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Indotestudo elongata

Indotestudo elongata

Elongated Tortoise, a species of tortoise found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia
tortoise

tortoise

Tortoise (Tortoises, the family of land-dwelling reptiles of the order of turtles)
Home's Hinge-back Tortoise

Home's Hinge-back Tortoise

Home's Hinge-back Tortoise
Home's hinge-back tortoise, a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family
Elseya irwini

Elseya irwini

Elseya irwini
Irwin's Turtle, a species of Australian turtle
African Spurred Tortoise

African Spurred Tortoise

African Spurred Tortoise, also called the African Spur Thigh Tortoise or the Sulcata Tortoise, a species of tortoise which inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa
Terrapene carolina triunguis

Terrapene carolina triunguis

Three-toed box turtle, a subspecies within the group of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles
Terrapene ornata luteola

Terrapene ornata luteola

Terrapene ornata luteola
Desert Box Turtle ranges from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona in the United States, south into Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico, where it lives in arid, open prairie areas
Hermann's Tortoise

Hermann's Tortoise

Hermann's Tortoise, one of five tortoise species traditionally placed in the genus Testudo, which also includes the well-known Marginated Tortoise, Greek Tortoise, and Russian Tortoise, for example
Trachemys decussata

Trachemys decussata

Trachemys decussata
Cuban slider, a species of turtle
Geoemydidae

Geoemydidae

Geoemydidae, a largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines with about 70 species
Geoclemys hamiltonii

Geoclemys hamiltonii

Geoclemys hamiltonii
Black Pond turtle or Spotted Pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii, a species of turtle found in South Asia
Geochelone

Geochelone

Geochelone, a genus of tortoises
Glyptemys

Glyptemys

Glyptemys
Glyptemys, a genus of turtle in the family Emydidae
Trachemys dorbignyi

Trachemys dorbignyi

Trachemys dorbignyi
D'Orbigny's Slider, a species of water turtle found in South America
Haitian Slider

Haitian Slider

Haitian slider or Hispaniolan slider, a species of turtle in the Emydidae family
Trachemys decussata decussata

Trachemys decussata decussata

Trachemys decussata decussata
Trachemys decussata decussata, the taxon and species, a type of animal
Sternotherus odoratus

Sternotherus odoratus

Sternotherus odoratus, a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States
Mauremys japonica

Mauremys japonica

Japanese pond turtle, a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Ornate Wood Turtle or Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima, a turtle species of the Rhinoclemmys genus in the family Geoemydidae
Pascagoula Map Turtle

Pascagoula Map Turtle

Pascagoula Map Turtle
Pascagoula map turtle, a species of turtle in the Emydidae family
Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise

Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise

Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise, a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family
Pleurodira

Pleurodira

Pleurodira, one of the two living suborders of turtles, an other being the Cryptodira
Proganochelys

Proganochelys

Proganochelys quenstedti, a second oldest turtle species discovered to date, known only from fossils found in Germany and Thailand in strata from the late Triassic, dating to approximately 210 million years ago
Psammobates

Psammobates

Psammobates
Psammobates, a genus of tortoise
Protostegidae

Protostegidae

Protostegidae
Protostegidae, a family of extinct marine turtles that lived during the Mesozoic Era
painted turtle

painted turtle

painted turtle
painted turtle, a most widespread and numerous turtle of North America
Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle, a reptile that is common in southern Canada, a United States, and northern Mexico and is related to other water turtles such as sliders and cooters
Spotted Turtle

Spotted Turtle

Spotted Turtle, a small semi-aquatic turtle that grows to between 8–12 cm
Meiolania

Meiolania

Meiolania, an extinct genus of cryptodire turtle from the Oligocene to Holocene, with the last relict populations at New Caledonia which survived until 2,000 years ago
Spiny Softshell Turtle

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Spiny Softshell, a species of softshelled turtle, one of the largest freshwater turtle species in North America
Smooth Softshell Turtle

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Smooth Softshell Turtle
Smooth Softshell Turtle, a softshell turtle of the family Trionychidae living mainly in the Mississippi River drainage including the Ohio River and the lower Allegheny River
Saw-shelled Turtle

Saw-shelled Turtle

Saw-shelled Turtle
Saw-shelled Turtle or Myuchelys latisternum, a species of turtle in the Chelidae family
Odontochelys

