May 23rd is the World Turtle Day, shellebrated since year 2000, and its goal is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.
Nowadays, there are more than 300 different species of turtles and tortoises in the world, and more than half of those are in endangered, threatened or vulnerable status. Here you have a list with some of these turtles and tortoises that we need to care so they won’t disappear, all of them beautiful in their own way.
More info: worldturtleday.org
#1 Assam Roofed Turtle
Image source: Indraneil Das
#2 Angonoka Tortoise
Image source: Getty Images
#3 Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Image source: NPS
#4 Spiny Turtle
Image source: Aristoheliam
#5 Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle
#6 Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Image source: leafturtles
#7 Euphrates Softshell Turtle
Image source: Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız
#8 Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Image source: Turtlesurvival
#9 Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Image source: Sinammonite
#10 Western Swamp Turtle
Image source: Gerald Kuchling
#11 Alabama Red-bellied Cooter
#12 Mccord’s Snakeneck Turtle
Image source: wikimedia
#13 Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Image source: National Geographic
#14 Bostami Turtle
Image source: TheDailyStar
#15 Four-eyed Turtle
Image source: Wikimedia
#16 Big-headed Turtle
#17 Coahuilan Box Turtle
Image source: National Geographic
#18 Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
Image source: https://twitter.com/briandhorne
#19 Maranhão Slider
Image source: Animalia
#20 Japanese Coin Turtle
Image source: James H. Hardy
#21 Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Image source: Tim McCormack
#22 Malaysian Giant Turtle Or Bornean River Turtle
Image source: Thomas T.
#23 Flat-backed Spider Tortoise
Image source: Wikimedia
#24 Beal’s Eyed Turtle
Image source: Zoohonda
#25 Red-necked Pond Turtle
Image source: Bill Hughes
#26 Yellow Pond Turtle
#27 Hoge’s Side-necked Turtle
Image source: Rodrigo Simoes
#28 Asian Forest Tortoise
Image source: Wikimedia
#29 Forsten’s Tortoise
Image source: Bill Hughes
#30 Pearl River Map Turtle
Image source: Paul Vander Schouw
#31 Philippine Forest Turtle
Image source: Pierre Fidenci
#32 Cuatro Ciénegas Slider
Image source: Benjamin_o
#33 Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle
Image source: Jungledragon
#34 Cane Turtle
Image source: Shankar Raman
#35 Yellow Tortoise
Image source: turtlesurvival
#36 Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
Image source: saolablog
#37 Annam Leaf Turtle
Image source: Species On The Brink
#38 Arakan Forest Turtle
Image source: Sinammonite
#39 Flatened Musk Turtle
Image source: Kenneth P. Wray
#40 Magdalena River Turtle
Image source: Wiki Colombia
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