California Turtles Photo Index

California Reptiles
& Amphibians

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.

© William Flaxington			© Andrew Harmer
Eastern Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina	Western Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta bellii	Northern Pacific Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata marmorata (Actinemys marmorata - Western Pond Turtle)	Southern Pacific Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata pallida (Actinemys marmorata - Western Pond Turtle)
	© Dick Bartlett
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans	Sonoran Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense	Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii	Texas Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera emoryi
© 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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