Odontochelys

Odontochelys semitestacea, an oldest known turtle to have been discovered
Pseudemys floridana

Pseudemys floridana

Pseudemys floridana
Florida cooter', a species of large herbivorous freshwater turtle in the genus Pseudemys''. The species is found within the southeastern coastal plain of the United States
Trachemys dorbignyi braziliensis

Trachemys dorbignyi braziliensis

Trachemys dorbignyi braziliensis
Trachemys dorbignyi braziliensis, the taxon, a type of animal
western pond turtle

western pond turtle

western pond turtle, or Pacific pond turtle, a small to medium-sized turtle growing to approximately 20 cm in carapace length
wood turtle

wood turtle

wood turtle
wood turtle, a turtle endemic to North America
bog turtle

bog turtle

bog turtle, what comes out when you go on the lavatory endemic to the eastern United States
western chicken turtle

western chicken turtle

western chicken turtle
western chicken turtle, a small to medium-sized aquatic turtle
Chelodina

Chelodina

Chelodina
Chelodina, an ancient genus of Chelid turtles native to Australia, New Guinea and the island of Rote Island of the Indonesian archepeligo
Chelosphargis

Chelosphargis

Chelosphargis
Chelosphargis, an extinct genus of sea turtle from Upper Cretaceous of Alabama
Chelodina canni

Chelodina canni

Chelodina canni
Cann's snake-neck turtle, an Australian species found in the northern and north eastern parts of the continent
Blanding's Turtle

Blanding's Turtle

Blanding's turtle, a semi-aquatic turtle of the family Emydidae
yellow-blotched map turtle

yellow-blotched map turtle

yellow-blotched map turtle
yellow-blotched map turtle, or yellow blotched sawback, a species of turtle in the Emydidae family
Apalone

Apalone

Apalone
Apalone, a North American genus in the Trionychidae family of turtles, a family whose members, commonly referred to as softshell turtles
Amyda

Amyda

Amyda
Amyda, a genus of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family
American Red-bellied Turtle

American Red-bellied Turtle

American Red-bellied Turtle
American red-bellied turtle or Northern red-bellied cooter, a species of turtle in the Emydidae family
Aspideretes gangeticus

Aspideretes gangeticus

Aspideretes gangeticus
Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle Aspideretes gangeticus, a species of softshell turtle found in South Asia in rivers such as the Ganges, Indus and Mahanadi
Batagur

Batagur

Batagur
Batagur, a genus of turtles
Bell's Hinge-Backed Tortoise

Bell's Hinge-Backed Tortoise

Bell's Hinge-Backed Tortoise
Bell's hinge-back tortoise, a species of tortoise from the Testudinidae family
Yellow Mud Turtle

Yellow Mud Turtle

Yellow Mud Turtle
Yellow Mud Turtle, a species of mud turtle that can be found in the Central United States
European pond terrapin

European pond terrapin

European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis, a long-living freshwater species of turtle
Chicken Turtle

Chicken Turtle

Chicken Turtle, a cold-blooded reptile, an uncommon freshwater turtle found in the southeast of the United States
eastern river cooter

eastern river cooter

eastern river cooter
eastern river cooter or river cooter, a freshwater turtle native to the central and eastern United States, from Virginia south to mid-Georgia, west to eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and north to southern Indiana
Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise

Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise

Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise
Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise, a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family
Deirochelyinae

Deirochelyinae

Deirochelyinae
Deirochelyinae, a subfamily of Emydidae
Elseya albagula

Elseya albagula

White Throated Snapping Turtle, one of the largest species of Chelid Turtles in the world growing to approximately 45 cm carapace length
Trachemys scripta

Trachemys scripta

Trachemys scripta better known as the pond slider, a common, medium sized semi-aquatic turtle
Emydura

Emydura

Emydura
Australian short-necked turtles, Emydura, a genus of turtles in the family Chelidae
Trachemys gaigeae

Trachemys gaigeae

Trachemys gaigeae
Big Bend Slider, a species of aquatic turtle native to the United States in the states of New Mexico and Texas, and northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua
Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle

Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle

Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle
Wattle Necked Soft Shelled Turtle, a turtle from the genus Palea
Cuora trifasciata

Cuora trifasciata

Golden coin turtle or Chinese three-striped box turtle, a species of turtle endemic to southern China
Cuora mccordi

Cuora mccordi

Cuora mccordi
McCord's Box turtle, a species of the southeast Asian Genus Cuora
Cuora amboinensis

Cuora amboinensis

Amboina Box Turtle or Southeast Asian Box Turtle, a species of box turtle
Cryptodira

Cryptodira

Cryptodira, a taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles
Cumberland slider

Cumberland slider

Cumberland slider or Cumberland turtle, a semiaquatic turtle of the family Emydidae
Cuora galbinifrons bourreti

Cuora galbinifrons bourreti

Cuora galbinifrons bourreti
Cuora galbinifrons bourreti, a turtle subspecies found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos and commonly called the central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle
Trachemys stejnegeri vicina
Hispanolian Slider, a species of turtle in the Emydidae family
Saddle-backed Mauritius Giant Tortoise, a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family
Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri
Puerto Rican Slider, found mainly in Puerto Rico and surrounding areas
Speke's Hingeback Tortoise
Speke's hinge-back tortoise, a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family
Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle
Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle, a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States
Jiangxichelys
Jiangxichelys, an extinct genus of nanhsiungchelyid turtle which existed in China during the latest Cretaceous epoch
Elseya branderhorstii
Elseya branderhorstii, a species of turtle in the Chelidae family
Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise
Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise, a species of tortoise
Elseya dentata
Northern Snapping Turtle, a large aquatic species found throughout many rivers in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory
Fujian Pond Turtle
Fujian Pond Turtle, a possibly also naturally-occurring intergeneric hybrid turtle in the Geoemydidae family produced in larger numbers by chinese turtle farms as a "copy" of the Golden Coin Turtle 'Cuora trifasciata
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle, a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell Turtle
Guadalupe spiny softshell turtle, a subspecies of soft-shelled turtle native to the United States, in the state of Texas
Cuatro Cienegas Softshell
Cuatro Cienegas Softshell, a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family
Compsemys
Compsemys, a genus of prehistoric turtle from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America
Bengal Eyed Terrapin
Burmese eyed turtle, also known as the Bengal eyed terrapin and Burmese peacock turtle, a species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family
Bellinger River Snapping Turtle
Bellinger River Snapping Turtle, a species of turtle in the Chelidae family
Cane Turtle
Cochin forest cane turtle, also known as Kavalai forest turtle, forest cane turtle or simply cane turtle, a rare turtle from the Western Ghats of India
Caririemys
Caririemys violetae, an extinct side-necked turtle belonging to the Pelomedusoides of the family Euraxemydidae
Central American Mud Turtle
Central American mud turtle, also known as the narrow-bridged mud turtle, a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family
Hardella thurjii
Brahminy river turtle or Crowned river turtle, a species of turtle found in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Hutchemys
Hutchemys, an extinct genus of softshell turtles from the late Cretaceous to the late Paleocene of New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming and Utah, USA
Pacifichelys
Pacifichelys, an extinct sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and California
Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
Natal Hinge-back Tortoise, Natal Hinge-backed Tortoise, or Natal Hinged Tortoise, a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family
Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle
Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle, a subspecies of softshelled turtle native to the United States, in the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas
Peckemys
Peckemys, an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Hell Creek Formation, United States during the late Cretaceous period
Asian giant softshell turtle or Cantor's giant softshell turtle, a species of fresh water turtle
Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's turtle, a species of turtle in the Chelidae family
Morenia petersi
Indian Eyed Turtle, a species of turtle found in northeastern India and Bangladesh
Kayentachelys
Kayentachelys, an extinct genus of cryptodire turtle from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona
Indotestudo forstenii
Indotestudo forstenii, the taxon, a type of reptile and tortoise
Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise, a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family
Manning River Snapping Turtle, a species of turtle in the Chelidae family
Morenia
Morenia, a genus of turtle in the Geoemydidae family
Psephophorus
Psephophorus, an extinct genus of sea turtle that lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene
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The greek tortoise is native to many countries in Europe and the surrounding areas, including Spain, France, Greece, Russia, and Morocco. A typical greek tortoise is about 8” (20 cm), though they can occasionally reach 12” (30cm). In color, the greek tortoise is brown to dark tan. They are generally dull in color, but is still quite attractive and changing.
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