Turtle Survival
2tUaeTbNi
2tUaeTbNi
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
TSA EUROPE<br />
MUENSTER ZOO<br />
Successful Breeding Efforts at International<br />
Center for the Conservation of <strong>Turtle</strong>s (IZS)<br />
at Muenster Zoo Result in Rare Hatchings<br />
An adult Cuora cyclornata at the Muenster Zoo. PHOTO CREDIT: HENK ZWARTEPOORTE<br />
Dr. Martina Raffel and Elmar Meier<br />
TABLE 1:<br />
OFFSPRING HATCHED AT IZS IN 2014<br />
Focused breeding efforts at the International<br />
Center for the Conservation of <strong>Turtle</strong>s (IZS)<br />
resulted in a record fourteen hatchlings of the<br />
Yellow-headed Box <strong>Turtle</strong> (Cuora aurocapitata).<br />
Additionally, the first-ever two hatchlings of the<br />
Central Vietnamese Three-striped Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
(Cuora cyclornata cyclornata) outside of their native<br />
Southeast Asia were also produced.<br />
In regard to the total number of hatchlings,<br />
2014 has been rather an average year for the IZS<br />
at the Muenster Zoo – with 38 offspring in 11 species<br />
hatched (see table below). Furthermore, for<br />
the first time, female offspring in Cuora aurocaptitata<br />
and McCord’s Box <strong>Turtle</strong> (Cuora mccordi)<br />
produced hatchlings; making these the first ever<br />
reported halfway F2-generation in these species.<br />
The female Zhou’s Box <strong>Turtle</strong> (Cuora zhoui)<br />
offspring, as reported in 2013, produced another<br />
clutch in 2014, and was even joined by a second<br />
female hatched in captivity.<br />
The strategy to establish and build assurance<br />
colonies by transferring various turtles to<br />
places such as the Rotterdam Zoo, Nordens Ark,<br />
and with several private turtle keepers, has seen<br />
remarkable success and progress as the breeding<br />
loan turtles quickly started to reproduce. Additional<br />
institutions and private persons have been<br />
included in the ESF studbooks and will hopefully<br />
add up to more overall success in the future.<br />
Contacts: Dr. Martina Raffel, curator for in situ Conservation,<br />
Allwetterzoo Muenster; and Elmar Meier, Volunteer<br />
Project Manager IZS; Email: raffel@allwetterzoo.de<br />
Allwetterzoo Muenster, Sentruper Strasse 315, 48161<br />
Muenster, Germany<br />
No. of<br />
surviving<br />
hatchlings<br />
14<br />
7<br />
2<br />
2<br />
4<br />
6<br />
2<br />
1<br />
English name<br />
Yellow-headed<br />
Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Golden Coin<br />
Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Central<br />
Vietnamese<br />
three-striped<br />
Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Meier’s Golden<br />
Coin Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
McCord’s<br />
Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Zhou’s<br />
Box <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Sulawesi<br />
Forest <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Vietnamese<br />
Pond <strong>Turtle</strong><br />
Scientific name<br />
Cuora aurocapitata<br />
Cuora cf. cyclornata<br />
Cuora cyclornata cyclornata<br />
Cuora cyclornata meieri<br />
Cuora mccordi<br />
Cuora zhoui<br />
Leucocephalon yuwonoi<br />
Mauremys annamensis<br />
a publication of the turtle survival alliance 57 visit us online at www.turtlesurvival.org