Tim Fitzharris / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) turtle, North America

Konrad Wothe / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) turtle, pair in pond, City Park, Munich, Germany

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

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

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

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

Gerrit Vyn / Red eared pond sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) basking on submerged log, Cameron Parrish, Louisiana, USA. December

Pete Oxford / Colombian pond slider (Trachemys scripta callirostris) Botanical Gardens, Medellin, Antioquia Province, Columbia, captive

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

Pete Oxford / Columbian Slider (Trachemys scripta callirostris) turtle pair basking, Medellin, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Columbian Slider (Trachemys scripta callirostris) turtle group basking, Medellin, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Slider (Trachemys scripta) in water. Coba, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Slider (Trachemys scripta) in water. Coba, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

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

Michael Durham / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) young turtle swimming in water, central Texas

Michael Durham / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) young turtle swimming in water, central Texas

Jasper Doest / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) near pond, George West, Texas

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

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) immature juvenile, North America

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

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

Tom Vezo / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in pond, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) in duckweed, North America

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) in duckweed, North America

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) in pond, North America

Ingo Arndt / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) with reflection in pond, North America

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

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

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

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

Patricio Robles Gil / Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) turtle, basking on a log in the Corona River, Tamaulipas state, northeast Mexico

Gerry Ellis / Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) turtle, portrait, in water, North America

Doug Wechsler / Yellow bellied turtle, male {Chrysemys scripta} Pea Is NWR, North Carolina, USA

Pete Oxford / Columbian Slider (Trachemys scripta callirostris) turtle basking, Medellin, Colombia