The Yangtze giant softshelled turtle, aka the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, red river giant softshell turtle, Swinhoe’s softshell turtle, 斑鳖, or 斑鱉, hails from
The alligator snapping turtle is touted as being 1 of the biggest and heaviest freshwater turtles in the world. In case you were wondering, the largest is the Yangtze giant softshell
The Kemp’s Ridley turtle is not only the smallest known sea turtle, but the most endangered. They can be found from the Gulf of Mexico to the eastern coast of the United States
Living amongst the deciduous and mixed forested regions, the eastern box turtle belongs to a group of marsh turtles. There are 6 known subspecies of box turtles. These critters prefer a
Widely revered as being 1 of the most beautiful of the sea turtle species, the hawksbill sea turtle is also 1 of the smaller species of oceanic turtles. These turtles get their name due to
The red-eared slider, aka red-eared terrapin, is a semi aquatic turtle species that initially hails from the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico regions. However, due to careless
Found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, the loggerhead sea turtle spends its entire life in saltwater and estuarine habitats. Only the
The olive ridley turtle, aka Pacific ridley sea turtle, is the 2nd smallest known sea turtle. The Kemp’s ridley being the smallest. These turtles are the most abundant sea turtle in
The Russian tortoise, aka Afghan tortoise, Horsfield’s tortoise, steppe tortoise, or Central Asian tortoise, hails from the Caspian Sea on south through Pakistan, Afghanistan
The green sea turtle, aka green turtle. Named not for the color of it’s skin or shell (carapass), but for the color of its fatty tissue and cartilage. These large oceanic turtles can be found in tropical and sub-tropical waters, worldwide. They are among the largest of the sea turtles […]
