Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter
Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter - The Newsletter of Chelonian Conservationists and Biologists (ISSN 1526-3096), is a non-peer-reviewed international newsletter dedicated to providing an open forum for the timely exchange of information on tortoise and freshwater turtle conservation and biology issues. It incorporates and merges the previous publications of the Newsletter of the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and the Box Turtle Research and Conservation Newsletter.
Current issues of TTN (Nos. 9 and up) are Edited by Chuck Schaffer and are available by subscription in conjunction with Chelonian Conservation and Biology from Allen Press. Visit the Allen Press website (www.chelonianjournals.org) for subscription details. Contact the Editor, Chuck Schaffer (Chelonian1@aol.com), to submit articles and/or news items.
Older issues of TTN (Nos. 1-8) were Edited by Heather Kalb and Issues 1-7 are available for free download on this site (click here to connect to the TTN site). However, issue No. 8 was never digitized and is not yet available except as a hardcopy from Anders Rhodin (RhodinCRF@aol.com), but will become available for free download through this site in the near future.
Submissions to TTN are welcome from any source or individual. Articles may cover any aspects of turtle and tortoise news or research, with a preference for conservation or biology. TTN focuses on freshwater and terrestrial turtles and tortoises; items dealing with sea turtles should be directed to Marine Turtle Newsletter, an independent and separate publication. Of particular interest to TTN are news items and preliminary research or field reports dealing with conservation biology, population status and trends, human exploitation or conservation management issues, community conservation initiatives and projects, legal and trade issues, conservation and development threats, geographic distribution, natural history, ecology, reproduction, morphology, captive propagation, and husbandry. Newsnotes, announcements, commentaries, and reviews of interest to the turtle conservation and research community are also welcome. Submissions will not be peer-reviewed, but minor review and final acceptance for publication is at the discretion of the Editorial Staff. Submit material directly to Chuck Schaffer (Chelonian1@aol.com).