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Turtles in Trouble · July 2025

Turtles in Trouble – 2025

Presented by Turtle Conservation Coalition

Editors

Craig B. Stanford1,2,6, Anders G.J. Rhodin3,6, Peter Paul van Dijk3,4,6, Torsten Blanck5, Eric V. Goode6, Rick Hudson7, Andrew D. Walde7, Jordan Gray7, Russell A. Mittermeier4, and Vivian P. Páez8
1 University of Southern California; 2 Los Angeles Natural History Museum; 3 Chelonian Research Foundation; 4 Re:wild; 5 Cuora Conservation Center/Turtle Island; 6 Turtle Conservancy; 7 Turtle Survival Alliance; 8 Universidad de Antioquia

Contributors

Diverlie Acosta, Maslim As-singkily, Clodoaldo L. Assis, Omar Attum, Dincer Ayaz, Ernst Baard, Yusuf Bayrakcı, Gamaliel Castañeda Gaytán, Pelf-Nyok Chen, Andrea Currylow, Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Sreeparna Dutta, Germán Forero-Medina, Natalia Gallego-García, Arthur Georges, Joko Guntoro, Cris Hagen, Sung Yik Hei, Oki Hidayat, Scott Hillard, John B. Iverson, Ayushi Jain, Cristina Jones, James O. Juvik, A. Ross Kiester, Michael Knoerr, Gerald Kuchling, Victor Loehr, Luca Luiselli, Patrick Kinyatta Malonza, Kalyar Platt, Steven G. Platt, Rodrigo Macip Ríos, Pearson McGovern, Thong Pham, Christopher Poyser, Peter Praschag, Eduardo Reyes Grajales, Sabine Schoppe, Haitao Shi, Shailendra Singh, Sitha Som, Ricky Spencer, Washington Tapia, Phun Thorn, Rafael M. Valadão, Christiane Wiese, and Robert Zappalorti

Citation

TCC [Turtle Conservation Coalition: Stanford, C.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P., Blanck, T., Goode, E.V., Hudson, R., Walde, A.D., Gray, J., Mittermeier, R.A., and Páez, V.P. (Eds.)]. 2025. Turtles in Trouble: The World’s Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles – 2025. Ojai, CA: IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Turtle Conservancy, Turtle Survival Alliance, Turtle Conservation Fund, Re:wild, and Chelonian Research Foundation, 77 pp.

Design & Layout

Maximilian S. Maurer6 and Abby Roeser6

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