Looks like a Box Turtle!

Blah. I'm done here.

Common Sapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina).

29 September 2013. Village Creek Drying Beds.

Arlington, Texas. Tarrant County.

Nikon D7000. Nikkor AF 300mm f4 ED-IF + 1.4X Kenko Pro 300 DGX.

(420) f8 @ 1/640 sec. 400 ISO.

I shall call him Frederick.

turtle by the pond at flamingo gardens florida

My first ever Terrapene ornata ornata, found crossing a gravel road.

Weld County, CO.

A baby sea turtle sits in nurturing hands moments before being released into the ocean off the coast of Boca Raton, Fla., Sept. 5, 2013. The staff at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center reached out to the Coast Guard to assist with the sea turtles release into the ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Barney.

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This huge turtle (about 10-12 inches long) was crossing the road, so I stopped and put on my blinkers and tried to assist him. He wasn't liking my help, but I didn't want to leave him in the middle of the road. Along came another driver, who stopped to help and ended up picking up the turtle (quickly) and moving to the other side of the road. The turtle plodding down a small embankment and into the lake.

Frick! (Yellowbelly Slider) actually let me get close and take photos of him basking. Usually if you go near the tank when they are basking they slide off into the water.

never knew turtles could have such long legs!! as i took the photo, realized, photography at this cage was illegal. oops! so no time to get a better photo

academy of sciences 11/8/10

In Turtle Pond.

By Tess

Baby Turtle, Victoria, Mexico.

© Almaguer, Aldo / Wildlife Photographer

This guy was along the path to work. Yeah, he was slow enough for me to go get the camera, lay on the sidewalk and take several shots. I've always liked turtles - even rescue them from roads.

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In Turtle Pond.

Green sea turtle at Maui Ocean Center.

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Turtle on a log.

Turtle Thailand, Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill Turtle

I got this idea from a flickr friend, Lenny, although he did a much better job with his red ear slider (we call them streaker heads down here) than I did with mine. Thanks Lenny!

Photo of 8 x 10 watercolor of a green sea turtle. Photo used with permission from Mathieu. www.flickr.com/photos/18558650@N05/

The Goliath frog, aka giant slippery frog, is the largest known frog species in the world. You can find these beasts in Cameroon as well as in Equatorial Guinea. They prefer streams and fast-flowing rivers with sandy bottoms, in rainforests. Sadly, these giants are listed as Endangered by the IUCN; and their populations are decreasing. This is due to habitat destruction at the hands of logging, housing developments, and agriculture. They also suffer from over-collecting for the pet trade and pollution.

First the Stats...

Scientific name: Conraua goliath

Weight: Up to 7 lbs.

Length: Up to 12 inches

Lifespan: Up to 15 years

Now on to the Facts!

1.) These frogs prey on dragonflies, locusts, crabs, small snakes, fish, baby turtles, and even other amphibians. They have also been known to take bats. Tadpoles feast only on aquatic plants, like Dicraeia warmingii.

2.) Unlike other frogs, Goliaths lack vocal cords and thus don't croak to find a mate.

3.) Like most other frogs, they are nocturnal (active at night).

4.) Snakes, Nile crocodiles, and Nile monitors all prey on the Goliath frog. Tribes will also hunt them as bush meat. The eggs and tadpoles are preyed on my aquatic insects like dragonfly larvae.

5.) Mating season occurs from July - August.

But wait, there's more on the Goliath frog!

6.) Different from other frogs, these amphibians don't have nuptial pads (swelling on the forearms of males which facilitate grasping of females during the mating ritual).

7.)

critter.science/the-goliath-frog/

ROY KILCULLEN PHOTOGRAPHY 26/04/2006

Collect picture of Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle when first found stranded on a North Uist beach in the Western Isles of Scotland in June 2004. Myrtle, who lost a flipper in a shark attack, has been nursed back to health at the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary in Oban, and later the Scarborough Sea Life & Marine Sanctuary. She was today released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a beach in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

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We are told this is an Eastern Box Turtle, which appears to be about 14 years old.

Venezuela state ranch

We went to the Caribbean of Barbados for and went snorkeling around a Shipwreck and found this Leatherback Sea Turtles. It was so amazing to have them swimming around us.

Isabela Island

Land Turtles

This turtle was standing very, very still. So focusing was trivial, and I got to make sure that no annoying leaves were in the way. Completely unlike with that bird a while ago, the last time we were there.

A highway rescue.

taken by Mark

balochistan wildlife: HAWKSBILL TURTLE

Moccasin Lake Nature Park, Clearwater, FL

red slider turtle showing his/her stripes.

Eretmochelys imbricata

Young hawksbill turtle.

Geoemyda spengleri, Tennessee Aquarium