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Another turtle shot....

We spotted this small turtle resting at the edge of the lake.

Taken at a park in Twinsburg Ohio

Platysternon megacephalum, Tennnessee Aquarium

One beautiful variation of an Eastern box turtle taken in Southern NJ.

Sun bathing in the Tortuguero National forest.

Snorkelling with turtles, near Bridgetown. A fantastic experience.

@Horseshoe Reef, O'ahu, HI

I swear that the turtle was posing for me. Guess I have a knack for talking to the animals?

The Turtle Pond at Central Park, New York.

Japanese turtle is in yellow green colour. Eat water Morning Glory or other vegetable. Feed turlte in house for your long life with good luck and good health. This turtle's name is "LITTLE" and used to be on a newspaper - "POSTTODAY".

เต่าญี่ปุ่นกินผักบุ้งหรือผักอื่น ๆ เชื่อว่าเลี้ยงในบ้านแล้วเราจะอายุยืน สุขภาพดี แข็งแรง มีโชคลาภ เต่าตัวนี้มีชื่อว่า "นิดหน่อย" และเคยลงหนังสือพิมพ์โพสต์ทูเดย์

There were five kids using nets in South Fletcher's Creek. They caught this baby snapping turtle (about 4 inches in length). They brought up to the bridge and allowed me to take a few pictures. The kids then put the turtle back in the creek. Ravinswood Ravine. Brampton Ontario Canada.

Painted Turtles are the most common and widely distributed of all turtles in the United States. Notice how far forward the eyes are on his little noggin. This helps him to see what going on above the water while exposing as little of his body as possible.

Spiny Softshell Turtle (female) photographed at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.

 

Credit: Ken Sturm/USFWS

Look at the cute face! These are a Threatened species in Illinois. I was at a conference in northern Illinois a few years back and we got to visit a site where they are doing research on these cool (and super cute) turtles. Emydoidea blandingii, Emydidae. Northern Illinois, Summer 2010.

Terrapene carolina carolina

 

May, 2012. New Jersey.

 

A beautiful female Eastern Box Turtle crosses a busy rural road in New Jersey. The Garden State is the most densely populated state in the country and in turn many of its roads carry unusually high traffic volume. This coupled with fragmented habitat makes Eastern Box Turtles exceptionally vulnerable to road mortality. The Eastern Box Turtle is listed as a Species of Special Concern in New Jersey.

This little guy stopped by for a visit today.

Sea turtles are among the oldest creatures on earth and have remained essentially unchanged for 110 million years.The loggerhead sea turtle is the world's largest hard-shelled turtle and can weigh up to 1500 lbs.

She was on the edge of a field, so she was probably about to (or just did) lay eggs.

Wildlife Category

Title of Photo: Snapping Turtle

Subject: Snapping Turtle

Photographer: Steve Gasaway

Box Turtle in the yard. Box Turtles look at you like they hate you. They probably do.

Susanne Heid

Tenerife, Canary Islands

SeaLife DC1400 underwater camera

 

SeaLife has been granted the rights to this image.

IMG_4054

 

Common name: Box turtle

species: Terrapene carolina carolina

 

Photo: Koulang Chey

USA, 2008

Terrapene carolina bauri

 

A Florida Box Turtle seen at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, (Okeechobee County)

Turtles are reptiles of the order Chelonii or Testudines characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield. "Turtle" may either refer to the order as a whole, or to particular Turtle which make up a form taxon that is not monophyletic.

 

The order Chelonii or Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known turtles date from 220 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes or crocodiles. Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered.

Like other reptiles, turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, leatherback sea turtles have noticeably higher body temperature than surrounding water because of their high metabolic rate.

 

Like other amniotes (reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals), they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. The largest turtles are aquatic.

Tenerife, Canary Islands

Female Eastern Box Turtle found right outside my door at twilight.

I've rescued several box turtles from the highway over the years. I usually just let them go in the back yard. When I see a box turtle in the yard I wonder whether it's one I found on the road or whether it just wandered in from somewhere.

Taken at Flamingo Gardens, Davie FL

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