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TORTOISE WHO ARE YOU?History and originsDistributionMorphologyHabitatsLifestyleA PROTECTED SPECIESProtection status, rules and regulationsTrade and detentionTHREATSHabitat destruction and degradationDirect destruction of individualsTaking in the wild, captivity and releasing captive-bred individualsCONSERVATIONConservation effortsStatus and trends of populations

French law

- Order of 19 November 2007 establishing the lists of protected amphibians and reptiles throughout the territory and how to protect them.

- Decree of 10 August 2004, which sets out the general operating rules of breeding facilities for approval of non-domestic species.

- Decree of 10 August 2004 fixing the conditions for authorizing detention of non-domestic animals of certain species in the breeding, sale, rental, transit or public presentation of non-domestic species (see part trade and detention).