Love is in the Air!
It’s unmistakably mating and nesting season for many turtles at the TC! This month we have seen nests from our Parrot-beaked Tortoises and critically endangered Impressed Tortoises. These species are rarely bred in captivity due to their secretive habits, delicate environmental needs, and specific diets. We consider it a major success that the breeding females were born here at the TC!
Recent Hatchlings
The month of April at the Turtle Conservancy’s Conservation Center has been full of babies! The Critically Endangered species include Burmese Star Tortoises, Pancake Tortoises, Roti Island Snake-necked Turtles and a Golden Coin Turtle. We also hatched two amazing and tiny Parrot-beaked Tortoises. This incredible little tortoise is one of the smallest tortoises on the planet and it is also one of the four chelonian species that reside on our Geometric Tortoise Preserve in South Africa.
