Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Turtle Survival Center

A picture of a Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandjiki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandjiki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandjiki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandjiki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata') from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from the Turtle Survival Center. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

A picture of an Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata') from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from the Turtle Survival Center. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

A picture of an Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata') from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from the Turtle Survival Center. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

A picture of an Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata') from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from the Turtle Survival Center. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

A picture of an Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios capulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios capulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios capulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios capulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of an Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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An Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center. This species was recently described in 2019.

A picture of a Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center. This species was recently described in 2019.

A picture of a Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from the Turtle Survival Center. This species was recently described in 2019.

A picture of a Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

A picture of a Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from the Turtle Survival Center.

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