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.

Aflo / Red eared terrapin / Red eared slider (Trachemys scripta) sitting on rock in pond in the rain, Kiyose, Tokyo, Kanto Region, Japan, June

Juan Carlos Munoz / Florida red-bellied cooter / Florida redbelly turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni). Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Eric Baccega / Two Red-eared slider / turtle, one on the other one (Trachemys scripta elegans) captive, Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Red-eared slider / turtle basking on submerged branch (Trachemys scripta elegans) captive, Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Red-eared slider / turtle basking on submerged branch (Trachemys scripta elegans) captive, Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Red-eared slider / turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) basking on submerged branch one with mouth open, captive, Alsace, France

Eric Baccega / Red-eared slider / turtle basking on submerged branch (Trachemys scripta elegans) Captive, Alsace, France

George Sanker / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) resting head on Red bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris) Florida, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red-eared slider / turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) two adults basking in sun on a log, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Konrad Wothe / Peninsula Cooter (Pseudemys floridana peninsularis) captive

Robin Chittenden / Red-eared terrapin (Trachemys / Pseudemys scripta) entering the water after sunning on rock, Kos, Greece. May

George Sanker / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) climbing over a Florida red bellied turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) on branch in water, Hillsborough River, Florida, USA, Spring

Barry Mansell / Florida cooter (Pseudemys floridana floridana) laying eggs, North Florida, USA

Barry Mansell / Tropical Slider (Trachemys ornata) basking on log, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Scott Leslie / Florida Red-bellied Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) pair sunbathing on rock, Florida

Dave Bevan / Red-eared terrapin / turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) underwater, Captive.

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtles (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of their eggs, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Kerstin Hinze / Red-eared Turtle (Psuedemys / Trachemys scripta elegans) hatching out of its egg, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Red eared turtle / slider (Trachemys / Pseudemys scripta elegans), Costa Rica

Steven David Miller / American alligator resting head on Red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris) Florida, USA

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

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red-eared Slider / turtle {Pseudemys / Trachemys scripta elegans} adult in stream, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red-eared Slider / turtle {Pseudemys / Trachemys scripta elegans} juvenile in stream, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Kerstin Hinze / Red Eared Turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) hatching from egg. Egg-tooth is visible on head,

Kerstin Hinze / X-ray of eggs inside female Red-eared Slider turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans) who has become egg-bound as a consequence of insufficient laying conditions

Barry Mansell / Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna) Chipola River, West Florida, USA

Doug Wechsler / Florida red bellied turtle {Pseudemys nelsoni} sunning, Big Cypress NP, Florida, USA

Todd Pusser / Portrait of Florida cooter {Pseudemys concinna floridana), North Carolina, USA

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtle basking {Pseudemys nelsoni} Corkscrew swamp, Florida, USA

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtles sunning on log {Pseudemys nelsoni} Florida, USA

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtle 'flying' sunning on log {Pseudemys nelsoni} Florida, USA

Andrew Parkinson / Red eared terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} invasive species, resting on discarded tyre in water with Mute swan behind, Derbyshire, UK

Tony Phelps / Red eared slider / turtle {Trachemys / Pseudemys scripta elegans} captive

Tony Phelps / Red eared slider / turtle {Trachemys / Pseudemys scripta elegans} captive, USA

Philippe Clement / Red eared turtles / sliders resting on log in lake {Pseudemys scripta elegans} captive, North America

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red eared Turtle / Slider / Terrapin {Trachemys scripta elegans} head at water surface, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Andrew Parkinson / Red eared turtle / slider terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} colonises reservoirs UK

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtle {Pseudemys nelsoni} sunning, Florida, USA.

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtle hatchling {Pseudemys nelsoni} Florida, USA

Andrew Parkinson / Red eared turtle / slider terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} colonises reservior,

Patricio Robles Gil / Basking turtles / Sliders {Pseudemys / Trachemys sp} MexicO

Steven David Miller / Florida red bellied turtle {Pseudemys nelsoni} sunning, Florida, USA.

Dan Burton / Head portrait of Terrapin {Pseudemys elegans} captive

Jane Burton / Red eared turtle / terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} getting air. Captive.

Jane Burton / Red-eared turtle / terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} getting air. Captive UK.

George McCarthy / Peninsula cooters {Pseudomys floridana peninsularis} Florida Everglades USA

Adrian Davies / Red eared turtle {Pseudemys scripta elegans}

Steven David Miller / Peninsula cooter {Pseudomys floridana peninsularis} Everglades NP, Florida, USA

Tom Vezo / Red eared turtle basking {Pseudemys scripta elegans} Texas, USA Rio Grande valley

Bernard Castelein / Red bellied turtle, Corkscrew Swamp, Florida USA

Anup Shah / Red eared slider turtle {Pseudemys scripta elegans} South East Asia

Tom Vezo / Red eared turtles (Pseudemys scripta elegans)

Jane Burton / Red-eared turtle / terrapin / slider (Pseudemys scripta elegans) on a rock at waters edge with waterlily flower, USA

Barry Mansell / Peninsular cooter swimming {Pseudemys floridana peninsularis} USA