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A platform for exchanging information on India's freshwater turtles and tortoises.

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I’m thrilled to be sharing stories about geckos in the western Indian Ocean islands today at UK 12:30 PM (6:00 PM IST), thanks to @LinneanSociety 🙌🏾
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Today while sampling for C.gracilirostris & C.gracilipes in the Netravati River I came across a dead Black pond turtle (Melanochelys trijuga). Not sure what lead to its demise. Thank you @Herpomania for helping me with the ID @FttfIndia #turtles #westernghats #netravati #River
Image from Maclean Antony Santos (@Mack_santo)
Image from Maclean Antony Santos (@Mack_santo)
Image from Maclean Antony Santos (@Mack_santo)
Image from Maclean Antony Santos (@Mack_santo)
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World Turtle Day #worldturtleday #turtleday #turtles #turtleshell #saveturtles #turtleconservation #savetheturtles🐢 #wildlifehabitat #wildanimals #rajasthanwildlife #biodiversity #biodiversity @FttfIndia @incredibleindia @WCSIndia @WCCBHQ
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The Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) #theindianstartortoise #geocheloneelegans #turtles #worldturtleday #turtleday #turtleshell #saveturtles #turtleconservation #savetheturtles🐢 #wildlifehabitat #wildanimals @FttfIndia @incredibleindia @WCSIndia @WCCBHQ
Image from Rajasthan Forest Department (@ForestRajasthan)
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Do you need a pick-me-up? Here is an ultra cute Black pond turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) captures by Navaneeth Sini George. Turtles make all the worries go away!
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Celebrating world crocodile day but of course we can’t help it, we had to throw in a turtle in there too! Here’s to conserving freshwater habitats that are home to these apex predators and water giants. #WorldCrocodileDay
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On #WorldOceansDay, we bring to you 'Ocean Oversights', a series focusing on the small things that we can do at an individual level to reduce our negative impact on the #oceans. This post focuses on things to be mindful about when we go to the #beach for #recreation! 1/2
A frame of the title page with "Oceans Oversight" written in the center and the sub heading "At The Beach" written below. The background consist of an illustration of the sea and with a little boy with curly hair looking at the title from the upper left corner, a sun in the upper left corner and a little girl on the bottom left playing with the waves with corals and shells.

ALT A frame of the title page with "Oceans Oversight" written in the center and the sub heading "At The Beach" written below. The background consist of an illustration of the sea and with a little boy with curly hair looking at the title from the upper left corner, a sun in the upper left corner and a little girl on the bottom left playing with the waves with corals and shells.

A frame with "Trampling and Lifting Sea Creatures" written on top left along with the illustration of a little boy with curly hair on the top right looking at two crabs, two more crabs in their shells and a pink star fish on the bottom right corner. Text: Picking up live sea creatures which are found on the coast like crabs, sea stars, etc. can be harmful to them. Chances are, live animals may defend themselves by biting, stinging, pinching, etc. So go ahead and explore the coast, but admire marine life from a distance!

ALT A frame with "Trampling and Lifting Sea Creatures" written on top left along with the illustration of a little boy with curly hair on the top right looking at two crabs, two more crabs in their shells and a pink star fish on the bottom right corner. Text: Picking up live sea creatures which are found on the coast like crabs, sea stars, etc. can be harmful to them. Chances are, live animals may defend themselves by biting, stinging, pinching, etc. So go ahead and explore the coast, but admire marine life from a distance!

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Can you guess which #turtle this is? Hints: 1. This picture is from the Sundarbans, #India. 2. Look at the shape of the snout (nose). 3. Its only found in the Sundarbans in West Bengal and Odisha in India and Bangladesh. Reply to this tweet to answer!
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This year's World Environment Day theme is 'Only one earth'. We have one earth that we share with the animals and plants. Let's all be more cognisant of how our actions impact not just the animals around us directly but also to the environments they live in.
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This image was clicked on the river Kaveri where the Leith's softshell turtles live. Wish you all a happy World Environment Day!
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As much as we’d not like it to be, today is the end of Turtle Month of May, 2022. Looking back at the highlights of this turtle month, we sincerely thank Rahul Kulkarni & the Eco Echo Foundation for facilitating a successful turtle walk in Vadodara, Gujarat. @EcoEchoFoundat1
Image from FTTFIndia (@FttfIndia)
Image from FTTFIndia (@FttfIndia)
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Thanks to everyone who uploaded their observations and for continuing to contribute to #CitizenScience. And lastly, thanks to all of you who have supported us in all ways! We sincerely hope that you had fun with all the educational activities that were planned for you.
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We, at FTTI, try our best to cultivate an interest for turtles and tortoises in you and we really hope that it works. Continue uploading your turtle observations to the India Biodiversity Portal (ftti.indiabiodiversity.org/) and keep contributing to citizen science. Happy Tuesday!
Celebrate #TurtleMonth with us! Join us for a webinar by @chelonia_crania and Rejoice Gassah! #turtle
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Reister using this link- zoom.us/meeting/register/tJU…
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Fridays are for #HerpARTology! This is an ‘alebrije’ - brightly coloured Mexican folk art sculpture of a tortoise, a mythical tortoise. Reposted from @/artemarakame (on Instagram) 1/3
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Pedro Linares made the first alebrije. He dreamt of strange mythical forest, where the trees, clouds & rocks turned into strange creatures like “donkey with butterfly wings”, “lion with eagle head”, etc. All of these animals in his dream were shouting ‘Alebrije! Alebrije!’. 2/3
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He was a cartonera (paper mache) artist and made sculptures of these strange animals, also coined the term then. When his work caught attention, he started using wood to sculpt, and people caught on. This is one such alebrije. 3/3
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