Educational resources on Egyptian Tortoise

Egyptian Tortoise or Testudo kleinmanni is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A2abcd+3d. IUCN Profile of the Egyptian Tortoise

Academic web links for the Egyptian Tortoise.

Egyptian Tortoise
Origin: Egypt and North Africa stretching from Southern Israel to Libya. Habitat: inhabits fairly arid, low humidity desert regions.
www.bgsu.edu/departments/biology/facilities/herp/caresheetpages/egyptian.html

Case Study-Rama Faye
TED Case Studies. Testudo Kleinmanni: An Endangered Egyptian Tortoise. Number: 475. Mnemonic: Tortoise. Name: Egyptian Tortoise and Extinction. IDENTIFICATION
gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/tortoise.htm

Species Inventory
Click on a species to see its detailed care sheet information. Colubrids: ... Russian Tortoise. Egyptian Tortoise. Red-eared Slider
www.bgsu.edu/departments/biology/facilities/herp/Pages/Species.html

EMYSystem Species Page: Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)
Original Description: Lortet 1883: 188: Type Locality "dans les sables de la basse Égypte, surtout dans les environs d'Alexandrie" [Egypt]
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Testudokleinmanni/Testudokleinmanni.html

The TED Case Studies: An Online Journal
475 TORTOISE Testudo Kleinmanni: An Endangered Egyptian Tortoise and its Trade, by Rama Faye 476 CRAWFISH 1997 United States-China Crawfish Tail Meat
www.american.edu/TED/class/all.htm

TED: Transnational Crime Cases
475 TORTOISE Testudo Kleinmanni: An Endangered Egyptian Tortoise and its Trade, by Rama Faye 481 CHIMP Chimpanzees: The Value of Research versus
www.american.edu/TED/class/allcrime.htm

EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian ...
Original Description Lortet 1883: 188 Syntypes (number uncertain) includes at least MNHN 9839; USNM 10979; SMF 7810; SMF 7810 designated lectotype by Mertens 1967:52.
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Testudokleinmanni/Testudokleinmanni.html

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)
...species list T. graeca (Spur-thighed Tortoise) T. hermanni (Hermann's Tortoise) T. horsfieldii (Central Asian Tortoise) T. kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Testudo/Testudo.html

ADW: Testudo: Classification
... Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian tortoise)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Testudo.html

School Mission and Vision
School of Arts and Sciences 2005 Unit SectionNo. A&SA-Mission NAThe School of Arts and Sciences is composed of departments teaching the traditional liberal arts disciplines.
www.ipfw.edu/as/assets/_files/2005-Annual-Report.pdf