Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Turtle

Photo: A desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) at the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo: A desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) at the Phoenix Zoo.

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A desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) at the Phoenix Zoo.

Photo: A twist neck turtle (Platemys platycephala) at the San Antonio Zoo.

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A twist neck turtle (Platemys platycephala) at the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: A twist neck turtle (Platemys platycephala) at the San Antonio Zoo.

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A twist neck turtle (Platemys platycephala) at the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: A Hillars' sideneck turtle (Phrynops hilarii) at the Tennessee Aquarium.

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A Hillars’ sideneck turtle (Phrynops hilarii) at the Tennessee Aquarium.

A picture of an Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) at Riverbanks Zoo.

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An Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) at Riverbanks Zoo.

A picture of an Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) at Riverbanks Zoo.

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An Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) at Riverbanks Zoo.

Photo: A map turtle (Graptemys geographica) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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A map turtle (Graptemys geographica) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Photo: A map turtle (Graptemys geographica) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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A map turtle (Graptemys geographica) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Photo: An alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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An alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Photo: An alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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An alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Photo: A snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) at Scaly Dave's Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

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A snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, KS.

Photo: An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Photo: An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Photo: An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

Photo: An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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An Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

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.

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