Jen Guyton / Brown wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) resting on a rock in a stream. La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica,

Lucas Bustamante / Brown land turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) amongst vegetation, Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Nick Hawkins / Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) puddling on the head of Black wood turtle, (Rhinoclemmys funerea) in lowland rainforests, Southeastern Nicaragua. August.

MYN / Andrew Snyder / South American Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) looking up, Berbice River, Guyana, September. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Martin Gabriel / Black wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) on a log, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica, February

Bence Mate / Portrait of a Black wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea), Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Daniel Heuclin / Spot-legged Terrapin (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) partially submerged in water, French Guiana, South America

Mary McDonald / Black Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) head portrait on log, at water hole, Costa Rica, Central America.

Pete Oxford / Colombian Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemys melanosterna) with legs drawn into shell, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Colombian Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemys melanosterna) on log, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brown Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) portrait, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Brown Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata) basking, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Colombian Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemys melanosterna) portrait, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Colombian Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemys melanosterna) portrait, Amazon, Ecuador

Patricio Robles Gil / Furrowed wood turtle {Rhinoclemmys areolata} Mexico

TIM MARTIN / Brown land turtle {Rhinoclemmys annulata} Atlantic rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) on river bank, Costa Rica

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Honduras wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa) head portrait, Turtle Island, Austria. Captive, occurs in Central America.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / South American wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) male, head portrait, IguanaLand, Florida. Captive, occurs in South America.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / South American wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) male, portrait, IguanaLand, Florida. Captive, occurs in South America.

Daniel Nunez / Painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima) walking along forest floor beside seedling, Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala.

Daniel Nunez / Close up of Painted wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima) with fly resting on nose, Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Guerrero wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima pulcherrima) head portrait, private collection. Captive, occurs in Central America.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / South American wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia ssp.) male emerging from its shell. Endangered. Captive.

Guy Edwardes / Black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) basking on log in forest pool, Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica.

Guy Edwardes / Black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) basking on log in forest pool, Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica.

Pascal Kobeh / Spot legged turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia). French Guiana.

Adrian Davies / Black river turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea) Costa Rica.