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Turtles
Order: Testudines - 4 families, 15 species depicted (out of 14 families, 300 species)
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Radiated tortoise
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Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
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Turtle on the softshell
Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
Family: Trionychidae (softshell and flapshell turtles)
Shark Valley, The Everglades
Florida
March 28, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Softshell
Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
Family: Trionychidae (softshell and flapshell turtles)
Shark Valley, The Everglades
Florida
March 28, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Softshell confrontation
Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox)
Family: Trionychidae (softshell and flapshell turtles)
Shark Valley, The Everglades
Florida
March 28, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Turtle
Turtle
August 11, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Florida in California
Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)
When turtles strut
Alligator and turtle
Common slider (Trachemys scripta)
Slider
Common slider
Sliding in Jasper Ridge
Red-eared terrapins (Trachemys scripta elegans) aka red-eared sliders
Trained turtles
Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
Western Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Gwyn's turtle
Gwyn's turtle
Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina ssp. bauri)
Turtle
Oceanic turtles
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Green turtle black sand
On the move
Back to sea
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Family: Cheloniidae (typical sea turtles
Green sea turtle
Hawaii
June 21, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII
Green sea turtle
Green sea turtle
Captain
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Family: Cheloniidae (typical sea turtles
Carpenter House Marine Environmental Education Center
Hollywood, Florida
October 5, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Family: Cheloniidae (typical sea turtles
Carpenter House Marine Environmental Education Center
Hollywood, Florida
October 5, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Captain spews
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Family: Cheloniidae (typical sea turtles
Carpenter House Marine Environmental Education Center
Hollywood, Florida
October 5, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Sea turtle
Canon Powershot D10 underwater camera,
August 1, 2010
At sea
Henna turtle
Vampire turtle
Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Monkey Mia, Western Australia
August 22, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Making tracks
The morning after
Baby sea turtle
Turtle
Pohnpei
June 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Turtle
Pohnpei
June 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Galápagos
Tortoises
Enchanting
Santa Cruz
Canon Rebel T1i,
July 30, 2010
Saddle front
Charles Darwin Research Foundation
Lonesome George receiveds avian visitors
LG and smooth billed anis
Santa Cruz
Lonesome George eyes a passerby
Santa Cruz
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmarkii
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
7 and 28
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
At a sprint
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Tortoise
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Table manners
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra complex)
Santa Cruz Island
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2
Stuffed
Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii)
Santa Cruz Island
Charles Darwin Research Foundation
Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon rebel T5i
Facing unreality
Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii)
Santa Cruz Island
Charles Darwin Research Foundation
Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon 7Dmarkii
"55"
Santa Cruz
Assuming the tortoise position
Bob
Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos
July 8, 2017
Canon rebel T5i
Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Gunther the gourmand
Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
Alan's birthday party
Kensington
October 20, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2
Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
Alan's house
Kensington
May 15, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Family: Testudinidae (tortoises)
Alan's house
Kensington
May 15, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus )
Because it digs holes
Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus )
Family: Testudinidae
Robert is Here
Near the Everglades, Florida
April 1, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
Seychelle giant
Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
Family: Testudinidae
Joffreyville, Madagascar
July 5, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
Spurred on
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
Family:Testudinidae (tortoises)
Robert is Here fruit stand
Florida
April 20, 2021
Canon R5
Out of Africa
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
Family:Testudinidae (tortoises)
Route 1
South of Pismo
January 28, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Misc
Turtle sculpture
Turtle
Kimony Resort - near Morondova, Madagascar
July 11, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
Reno zoo
Carapace
Reno zoo
Turtles
Bukit Lawang, Sumatra
July 30, 2012
Close
Turtles
Bukit Lawang, Sumatra
July 30, 2012
Turtle art
Turtles
Williams Island, Florida
October 10, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2
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Last modified: December 29, 2022
Renamed from turtles.html
Created: November 11, 2006 (from primates.html)
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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