Welcome to WikiProject Turtles. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Turtles and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Recent changes to turtle articles

We will expand and organise Wikipedia's turtle articles.

Peer review[edit]

If you have expanded an article and would like other to look at it and offer constructive commentary, you can put it up for a Peer review.

Peer review

To create[edit]

Extinct turtles

Subgenus redirects:Chelodina Chelodina, Macrochelodina

Others

See also Red links and Articles in other languages but not on English Wikipedia

More article issues may be found on https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Turtles.html

WikiProject Turtles
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Clemmys Ritgen, 1828
Species:	C. guttata
Binomial name
Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792)[2]
Synonyms
Genus synonymy[2] Clemmys Ritgen, 1828 Chelopus Rafinesque, 1832 Nanemys Agassiz, 1857 Melanemys Shufeldt, 1919 Species synonymy[2] Testudo guttata Schneider, 1792 Testudo punctata Schoepff, 1792 Geoclemmys sebae Gray, 1869

For species articles, try to follow the FAs and GAs. (See also ideas from another animal Primates/Article format.) Perhaps something like the following for a general layout (adaptation is welcome of course):
Lead

• Taxonomy
• Description
• Distribution and habitat

• Population features
• Evolutionary history and fossil record

• Ecology and behavior

• Predators
• Diet
• Movement
• Life cycle

• Conservation

Very widespread species and those affected by humans to a measurable extent should also include a "Relations with humans" section. Be sure, as always, to include references.

A taxonomy box should be included. To the right is one for the Spotted turtle. The taxonomic classification of the turtle is expressed here. It can also include taxonomic synonyms, conservation status, and a range map.

Pictures[edit]

Every species article should have at least one picture of the animal. Here's an example:

Range maps[edit]

Readers want each animal's range mapped. For a Featured Article, it is a requirement. An example:

Image labeling[edit]

• A thoughtful caption (concise, but pointing out important features and connecting the subject to the article) should be included with every image.
• Alternative text helps blind readers "see" images, so it should be added as well.
• Maps should be carefully labeled when multiple species or time periods of range are displayed.
• All charts should have well-described axes.

Example: For the turtle photograph above, the code reads:

[[File:Painted turtle.jpg|thumb|220px|left|alt=An adult painted turtle specimen pointed toward the viewer with its head raised and facing towards its right.|A painted turtle (this image looks good in [[Painted turtle|the article]]).]]

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest (please sign with three tildes "~~~"). Also, try to keep the list alphabetical, thank you.

1. Borophagus (talk) Amateur palaeontologist working on articles on extinct pleurodires.
2. Crazyaboutturtles (talk) Hobbyist turtle keeper. Especially interested in making turtle knowledge available in the languages I speak: Dutch, German, English
3. D. Gordon E. Robertson (talk) – amateur naturalist and photographer
4. Faendalimas (talk) Specialist Turtle Taxonomist, have worked with side-necks, soft-shells and tortoises mostly, including fossil forms. Happy to help with nomenclatural issues.
5. Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 22:21, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
6. —innotata Interested, and thought of proposing such a project earlier. I'll put my name here for now and see if I get involved.
7. LJ (talk) 07:12, 25 December 2021 (UTC) biochemist, law student, amateur naturalist as well. enjoys fixing typos and building out existing articles.[reply]
8. Jak474 (talk)
9. Lfstevens (talk) 07:27, 6 January 2011 (UTC) Hawksbill and green sea turtles[reply]
10. Wikilouque ^(talk) Researched distribution, abundance, and morphology of map turtles for Master's degree, works in conservation, and naturalist.
11. Snow ^{let's rap} Scientist and amateur naturalist. I enjoy writing articles for taxons that are quiet little unsung heroes of the natural world. :)
12. Vidasubacuatica (talk) – amateur naturalist

Use the code {{User Turtles}} to show this:

This will automatically add you in the Category:WikiProject Turtles participants

• Popular pages with raw page views
• by scoring of Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team

Featured content[edit]

Featured articles[edit]

Bog turtle
Galápagos tortoise
Loggerhead sea turtle
Painted turtle
Turtle
Wells and Wellington affair

Good articles[edit]

Archelon
Wood turtle

Featured lists[edit]

List of Testudines families
U.S. state reptiles
List of reptiles of Michigan

Featured pictures[edit]

See the /Turtles Featured Pictures subpage for a display:

• Six images are Wikipedia Featured Pictures.
• Eight images are Commons Featured Pictures.
• One image is honored by both groups.

Candidates[edit]

Former featured articles[edit]

Marginated tortoise

New articles[edit]

Please feel free to list your new turtles-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any disputed templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.

