1. Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
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Torsten E.G. Blanck, Will Selman, Brian D. Horne, Peter Paul van Dijk, Hugh R. Quinn, Dionysius S.K. Sharma, Eric V. Goode, A. Ross Kiester, J. Whitfield Gibbons, H. Bradley Shaffer, Gerardo Garcia, Kalyar Platt, Kahleana Stannard, Albert Bertolero, Soary Tahafe Randrianjafizanaka, Roger Bour, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Michael Lau, Rosalinda Palomo-Ramos, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Richard C. Vogt, Uwe Fritz, Kristin H. Berry, Sydney Collett, Indraneil Das, Anders G. J. Rhodin, Scott Thomson, Carla C. Eisemberg, John B. Iverson, Andrea Currylow, Shi Haitao, Luca Luiselli, Tomas Diagne, Joshua R. Ennen, Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Shailendra Singh, Gerald Kuchling, Edward O. Moll, Dwight P. Lawson, Andrew D. Walde, German Forero-Medina, Vivian P. Páez, Craig B. Stanford, Matthew G. Frankel, Ricky Spencer, Joko Guntoro, Rick Hudson, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Sarah Sutcliffe, Steven G. Platt, Linda J. Cayot, Peter C. H. Pritchard, Ernst H. W. Baard, Jason Schaffer, Paul Gibbons, Gong Shiping, and Russell A. Mittermeier
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0106 biological sciences ,Data deficient ,Tortoise ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Endangered species ,Geoemydinae ,Zoology ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Critically endangered ,Threatened species ,Conservation status ,IUCN Red List ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
We present a review and analysis of the conservation status and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threat categories of all 360 currently recognized species of extant and recently extinct turtles and tortoises (Order Testudines). Our analysis is based on the 2018 IUCN Red List status of 251 listed species, augmented by provisional Red List assessments by the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG) of 109 currently unlisted species of tortoises and freshwater turtles, as well as re-assessments of several outdated IUCN Red List assessments. Of all recognized species of turtles and tortoises, this combined analysis indicates that 20.0% are Critically Endangered (CR), 35.3% are Critically Endangered or Endangered (CR+EN), and 51.9% are Threatened (CR+EN+Vulnerable). Adjusting for the potential threat levels of Data Deficient (DD) species indicates that 56.3% of all data-sufficient species are Threatened. We calculated percentages of imperiled species and modifi...
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- 2018