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Tortoise Identification Guide

If you have found a tortoise or turtle we can take, or are not sure what species it is, please feel free to:

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Tortoises CTTR can take:

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and other, less common tortoises can be taken in so long as they are not present in the list below.

Tortoises CTTR cannot take:

This list includes protected native U.S. tortoises and common Texas aquatic turtles.

Please note that other aquatic turtles are also inelligible for intakes.

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