Archives for: November 2009

Conservation diagnosis of reintroducing Mediterranean pond turtles: what is wrong?

November 19th, 2009
Here below you can find the abstract of a newly published articled in Animal Conservation. The article highlights the risks of reintroducing freshwater turtles (in this article Mauremys leprosa) in a not-suitable habitat. Conservation diagnosis of rein… more »

Welcome to a new SEH-CC member

November 17th, 2009
The SEH-CC gets bigger and welcomes a new representative. Cesar Ayres will represent the Iberian peninsula within the SEH conservation committee. Cesar is already involved in the conservation committee of the Spanish herpetological society and within the… more »

Conservation projects on Emys orbicularis in Europe

November 10th, 2009
The SEH conservation comittee is looking for any information about conservation projects/plans/actions currently ongoing on Emys orbicularis in the different European countries. We already contacted a few people working on Emys and we already collected… more »