The Turtle Gallery – scientific names
Actinemys (=Emys, Clemmys) marmorata, Western pond turtle
Female | plastron| pallida | pallida habitat | young in habitat | adult in habitat
Chelus fimbriata, Matamata turtle
Chrysemys picta, Painted turtle
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Chinese box turtle
Female and egg | young | hatchling
Cuora amboinensis,
Asian, Malayan or
Philippine box turtle
Young male
Emydoidea blandingii,
Blanding's turtle
Emydura subglobosa,
Red-bellied short-necked turtle
Emys orbicularis,
European pond turtle
Female | male| pair, plastral view | young | female
Geochelone chilensis,
Chaco tortoise
Female | male | male, plastron | 2 males | young | habitat
Geochelone nigra,
Galápagos tortoise
Geochelone radiata,
Radiated tortoise
Adult | nesting female | young
Geochelone sulcata,
African spurred tortoise
Female | hatchling, showing yolk sac
Gopherus agassizii, Desert tortoise
Male, close-up | adult in habitat | male, browsing | female, nesting | eggs | young
Gopherus polyphemus,
Gopher tortoise
Hieremys annandalii, Temple turtle
Indotestudo elongata,
Elongated tortoise
Kinosternon sonoriense,
Sonoran mud turtle
adult | adult swimming | adult and young | habitat | in pond habitat
Leucocephalon (Geoemyda) yuwonoi, Sulawesi forest turtle
Male | male, close-up | female | female, plastron
Macroclemys temminckii,
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Male "Old Bob" close-up | male
Manouria impressa,
Impressed tortoise
Male | plastron | close-up | hatchlings | young
Pelusios subniger,
East African side-neck turtle
Pseudemys concinna, River cooter
Female, carapace | female, close-up
Pyxidea mouhotii,
Jagged shell or keeled box turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa, Honduran wood turtle
lateral views | plastron | carapace
Terrapene carolina carolina, Eastern box turtle
Male, close-up |female, nesting
Terrapene carolina triunguis, Three-toed box turtle
Terrapene carolina yucatana, Yucatan box turtle
Male | male | female | plastron
Terrapene ornata,
Ornate box turtle
Testudo hermanni,
Hermann's tortoise
Adult male | tortoise hatching sequence
Testudo horsfieldii,
Russian tortoise
Male | pair, showing sexual dimorphism
Testudo kleinmanni,
Egyptian tortoise
Male | female | female, nesting | young
Trachemys scripta elegans,
Red-eared slider
Hatchling | juvenile | female | male |
adults basking
