right on the side of a road, this turtle was laying her eggs! it blew my mind to see them drop down!

Red-footed Tortoise, Jabuti-piranga - Chelonoidis carbonarius

Friends (in adjacent wider image)

Chestnut-bellied Guan - Penelope ochrogaster

White-throated Piping-Guan, Jacutinga-de-garganta-azul - Pipile grayi

Went on the turtle watching trip where they tempted them in with crabs on a line.

At the Sarett Nature Center in Berrien County, Michigan, May 2005. Reminds me of my days at the University of Maryland.

Found this turtle while weed-whacking. S/he now lives in my pond.

In my mums garden's pont there are turtles. They don't want to be photographed, but this one stood very still for ones

Doing her "egg thing". Hope she made it across the road ok...

Western Pond Turtle

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Turtle on our hiking path, almost blending into the greenery. Wesselman Woods, Evansville, IN

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Leinster Bay is an awesome place for snorkeling in the US Virgin Islands. We saw turtles like this one, stingrays, starfish, and a variety of fish. Check out the map to see more photos from here by other photographers.

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We crossed paths just as there was a brief break in the clouds. This mature turtle's carapace was a bit over a foot long. Gotta love the lens's 1.5 m minimum focusing distance!

The encounter resulted in a mud-bellied photographer.

f/5.6, 1/80, 300mm, ISO 500

Different day , same turtle , same log. I don't think he moved since my last visit !

that holds no turtles but plenty of frogs. Anyone recognize the plant on the far left--the tag had faded and the guy couldn't remember but it is beautiful- however it will need to be in the greenhouse over the winter. I seem to finally have a good population of mosquito fish in here, too.

Codorus State Park, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 16 August 2008.

North Carolina Aquarium - Roanoke Island, The Outer Banks

Turtle from Cape May Zoo

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Lower Lake, Ca.

April, 2008. Northern Indiana.

Green sea turtle off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii

This big ol' one-eyed snapping turtle was found along a road in Westminster. It was rescued from certain doom by one of our kindly bio lab assistants and will soon be living in a nearby park. He's enjoying a fresh spinach leaf.

Didn't think a turtle could smile, did ya"?

Woah, my turtle! She's HUGE, and eats only meat and fish. Beware, she's dangerous. She should be about ten years old now...I bought her with another turtle: they were called Tarta and Ruga ( Tartaruga=turtle in Italian). Unfortunately, Tarta died ^_^'

Per gli italiani: Ecco la mia enorme tartaruga Ruga, che mangia solo carne, è vecchia ed è pericolosa. Ne avevo due: Tarta e Ruga X'D ma Tarta morta ^_^'

A pretty Eastern Box Turtle photographed on the Carolina coast

Turtles, made of fimo, shell made of plastic. Painted with spray paint and detailed with acrylic.

Box turtles live a long time and are very vulnerable to getting run over and having humans carry them away and release them in unfamiliar territory where they're unlikely to survive.

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More turtles at Xcaret

A little turtle we found in the middle of the road (In Amish country!).

This shot of a water turtle was taken with Nikon D70 equipped with 70-300mm G lens. The focal length was 300mm f5.6, 1/800.