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

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

Sean Crane / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) sunning itself, Pampas, Bolivia

Konrad Wothe / Wasserschildkröten sonnen sich am Sandoval Lake, Podocnemis unifilis; Tambopata Reservat, Peru, Südamerika / Amazon River Turtles; Podocnemis unifilis; Sandoval Lake, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru,...

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) Yupukari, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) sunbathing surrounded by butterflies sipping salts from the turtle's tears, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador