Jim Brandenburg / Western Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) retracted in shell, South Dakota

Jim Brandenburg / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) group sunning on log, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) trio sunning on log, Minnesota

Pete Oxford / Side necked terrapins (Podocnemis unifilis) on log. Amazonia, Ecuador, Central America

David Pattyn / European Pond Terrapin (Emys orbicularis), Kresna gorge, South West Bulgaria

Emanuele Biggi / Various pieces of different endangered tortoises and terrapin species from the Amazon basin are sold in the Belen market, Iquitos, Peru. July 2014.

Emanuele Biggi / Various pieces of different endangered tortoises and terrapin species from the Amazon basin are sold int the Belen market, Iquitos, Peru. July 2014.

Pedro Narra / Mediterranean pond turtles (Mauremys leprosa) breathing at surface, Sado Estuary, Portugal. March

David Perpinan / Artificial incubation of eggs obtained from wild female Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) that died after a road traffic accident. Georgia, United States, Rehabilitation Centre. Small repro...

Ashley Cooper / Striped necked terrapins (Mauremys caspica) in a river in Skala Eresou, Lesvos, Greece. June.

Emanuele Biggi / Various parts of South American yellow-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulata), Vulnerable species, and terrapin species from the Amazon basin are sold for food in the Belen market, Iquitos, Peru....

Alex Mustard / Freshwater terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans) in a garden pond. Dauin, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines.