10-10-2024 - Cora Mud Turtle
Assessing population, habitat use, and threats of Critically Endangered Cora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon cora).
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The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has awarded 361 grants for this species type, constituting a total donation of $3,349,039.
Reptile Conservation Case Studies
13-05-2024 - Vallarta mud turtle
Working to save the most endangered turtle in the Americas, the Vallarta mud turtle (Kinosternon vogti).
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18-12-2023 - Giant bronze gecko
Population estimate of the Critically Endangered Seychelles endemic giant bronze gecko, Ailuronyx trachygaster.
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27-09-2023 - Gardel’s sand-dune lizard
Conservation of the microendemic and recently-discovered lizard (Liolaemus gardeli; Squamata, Liolaemidae) in South America. The region encompasses an area of relict dunes within the Tacurembó River basin. Liolaemus gardeli is a newly discovered lizard species, described for a very restricted distribution and endemic to a single locality, this species occurs in dunes with sandy soils and patches of herbaceous vegetation.
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01-05-2023 - Elongated tortoise
Assessing population, habitat use, and threats of Critically Endangered Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) outside protected areas in Bhutan.
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20-12-2022 - Aeolian wall lizard
Saving the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei.
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20-12-2022 - Sulawesi forest turtle
In search of Leucocephalon yuwonoi and Indotestudo forstenii: mapping the distribution, documenting the habitat destruction, and enhancing the locals' protection.
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22-09-2022 - Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon
Befriending the Critically Endangered Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon acuminatus): Assessing the Abundance, Distribution and Threats to its Conservation
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21-09-2022 - Añelo Sand dunes lizard
Does the Añelo Sand Dunes Lizard lives in a stressful environment?
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21-09-2022 - Escambray Bearded Anole
Ecology and conservation of the Escambray Bearded Anole, Anolis Guamuhaya, in central Cuba
The Escambray Barded Anole is one of six species of bizarre, giant (to ca. 18 cm snout-vent length), slow-moving, chameleon-like anoles with prehensile tails in the Chamaeleolis clade, which are exclusive to Cuba. These animals have strictly arboreal lifestyles and are highly dependent of forest areas, which faces many threats today.
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