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IUCN Species of the Day: Ploughshare Tortoise

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    Photo credit: Anders G.J. Rhodin    The Ploughshare Tortoise, Astrochelys yniphora, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM due to a declining wild population of a few hundred animals. The elongated front Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Egyptian Tortoise

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  Photo credit: Omar Attum   The Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This Middle Eastern and North African tortoise has a golden-coloured shell and minute shell size of Continue Reading