{"id":3952,"date":"2023-07-11T06:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turtles.blueionmedia.com\/?page_id=3952"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:58:25","slug":"turtle-survival-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turtlesurvival.org\/turtle-survival-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle Survival Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocated in Cross, South Carolina, the Turtle Survival Center (TSC) was founded to support our mission of Zero Turtle Extinctions\u00ae worldwide. Since 2013, we have established scientifically managed populations of critically endangered species and provided opportunities for involvement for turtle conservationists of all ages.\n\nHome to more than 800 animals representing 27 turtle and tortoise species, including many of the world’s most endangered, the TSC has become a global model for conservation breeding and research. Here, the species maintained for population management have been carefully chosen based on one or more of the following criteria: conservation status, lack of effective protection in the wild, poor history of captive-breeding success, and the ability to thrive in South Carolina\u2019s mild, subtropical climate.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Species at the TSC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Bourret\u2019s Box Turtle (Cuora bourreti<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora couro kamaroma<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Yellow-headed Box Turtle (Cuora aurocapitata aurocapitata<\/em> and Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle (Cuora cyclornata annamitica<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Indochinese Box Turtle (Cuora galbinifrons<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    McCord\u2019s Box Turtle (Cuora mccordi<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii mouhotii<\/em> and Cuora mouhotii obsti<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Pan\u2019s Box Turtle (Cuora pani<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Southern Vietnam Box Turtle (Cuora picturata<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Philippine Box Turtle (Cuora philippinensis<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata<\/em> and Cuora trifasciata luteocephala<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Zhou\u2019s Box Turtle (Cuora zhoui<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Spiny Turtle (Heosemys spinosa<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Forsten\u2019s Tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Red-necked Pond Turtle (Mauremys nigricans<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle (Mauremys sinensis<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Asian Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Beale\u2019s Eyed Turtle (Sacalia bealei<\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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