Philippines
Description - we traveled to the Philippines, along with the Turtle Survival Alliance, to meet with Sabine Schoppe of the Katala Foundation. They wanted to redesign their facility to better accommodate the Philippine pond turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis) they received during a confiscation. So they called in the experts.
This highly specialized species of turtle is nocturnal and spends the day out of the water, in burrows along the water's edge. They are a shade loving species and cannot tolerate high water temperatures.
Katala Foundation - September 2009
Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Philippine forest turtles eating a fig
Philippine forest turtles eating a fig
Crocodile pit
Katala Foundation’s Philippine forest turtle assurance colony
The only range country assurance colony for this species
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Plastron of Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Carapace of Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Southeast Asian box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
Southeast Asian box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Philippine forest turtle - Siebenrockiella leytensis
Southeast Asian box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
Miye McCullough
Plastron of southeast Asian box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
Carapace of southeast Asian box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
Malayan soft shell turtle - Dogania subplana
Siebenrockiella leytensis habitat
Eric Goode filming in the pet market
Pet market
Pet market
