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Photo Index of California Turtles
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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