Michel Roggo / Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), Los Lagos, Beni, Bolivia, October.

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

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

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs for sale -illegally harvested from Yasuni National Park, Pompeya Market, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs for sale - illegally harvested from Yasuni National Park, Pompeya Market, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Yellow-spotted River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) nests being dug up to be relocated. All nests laid on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. After hatching, young...