#pond turtle

Sicilian Pond Turtle (Emys trinacris), family Emydidae, endemic to Sicily, Italy

From the article:

“As bullfrog presence declined, we started to hear other native frogs call and see native salamanders walking around,” Woodruff said of their field work. “It’s nice to be able to go back to these sites and hear a chorus of native frogs calling again that previously would not have been heard.”

Bullfrogs are a particularly nefarious invasive species because they will eat basically anything that can fit into their mouth, and even as tadpoles they have pretty enormous mouths. You can see in the picture below the comparison of an older bullfrog tadpole and a juvenile pond turtle (as hatchlings they are even smaller, roughly the size of a quarter).

The enormous endeavor of removing bullfrogs from ponds has led to not only the return of the western pond turtle (California's only native turtle species), but also of native frogs and salamanders that were also being picked off by bullfrogs.

Cantors giant softshell turtle. Its a very big turtle and can get around 4 feet. Its critically endangered and is from southeast asia.

This is big headed turtles. The one on the right is a baby and the left is adult. Its a small critically endangered turtle from southeast asia.

Amazon mata mata turtle. This guy is not endangered. They are decently big. A couple feet long. Its from south america

The black breasted leaf turtle is very small. It mostly lives on land. Its endangered and lives in southeast asia(i saw one of these guys in person once! It was funny looking)

Indonesian/roti island snake neck turtle. Its critically endangered. They are decently small and from indonesia

Mccords box turtle. This is a critically endangered chinese turtle. Its considered extinct in the wild. They are decently small.

Flattened musk turtle. This very small turtle is from alabama! Its critically endangered.

this is the pig nose turtle. Its endangered and from north australia. Its big and gets around 2 feet long.

Black pond turtle. This is an endangered turtle from south asia. Its a small to medium sized

Diamondback terrapin. These small to medium sized turtles are native to east coast north america. Their status is vulnerable. Technically they are brackish water turtles.

wood turtle.^^ Its a decently small endangered turtle native to the united states and canada.

These are extra turtles. I didnt have room to fit more on the poll.

Pond Turtle