Arkansas, USA

The Ornate Box Turtle is on the LEFT, while a Three-Toed Box Turtle is on the RIGHT. This picture shows a comparison of the plastrons (the lower shells). In an Ornate, the plastron has an "ornate" patterning.

She is more than 16 years old at least.

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Turtles in Maui, 2013.

An alligator snapping turtle at the Bronx Zoo's World of Reptiles.

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Turtles spotted basking in the sun in the Sanibel River off the red trail of the Bailey Tract in the J.N. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge, located on Sanibel Island, Florida.

A real life ninja turtle.

Painted turtle on a log

Marsa Mubarak 15/07/2013, Nikon D700 20mm

The Eastern Box Turtle is a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts where it essentially meets the limit of its northern range. Habitat is somewhat varied with this species, though access to sandy soils is key for egg laying.

Road mortality is a primary threat to Box Turtles, as is the case with most turtles and other herptofauna.

Wild turtle on my driveway

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This girl was one of three that was crossing the road. She was the only survivor by the time John saw her, stopped, and brought her to the safety of the ponds at home. She either already had laid, or was ready to lay, her eggs. She moved very, very fast. John put her in Pond 3.

superman Hawk Bill Turtle on the reef

Little turtle become big

Seen on Tamassee Knob trail. He (or she) declined the raisins I offered.

Deirochelys reticularia, Escambia co AL 2008.

出來就算了還東張西望! 咳咳! 假日晨運回家老宅男逗逗顧家的小閨, 只是膽小些又不吵不鬧挺乖的, 比貴賓狗優秀太多了! 哈哈 : -))

NYC: Central Park / Turtles and Cormorants

Turtles and Cormorants at the Lake in Central Park

Olympus E-M1 | Olympus M.40-150/2.8 + MC-14 TC

Mississippi River, IL

This how he looked just before he bit me on the head.

Pictures at the Cayman Islands Turtle Farm - iguana in tree outside the farm

Key Largo, FL

Dec 2011

Turtles for sale, Singapore.

Last fall we noticed this log that was covered with turtles. I finally got a picture of it - the turles must have sensed something was up because a mass exodus began while I was snapping away.

Snorkelling off Gili Meno, Indonesia (I'm snorkelling - the turtle doesn't need one)

Went for a dirt road ride last evening and we almost didn't see her. This old girl was laying her eggs and nothing was going to stop her. She didn't hiss and didn't seem upset by us so we snapped a few pics before it got too dark. We saw a couple rabbits, a partridge and lots of fireflies....no big critters, though.

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Turtle, Berlin Zoo

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.............the newest member of the family....this makes 3 turtles.

(Kinosternum flavescens). Lynn County, Texas.

On our trip to the Turtle Farm, we saw a number of Iguanas running around. They make for pretty pictures, even for someone like me who is crappy with a camera :)

sneaked in my yard!

wonder how he did it!

Detail of the injured turtle I encountered on my ride this morning. One of it's hind legs was missing and a chunk gone from it's shell. My best guess is perhaps an Egret or Heron tried to make lunch out of it, though the injury did not look recent.