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.

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

Konrad Wothe / Amazon river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) group basking on log, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Lucas Bustamante / Three Yellow spotted / Amazon river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) on log in water, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador, Vulnerable species.

Paul Bertner / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) with butterfly, Sani Lodge, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) group basking, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Savanna Side-necked Turtle (Podocnemis vogli) pair, Los Llanos, Colombia

Cyril Ruoso / South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Amazon, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Peru

Luciano Candisani / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) hatchling, Oyapock River, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) hatchlings, Oyapock River, Brazil