There are many different types of tortoises suited to life as domestic pets. Legality of Tortoise Interaction and Ownership.Tortoise Species, Care, and Conservation.Pinta Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii).Desert Tortoises: Agassiz and Sonoran (Gopherus agassizii and Gopherus morafkai).Russian Tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii).African Spur-thighed tortoise (Geochelone sulcata).Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans).Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria).Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis).We hope this article will serve as a useful all in one guide to the nature of this fascinating animal group, giving a nod to the considerations you should take before ownership, as well as what we can do to help preserve the 40-50 different species still living on Earth today. Lastly, weвЂ™ll be concluding with some final thoughts involving the legality of ownership of domestic tortoises, as well as the correct way to interact with a tortoise in the wild. On this note weвЂ™ll also be exploring the tragedy of species extinction, and how and why this happened. WeвЂ™ll also be learning about the conservation needs of the tortoise along the way, and the conservation status of each breed mentioned will be listed. We spend some time exploring some of the key species of tortoise, both domestic and wild, taking a closer look at the temperaments and defining features of those which make great pets, and exploring some of the fascinating history of those best observed from afar. In this article, we seek to take a closer look at the tortoise (latin: Testudinidae), examining amazing examples of the species through exploring elements of history, defining features, as well as the nature of these noble creatures.

Pinta tortoise