtle), Heosemys depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle)
Pham van Thong – Cuora picturata (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle)
Ryan Walker – Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides (Spider Tortoise)