California Turtles Photo Index

A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California

Photo Index of California Turtles

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These are pictures of California's indigenous turtles along with some introduced species.
Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular turtle and its habitat.

	© Andrew Harmer		© William Flaxington
Western Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata	Western Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata	Texas Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera emoryi	Eastern Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
		© Dick Bartlett
Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii	Desert Tortoise (Agassiz's Desert Tortoise) Gopherus agassizii	Sonoran Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense	Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
© Matthew Godfrey			© William Flaxington
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta	Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas	Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea
© 2002 Matthew Godfrey
Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea

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