• Cold-stunning

Redirects for discussion

• 08 Apr 2024 – Jonathan (tortoise (talk · edit · hist) →Jonathan (tortoise) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion

Subcategories of Turtles:

• Category tool: PetScan

Template:WikiProject Turtles
When {{WikiProject Turtles|class=|importance=}} is placed at the top of a talk page, it yields the following banner:

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Turtles is part of WikiProject Turtles, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use turtle resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.TurtlesWikipedia:WikiProject TurtlesTemplate:WikiProject Turtlesturtle articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Interested in helping WikiProject Turtles? See the project discussion or the to-do below: Get involved with WikiProject Turtles discussion. Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Copyedit : Green sea turtle! Expand : Emydidae, Tortoise, Spotted turtle, Glyptemys Photo : Find a photo of turtle articles needing a photo Stubs : Expand a stub article. Update : Emydidae, Tortoise Other : * Out of date turtle articles abound, mainly taxonomy issues, get a list here and scroll down for articles. Taxonomy information is available in WikiProject Turtles resources. {{Extinct turtles}} and fossil forms of both living and extinct turtles requires attention:many extinct articles require either expansion or creation and sources seems hard to come by. A list of fossil forms is being compiled so progress can be charted. Patrol: recent changes to turtle articles and check for improvements or errors.

Navigation boxes[edit]

• Order {{Testudines}}
• Suborder {{Pleurodira}} Covers families of Chelidae, Pelomedusidae and Podocnemididae
• Families {{Chelydridae}} {{Cheloniidae}} {{Kinosternidae}} {{Emydidae}} {{Geoemydidae}} {{Testudinidae}} {{Trionychidae}}

For biological and ecological information

• Carr, Archie (1952). Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Handbooks of American Natural History. Binghamton, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates.
• Ernst, Carl H.; Barbour, Roger William (1989). Turtles of the World. Washington, D.C., and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 0-87474-414-8.

• Ernst, Carl H.; Barbour, Roger William; Lovich, Jeffery E. (1994). Dutro, Nancy P. (ed.). Turtles of the United States and Canada. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-346-9.
• Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffery E. (2009). Turtles of the United States and Canada (2 ed.). JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2.

Taxonomy checklists and Conservation status

• {{cite journal| collaboration=Turtle Extinctions Working Group |author1=Rhodin, A.G.J. |author2=Thomson, S. |author3=Georgalis, G. |author4=Karl, H.-V. |author5=Danilov, I.G. |author6=Takahashi, A. |author7=de la Fuente, M.S. |author8=Bourque, J.R. |author9=Delfino M. |author10=Bour, R. |author11=Iverson, J.B. |author12=Shaffer, H.B. |author13=van Dijk, P.P. |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000e_fossil_checklist_v1_2015.pdf |title=Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians.|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66.|doi=10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015|year=2015}}

• {{cite journal|url=http://images.turtleconservancy.org/documents/2017/crm-7-checklist-atlas-v8-2017.pdf |title=Turtles of the world, 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status(8th Ed.)|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs |volume=7 |accessdate=October 4, 2019|date=August 3, 2017 |last1=Rhodin | first1=Anders G.J. |last2=Inverson |first2=John B. |last3=Roger |first3=Bour |last4=Fritz |first4=Uwe |last5=Georges |first5=Arthur |last6=Shaffer |first6=H. Bradley |last7=van Dijk |first7=Peter Paul |page= |ISBN=978-1-5323-5026-9}}

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2012-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2012 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5: 000.xx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-16. Includes Conservation status, English naming and distribution
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5: 000.xx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5: 000.xx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  • "Turtles of the world, 2009 checklist" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-06.
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Parham, James F. (2008-12-08). "Turtles of the world, 2008 checklist" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23.
  • "An Annotated List of Modern Turtle Terminal Taxawith Comments on Areas of Taxonomic Instability and Recent Changes (2007)" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23.

• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of chelonians of the world". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. Detailed, with synonyms and distribution.
• IUCN Red List Overview IUCN Conservation status
• Order Testudines - Turtles, The Reptile Database. Often out of date taxonomy but drilling down to the detail level does give a useful list of references.
• Testudines taxonomy ITIS (out of date) Turtle data of around 2004

Images

• Flickr search with content for commercial use
• US Fed website with great sea turtle images.
• iNaturalist image search

Common names

• Rhodin 2010 and Rhodin 2011 both have common names
• iucn red list
• Authors: C.H. Ernst, R.G.M. Altenburg & R.W. Barbour. Search turtles
• World Chelonian Trust
• austins turtle page
• iNaturalist. Lots of user provided information
• https://www.reptilefact.com/category/turtles

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
• HotArticles - Shows most edited articles
• Altviewer View the alternative wording for images. Accessibility for the partially blind.
• Category Scan tool
• Reference generator. Not 100% for FA but an easy start for referencing.
• Webcitation.org Archived 2013-02-24 at archive.today to archive online resources

Sisterlinks[edit]

• Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop
• Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps
• WikiMedia commons central resource of images. Use search for species.

WikiProject Turtles is an offshoot of WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles. We maintain close ties with our mother project.

WikiProject Science.

WikiProject Biology

WikiProject Tree of Life

WikiProject Animals

Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles

WikiProject Turtles

Other related WikiProjects:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Extinction