Franco Banfi / Freshwater turtle (Trachemys scripta venusta) swimming amongst Water lilies leaves, Gran Cenote, near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Alex Mustard / Suwanee freshwater turtle (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) swimming beneath trees in a freshwater spring. Devil Spring, Ginnie Springs, High Springs, Florida, USA

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

Jose B. Ruiz / Red eared turtle {Pseudemys scripta elegans} at waters edge, Moralet, Alicante, Spain

Doug Wechsler / Red bellied turtle male sunning {Pseudemys rubriventris} New Jersey, USA

Doug Wechsler / Florida red bellied turtle {Pseudemys nelsoni}basking & stretching, Big Cypress NP FloridA

David Welling / Red eared turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) USA. captive, most widely kept pet turtle

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red eared turtle / slider portrait {Pseudemys scripta elegans} Texas, USA.

Cyril Ruoso / Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) and Grass snake (Natrix natrix) basking on log. Seine et Marne, Ile-de-France. May.

George Sanker / Florida red-bellied cooter turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) feeding on Water lily (Nymphaeaceae) flower. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.

George Sanker / Florida red-bellied cooter turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) feeding on Water lily (Nymphaeaceae) flower. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.