Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican slider turtle / terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican slider turtle / terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

Juan Manuel Borrero / Side-necked Terrapin (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings in the hand, and ready to be released. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Amazon Basin. Loreto. Peru

Michel Roggo / Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Los Lagos, Beni, Bolivia, October.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geidema / Three European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) and a Balkan terrapin (Mauremys rivulata) on a rock surrounded by water, Butrint, Albania, June 2009 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis) in water, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Balkan terrapin (Mauremys rivulata) swimming, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Mike Wilkes / Caspian terrapin with young {Mauremys caspica} Lesbos, Greec

Doug Wechsler / Diamondback terrapins at water's edge. New Jersey, USA {Malaclemmys terrapin}

Tim Fitzharris / Western Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) among Lupine (Lupinus sp) and Paintbrush (Castilleja sp), North America

Tim Fitzharris / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) turtle, North America

Konrad Wothe / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) turtle, pair in pond, City Park, Munich, Germany