US EditionMexico Reproduces in Captivity the Smallest Species of Turtle in the World
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In the heart of the popular tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta in Mexico you can find the last populations of the ‘Casquito de Vallarta’. It is a turtle that has the particularity not only of its yellow stain on its nose in the case of males, but also of its tiny size. A threatened species and that is part of various reproduction campaigns such as the one that has been carried out in a zoo of the Aztec country where they have managed to repr…
August 26, 2025 – Guadalajara (Mexico) – EFE. A zoo in Jalisco, Mexico, has achieved an important milestone: the first captive reproduction of the turtle known as ‘Casquito de Vallarta’, considered the smallest in the world and in danger of extinction. This achievement is a crucial step for the conservation of this species. biologist Ricardo Dávalos, from the Guadalajara Zoo, explained that this turtle (Kinosteron vogti) was discovered recently …
The milestone occurred thanks to the formation of an installation intended for breeding and exhibition of reptiles and amphibians with an environment similar to the natural habitat of the turtle Casquito which allowed the mating of several couples.
Guadalajara (Mexico), 26 Aug (EFE).- A zoo in Jalisco (west of Mexico) reproduced for the first time under professional care a specimen of the turtle known as ‘Casquito’, a species that lives near Puerto Vallarta, which is considered the smallest in the world and whose survival is in danger. biologist Ricardo Dávalos, head of the herpetarian of the Guadalajara Zoo, explained to EFE that this species was discovered only in 2018, but is in danger …
August 27, 2025 - Xinhua News Agency reported that a Mexican zoo has announced good news: a Vallarta mud turtle, the world's smallest turtle, the size of a coin and critically endangered, has hatched from an egg at the Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico. Ricardo Davila, biologist and head of the reptile and amphibian department at the Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico, announced good news after the hatching of a Vallarta mud turtle, the world's smallest turtle, …
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