Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus 1, river cooter, Pseudemys concinna 2, endangered green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas 3, mata mata, Chelus fimbriata 4, endangered Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica 5. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Jean-Dominique-Étienne Canu after an illustration by Felix-Edouard Guérin-Méneville from his Iconographie du règne animal de George Cuvier, Iconography of the Animal Kingdom by George Cuvier, J. B. Bailliere, Paris, 1829-1844.

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