Turtle Pictures
| Turtle and Tortoise Species Domestic Turtles Blanding's Turtle Chicken Turtle Desert Box Turtle Eastern River Cooter Gulf Coast Box Turtle Green Sea Turtle Red-eared Slider Western Pond Turtle World Turtles Pig-nosed Turtle Side-necked Turtles Vietnamese Leaf Turtle Tortoises Aldabra Tortoise Burmese Brown Tortoise American Tortoises Types of Turtles |
The order consists of familiar families such as sea turtles, tortoises and box turtles, as well as less known families such as Pig-nosed Turtles.
Often turtles are differentiated according to their primarily habitat, with tortoises living on land, turtles living in and around fresh water environments and sea turtles living in salt water environments. The article, Types of Turtles, listed in the box on the right, provides greater detail about the topic.
Turtle populations are declining in many areas due to habitat destruction and overfishing.
The other links provide pictures and descriptions of turtle species that represent many different turtle families.
School students may use these images for reports as long as they use the proper copyright label. No further permission is needed. There is also a Turtle Clip Art section.
© 2009 Patricia A. Michaels