Turtles and tortoises

Connected Sites: 73

WHS that hold living species of turtles or tortoises.

Connected Sites

  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    113
    9

    Habitat of Galápagos giant tortoise
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.68
    30
    6

    Habitat of green turtle, hawksbill turtle, and olive ridley turtle
  • Kakadu National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.85
    91
    9

    Habitat of pig-nosed turtle
  • Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.14
    7
    4

    Habitat of green turtle, loggerhead turtle and leatherback turtle
  • Sundarbans National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.76
    27
    6

    Olive Ridley turtles, Green Turtles
  • Phoenix Islands
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.74
    3
    0

    turtle nesting and feeding grounds (green turtle)
  • The Sundarbans
    The Sundarbans
    Bangladesh
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.82
    30
    2

    River terrapin (UNEP-WCMC)

    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Plitvice Lakes
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.12
    291
    11

    European Pond Turtle (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Incense Route of the Negev
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.92
    80
    7

    Kleinmann's tortoise
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.49
    43
    3

    5 species of marine turtle (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Sanganeb
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.04
    5
    1

    home to populations of .. marine turtles (AB ev)
  • Hawraman/Uramanat
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.07
    8
    1

    "Among animals found in the region are: (...) various kinds of turtles and snakes" (Nomination file, p. 35)
  • Inscribed: 2000
    2.94
    2
    1

    Habitat of yellow-spotted river turtle
  • Ogasawara Islands
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3

    Green turtle (also lays eggs here), loggerhead turtle, hawksbill turtle and leatherback turtle
  • Amami-Oshima Island
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.87
    32
    5

    The Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle is an endemic endangered species. (Exec summary p13)
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2

    Habitat of green, hawksbill, loggerhead, leatherback and olive ridley turtles
  • Tubbataha Reefs
    Tubbataha Reefs
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    13
    5

    Habitat of hawksbill turtle and green turtle
  • Ichkeul National Park
    Inscribed: 1980
    2.05
    56
    5

    Two pond turtles, Iberian Clemys leprosa and European Emys orbicularis are found in the lake
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.38
    59
    7
    Habitat of loggerhead and leatherback turtles
  • Old Town of Galle
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.02
    172
    6

    Turtles swim below the walls of Galle and in the harbour.
  • Ibiza
    Ibiza
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.77
    127
    5
    spur-thighed tortoise
  • Henderson Island
    Henderson Island
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.49
    3
    0
    Green turtles occasionally nest on the east beach (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Gulf of California
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.50
    77
    6
    Five of the 8 world’s sea turtles species are present in the area. (AB ev)
  • Great Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.20
    183
    8
    Six of the world's seven species of marine turtle occur in the GBR. As well as the world's largest green turtle breeding site at Raine Island, the GBR also includes many regionally important marine turtle rookeries (OUV)
  • El Pinacate
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.08
    16
    5
    Desert tortoise and Sonora mud turtle
    See www.yichuans.me
  • Desembarco del Granma National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.89
    20
    4
    Habitat of loggerhead turtle, green turtle, olive ridley and hawksbill turtle
  • Chitwan National Park
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.28
    88
    11
    Indian starred tortoise
  • Carlsbad Caverns
    Carlsbad Caverns
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.47
    117
    11
    yellow mud turtle
    See www.nps.gov
  • Bijagos Archipelago
    Guinea-Bissau
    Inscribed: 2025
    5
    1
    nesting ground for GreenTurtles (Chelonia mydas, endangered (EN)), withPoilão Island being one of the most crucial nestingsites globally. The vulnerable (VU) Leatherback Turtle(Dermochelys coriacea) has also been recorded (AB ev)
  • Inscribed: 1999
    3.28
    21
    3
    spur-thighed tortoise
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    13
    4
    African spurred tortoise, African softshelled turtle
  • Ujung Kulon National Park
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.49
    28
    7
    "Green turtle is known to nest within the park"
  • Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.56
    41
    7

    leatherback turtle, green turtle, spiny terrapin, Malayan giant turtle and Malayan flatshelled turtle
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    168
    6

    Central American river turtle
  • Socotra Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.79
    20
    3

