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.

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

Maxime Aliaga / Boy looking at plate of Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs, famous food in Peruvian Amazon river, as part of dish. Pacaya Samiria National Park, Loreto, Peru.

Maxime Aliaga / Man releasing two Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and local communities to restore this vuln...

Maxime Aliaga / Man holding gathered Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and local communities to restore this vulnera...

Maxime Aliaga / Artificial beach created to house Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and local communities to restore...

Maxime Aliaga / Men digging in artificial beach to create temporary nest for Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and l...

Maxime Aliaga / Man digging in artificial beach to create temporary nest for Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and l...

Maxime Aliaga / Men collecting Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and local communities to restore this vulnerable sp...

Maxime Aliaga / Man harvesting Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs from nest as part of conservation program run by Peruvian National Park authority and local communities to restore this vul...

Maxime Aliaga / Nest full of Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs. Pacaya Samiria National Park, Loreto, Peru.