Turtles and Tortoises

Various species of tortoises and turtles captured in natural settings, showing their unique shells and habitats under diffused sunlight.

Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra Island. Aldabra Tortoise (Geochelone gigantia)

turtle at Madrid zoo, Spain

Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, wiregrass community, central Florida

hawaiian turtle

Desert TORTOISE (Gopheerus agassizi)

Panther turtle

Young Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) (Testudo elegans)

Portrait of a Galapagos Giant Tortoise Galapagos Islands

Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra Island. Aldabra Tortoise (Geochelone gigantia)

turtle at Madrid zoo, Spain

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) basking, western Montana

Asian leaf turtle, (Cyclemys dentata), adult resting on rock, captive, Southeast Asia, Asia

Snapping (Chelydra serpentina) Turtle laying eggs in Algonquin Provincial Park, Central Ontario, Canada.

Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina)

Leopard tortoise Geochelone pardalis, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) walking around on the floor, Bavaria, Germany.

Leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), Mamili National Park, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Africa

Red-footed Tortoise A Cupulatta Corsica France

Leopard Tortoise, (Testudo pardalis), adult searching for food, feeding, Addo Elephant Nationalpark, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Male Leopard tortoise at the edge of a pool of water Ruha

White-lipped mud turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum postinguinale) Western Ecuador

Mexican Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina mexicana), native to Mexico

Red-Footed Tortoise, (Geochelone carbonaria), adult, captive, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Portrait of giant tortoises (Chelonoidis elephantopus). Galapags Islands. Pacific Ocean. Ecuadoro.

Saw-shelled Turtle (Elseya latisternum) adult, basking at edge of water in rainforest, Daintree, Queensland, Australia, august

African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), sulcata tortoise (Testudo sulcata) native to Africa

African leopard tortoise.

Leopard Tortoise, Makuleke Contractual Park, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Africa. Tanzania. Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), Serengeti National Park.

Hawaii, Oahu, Waikiki, turtle,

Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), native to North America

Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Ocadia sinensis, Mauremys sinensis), Asia

Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) Eastern USA

Yellow-cheeked stitch tortoise

Red eared slider turtles on a rock

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Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, central Florida

Female Loggerhead turtle (caretta caretta) putting sand on its Eggs, Australia

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Portrait of a Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger); Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

European terrapins

Giant Galapagos Tortoise (geochelone nigra), Adult on Rocks, Galapagos Islands

Red eared slider turtles

Giant Seychelles tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), Turtle island, Prison island, Zanzibar. This island was used as a prison for slaves, and four giant Seychelles tortoises were introduced. Today, they are protected from poachers, and the oldest are between 170 and 200 years old.

Red eared slider turtle

African spurred tortoise / Close up turtle walking - selective focus

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Galapagos tortoises on a meadow

Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) adult

Africa, Tanzania, leopard tortoise

Close-up of a Northern Map turtle (Graptemys geographica) in a forest

Wounded turtle without fin, Pacific Pacific Ridley Sea Turtle, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle or Olive Ridely (Lepidochelys olivacea) swimming in shallow waters, Indian Ocean, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Galapagos Tortoise / Giant Tortoise adult (Geochelone nigra) Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

The Redwangen-Schmuck turtle Trachemys Scripta Elegans The Redwangen-Schmuck tortoise Trachemys Scripta Elegans, popular as a pet. Invasive redwangen jewelry turtles have negative effects on the ecosystems copyright: xzoonar.com/sandraalkadox 23045189

Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia), French Guiana

radiated tortoise - lateral, geochelone radiata

Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus porteri) in the swamp area of the highlands, Santa Cruz Island, Indefatigable Island, Galapagos Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor, native to southeastern United States

El Fatal Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis sp), a newly described species, Cerro Mesa, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Red-eared Turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans) (Pseudemys scripta elegans)

Wild Galapagos tortoise Geochelone elephantopus, Urbina Bay, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Central America, Panama, Soberania National Park, Gamboa. Common slider turtle on rock. WILD (Trachemys scripta)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (caretta caretta), Female putting Sand on its Eggs, after Laying them, Australia, Oceania

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Florida Redbelly Turtle casts a suspicious look as he is being photographed on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center. The Redbelly turtle inhabits ponds, lakes, sloughs, marshes and mangrove-bordered creeks, in a range that encompasses Florida from the southern tip north to the Apalachicola area of the panhandle. Active year-round, it is often seen basking on logs or floating mats of vegetation. Adults prefer a diet of aquatic plants. The Center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects

Turtle at Zoo Close Up View Close up shot of colored turtle at zoo in Guayaquil, Ecuador Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 10915618

Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in its native habitat, native to California

Two freshwater turtle standing on the rock in a shallow pond. A child climbing over its parent.

Scripta elegans, red-cheeked sliders (Pseudemys), red-cheeked ornate turtle, red-cheeked ornate turtles, red-cheeked

Horsefield's Tortoise

Florida Softshell Turtle (Trionyx ferox). Florida Everglades, USA.

Three-Toed Box turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) in forest, USA

Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, central Florida

Image of a Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Subjects: Reptiles; Deserts; Threatened species; Terrestrial ecosystems; Arid environments. Location: Arizona.

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) female laying eggs, Talang-Satang National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

A Cupulatta Corsica France

florida softshell turtle apalone ferox everglades, florida, usa

Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) a critically endangered species, resting on a floating log among the water hyacinths

Leopard Tortoise (geochelone pardalis), Adult on Grass, Kenya, Africa

Seychelles giant tortoise, (Aldabrachelys gigantea), adult feeding portrait, Seychelles, Africa

Giant Tortoise at Union Plantation, La Digue Island, Seychelles

geoffroy's sideneck turtle phrynops geoffroanus mato grosso, brazil

giant tortoise testudinidae, santa cruz island, galapagos, equador

Box turtle in the Palo Verde NP Costa Rica

Giant tortoises of the Galapagos Sierra Negra Isabela island

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, back view of walking Galapagos tortoise

Giant tortoise, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Madagascar, Antananarivo, Crocodile Farm, Madagascar Plowshare tortoise (Geochelone yniphora)

Florida Red-bellied Turtle sunning (Chrysemys nelsoni) Everglades National Park, Florida

Desert tortoise hatchling(Gopherous agassizii). Mojave desert. California

Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea), Aldabra Giant Tortoise, Granite Island, La Digue, Seychelles, La Digue, Seychelles, Africa

Spek´s Hingeback Tortoise, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Pairing of two Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca), Xanthos, Lykien, Turkey, Asia

Leopard Tortoise, Samburu National Game Reserve, Kenya

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A gopher tortoise stops for lunch beside the Launch Pad 39B beach road on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Gopher tortoises are dry-land turtles that live in scrub, dry hammock, pine flatwood, coastal grassland and dune habitats. The undeveloped property on Kennedy Space Center is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Currently, gopher tortoises are protected in some states by federal law under the Endangered Species Act ESA. The refuge provides a habitat for 14 species federally listed as threatened or endangered, including the leatherback, green, Kemps Ridley, loggerhead and Atlantic hawksbill turtles.

Foto der Rotwangen-Schildkröte Trachemys Scripta Elegans Schildkröte Foto der Rotwangen-Schildkröte Trachemys Scripta Elegans Schildkröte Copyright: xZoonar.com/albertoxgiacomazzix 22579651

red ear turtle isolated on white background

Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) Florida, USA, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE - Close up of head, egg laying. (Caretta caretta). Bundaberg - Queensland Australia.

Turtles Sunning. Tortoises Doing Sunbath

Pantherschildkröte Pantherschildkröte Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 9046769

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