    "Socotra hosts four species of endangered marine turtles - the Loggerhead turtle, the Green turtle, the Hawksbill turtle and the rarer Olive Ridley turtle. Loggerhead and Green turtles nest on various beaches around the islands. No nesting has yet been confirmed for Hawksbill and Olive Ridley turtles." (nom file)
  • Sian Ka'an
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.82
    92
    20

    Habitat of green turtle, hawksbill turtle, loggerhead turtle and leatherback turtle
  • Shark Bay
    Shark Bay
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.58
    40
    2

    Loggerhead turtle nest on the beaches
  • Rock Islands
    Inscribed: 2012
    4.00
    31
    6

    sea turtles (IUCN) - green and hawksbill
  • Pitons of Reunion
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.65
    52
    3

    hawksbill turtle, green turtle
  • Pitons Management Area
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.93
    91
    5

    Hawksbill turtles
  • Pirin National Park
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.86
    107
    11

    Habitat of Greek tortoise
  • Papahanaumokuakea
    Papahanaumokuakea
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.11
    8
    1

    Habitat of the threatened green sea turtle
  • Ningaloo Coast
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.48
    38
    4

    a wealth of sea turtles
  • Mount Sanqingshan
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.31
    36
    3

    Big-headed turtle - nomination file
  • Mount Etna
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.55
    263
    12

    Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) (Nomination file, p. 70)
  • Manu National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.74
    30
    5

    Yellow headed side neck turtle
  • Malpelo
    Malpelo
    Colombia
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.90
    3
    1

    hawksbill and leatherback turtles
  • Lorentz National Park
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.34
    4
    1

    the rare pig-nosed turtle (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Lagoons of New Caledonia
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.53
    29
    2

    Green Sea Turtle
  • Komodo National Park
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.78
    87
    7

    5 species
  • Keoladeo National Park
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.79
    93
    4

    7 species
  • Kaeng Krachan Forest
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.71
    25
    4

    Yellow/Elongated Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata), and the endangered Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys),
  • Hortobágy
    Hortobágy
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.30
    105
    8
    European pond terrapins
  • Guanacaste
    Guanacaste
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.13
    70
    6

    Habitat of Olive Ridley sea turtle, Leather Back sea turtle
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10

    The European pond turtle and Hermann's tortoise in the Regional Park of the Po Delta.

    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Everglades
    Everglades
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.68
    259
    15

    Habitat of 16 species of turtles
  • Donana National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.83
    111
    7
    Habitat of spur-thighed tortoise
  • Discovery Coast
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.16
    18
    3

    Green Sea Turtle, Loggerhead sea turtle
  • Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.40
    38
    5

    Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica) and marsh turtle in Kobuleti Protected Areas.

    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Coiba National Park
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.86
    18
    2
    Coiba Island also provides nesting beaches for at least four species of sea turtles [hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley, (Lepidochelys olivacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)] (nom file)
  • Cocos Island
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.85
    6
    2
    Habitat of Hawksbill turtle, Green turtle and Olive Ridley turtle
  • Central Amazon Conservation Complex
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.35
    33
    5

    Yellow-footed tortoise plus 10 freshwater turtles
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    16
    4

    Habitat of green turtle and hawksbill turtle
  • Blue and John Crow Mountains
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.59
    41
    3

    1 turtle species (AB ev)
  • Białowieża Forest
    Białowieża Forest
    Belarus, Poland
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.75
    103
    9
    European pond tortoise
  • Belize Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.56
    119
    11
    Green turtle, hawksbill turtle, loggerhead turtle
  • Asante Traditional Buildings
    Inscribed: 1980
    1.88
    33
    5

    Besease Shrine has a resident tortoise, which is said to be a fetish
  • Andrefana Dry Forests
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.84
    29
    4
    Madagascar big-headed turtle (IUCN Outlook 2020)
  • Aldabra Atoll
    Aldabra Atoll
    Seychelles
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.21
    7
    13

    Habitat of Aldabra Giant Tortoise
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.16
    21
    2
    four tortoise species
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.21
    14
    3
    Habitat of Assam Roofed Turtle, sawbacked terrapin and eastern hill terrapin
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    "The property provides habitat for several reptiles including the Euphrates Soft-shell Turtle" (OUV)
  • Ohrid Region
    Ohrid Region
    Albania, North Macedonia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.41
    204
    7
    Hermann's tortoise, European pond terrapin