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

Mike Wilkes / Caspian terrapin with young {Mauremys caspica} Lesbos, Greec

Doug Wechsler / Diamondback terrapins at water's edge. New Jersey, USA {Malaclemmys terrapin}

Pete Oxford / Side necked terrapins (Podocnemis unifilis) on log. Amazonia, Ecuador, Central America

David Perpinan / Artificial incubation of eggs obtained from wild female Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) that died after a road traffic accident. Georgia, United States, Rehabilitation Centre. Small repro...

Ashley Cooper / Striped necked terrapins (Mauremys caspica) in a river in Skala Eresou, Lesvos, Greece. June.

Nick Upton / Two Western Caspian pond turtles / Balkan stripe-necked terrapins (Mauremys caspica rivulata) swimming in a pond with their heads above water, Isle of Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Roland Seitre / Terrapins for sale as food in Chinese market, Canton / Guangzhou province, China.

Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) adolescent male with a terrapin in its mouth, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Claudio Contreras / Mesoamerican Slider Turtle / Terrapin (Trachemys scripta venusta). Cenote Angelita, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Doug Wechsler / Diamond back terrapin {Malaclemys terrapin} swimming, New Jersey, USA

Ernie Janes / Heron (Ardea cinerea) beside a Red eared terrapin (Trachemys scripta) basking in Regents Park, London, UK, Summer