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Okinawa, Japan – 2010
24 Minutes in length
This film takes you on a journey through Okinawa, Japan - where we look for and find the elusive Okinawan Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica) in the wild.
We travel through the scenic countryside of Okinawa Island in subtropical forests and mountainous terrain.
The focus of the trip is to study the Okinawan Leaf Turtle's ecology, status, and distribution. This trip was important for the BCC to better understand the captive management of the species. This may be the first time the cryptic chelonian has been filmed in the wild, where they inhabit deep burrows set on very steep, heavily forested ravines and gorges.
This film explains the long and confusing taxonomic history of the genus Geoemyda and includes footage of Geoemyda spengleri, Heosemys depressa, Heosemys impressa, Siebenrockiella leytensis, Melanochelys tricarinata, Rhinoclemmys rubida rubida, Vijayachelys silvatica, Cyclemys dentata, Manouria impressa, Pelodiscus sinensis, Mauremys mutica kami, and Cuora flavomarginata evelynae.
Argentina & Uruguay – 2009
40 Minutes in length
This film takes you on a journey through Argentina and Uruguay where we search for the country's native turtles and tortoises.
We travel through the scenic coastlines of Uruguay to the vast deserts and mountains of Patagonia and ultimately, the hot impenetrable forests of the Northern Chaco region.
The focus of the trip is to study the Argentine tortoise's ecology status and distribution. There has been ongoing confusion in the scientific to find answers to that question. We also find and document the
Acanthochelys spixii (spiny-necked turtle) and Acanthochelys pal- lidipectoris (Chaco side-necked turtle) in the field.
Madagascar – 2007-2008
45 Minutes in length
This video summarizes the IUCN Red List meeting in January 2008 in Madagascar to reclassify all five of their endemic turtles and tortoises - Spider Tortoise, Radiated Tortoise, Flat-tailed Tortoise, Ploughshare Tortoise and Madagascar Big-Headed Turtle. Included are interviews with many of the world's leading turtle biologists - Peter Pritchard, Jim Juvik, Rick Hudson, Anders Rhodin and Russell Mittermeier, to name a few. We take you into the field in search of some of the rarest and most elusive tortoises - we find the Flat-tailed Tortoise, both adults and hatchling Ploughshare Tortoises, and the Madagascar Big-headed Turtles in the wild. The video illustrates the precarious future of Madagascar's unique turtles and tortoises and their habitats. Please join us in our efforts to protect Madagascar's endangered turtles and tortoises!
BCC – 2006-2007
45 Minutes in length
This film takes you on a journey around the world where we visit in situ and ex situ conservation projects. We take you to the Galapagos Islands to look at the in situ work with Galapagos Tortoises, Central Mexico where you can see the Bolson Tortoise in its natural habitat, to Madagascar where we look at all five endemic turtles and tortoises, the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues to evaluate the reintroduction programs replacing an extinct species with a surrogate one, to the London and Jersey zoos,and within the United States, we travel to the Northeast to make Bog Turtle assessments, the Florida Springs, the deserts of the Southwest, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and to the rivers of California to survey our native Pacific Pond Turtle.