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Poachers threaten spider tortoise  -  Aug 27, 2009
BBC NewsPoachers are threatening the survival of the northern Madagascar spider tortoise, which only lives along a narrow strip of the island's coast. ...

Rare Madagascar Tortoise Hatches at Zoo  -  Feb 5, 2007
Washington PostThe Knoxville Zoo also cares for the Northern spider tortoises' cousins _ the common spider tortoise and the even more rare Southern spider tortoise. ...

… Zoo says they have hatched a spider tortoise native to Madagascar  -  Feb 6, 2007
Canoe.ca - Canoe.caKNOXVILLE, Tenn.(AP) - The Knoxville Zoo says it has become the first US zoo to successfully breed Northern spider tortoises, a subspecies so rare they can ...

Poachers threaten spider tortoise  -  Aug 27, 2009
Herald de ParisBy Wire News Sources on August 27, 2009. An illegal trade in exotic pets threatens to wipe out the northern Madagascar spider tortoise, a survey has found. ...

Madagascar's tortoises are crawling toward extinction, groups say  -  Feb 8, 2008
Biology News Net - Biology News Net (press release)The other critically endangered species include the radiated tortoise, flat-tailed tortoise, spider tortoise and Madagascar big-headed turtle, ...

Tortoise making big strides  -  Apr 19, 2008
Wirral GlobeThe other Critically Endangered species are the Ploughshare Tortoise, Flat-tailed Tortoise, Spider Tortoise and Madagascar Big-headed Turtle, ...

Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say  -  Feb 11, 2008
sciencedaily.comThe other critically endangered species include the radiated tortoise, flat-tailed tortoise, spider tortoise and Madagascar big-headed turtle, ...

Return to action | Article from New Straits Times | HighBeam Research  -  Sep 25, 2009
Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam ResearchMadagascar, the Gray's Monitor, Spider Tortoise, Burmese Star Tortoise, Indian Star Tortoises, Boelen's Python, Timor Python, Green Tree Python and Fly ...

Madagascar's Tortoises & Turtles Edging Towards Extinction  -  Jun 3, 2008
Wildlife ExtraThe other critically endangered species include the radiated tortoise, flat-tailed tortoise, spider tortoise and Madagascar big-headed turtle, ...

Spanish couple get jail for trying to smuggle Malagasy tortoises  -  Jul 27, 2007
earthtimes.orgThe 48 baby tortoises of the rare endangered radiata geochelone (radiated tortoise) and pyxis arachnoides (spider tortoise) species, which are indigenous to ...

Tale of the tortoises: Knoxville Zoo helps endangered species thrive  -  Nov 5, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,It was first to hatch rare Northern spider tortoises, one of three spider tortoise subspecies in its care. It has great success breeding the endangered

Endangered Madagascan tortoise hatched at Chester Zoo  -  Apr 24, 2008
Evening Leader,The other critically endangered species are the Ploughshare Tortoise, Flat-tailed Tortoise, Spider Tortoise and Madagascar Big-headed Turtle,

Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say  -  Feb 7, 2008
Science Daily (press release)The other critically endangered species include the radiated tortoise, flat-tailed tortoise, spider tortoise and Madagascar big-headed turtle,

Tortoise Brigade Proposed to Save Madagascar's Turtles and Tortoises  -  Feb 7, 2008
Daily GreenThe other critically endangered species include the radiated tortoise, the flat-tailed tortoise, the spider tortoise and the Madagascar big-headed turtle.

Madagascar's tortoises at high risk of extinction  -  Feb 7, 2008
Mongabay.com...to critically endangered, including the ploughshare tortoise, radiated tortoise, flat-tailed tortoise, spider tortoise and Madagascar big-headed turtle.

Spanish couple get jail for trying to smuggle Malagasy tortoises  -  Jul 27, 2007
Earthtimes.orgThe 48 baby tortoises of the rare endangered radiata geochelone (radiated tortoise) and pyxis arachnoides (spider tortoise) species, which are indigenous to

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