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Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Semi-adult. Photo ID: hbr20140301_060 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Semi-adult. Photo ID: hbr20140301_047 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Semi-adult. Photo ID: hbr20140301_045 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Semi-adult. Photo ID: hbr20140301_043 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_073 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_070 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140301_054 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140301_036 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140301_030 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140301_021 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_011 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_010 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juveniles. Photo ID: hbr20140301_009 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_663 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_660 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_619 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_513 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_499 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_463 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_140 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_078 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus palustris Mugger Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140303_030 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Bundala, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140305_608 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Bundala, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140305_589 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Emys orbicularis orbicularis Common European Pond Turtle Donau-Auen, Vienna, Austria. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150822_230 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Emys orbicularis hellenica Common European Pond Turtle Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile observed sleeping in the water surface at night. Photo ID: hbr20150418_495 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Emys orbicularis hellenica Common European Pond Turtle Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile observed sleeping in the water surface at night. Photo ID: hbr20150418_493 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Emys orbicularis hellenica Common European Pond Turtle Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Observation at night. Photo ID: hbr20150417_214 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Emys orbicularis hellenica Common European Pond Turtle Lake Kaiafas, Ilia, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150417_156 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_219 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_216 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Tissa, Sri Lanka. Crossing a road. Photo ID: hbr20140305_616 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Tissa, Sri Lanka. Crossing a road. Photo ID: hbr20140305_613 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Mating. Photo ID: hbr20140305_520 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Mahayaya, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140220_390 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Mahayaya, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140220_361 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Mahayaya, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140220_358 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Mahayaya, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140220_354 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise Mahayaya, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140220_349 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Habitat of Geochelone elegans. Photo ID: hbr20140218_098 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_091 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_082 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_062 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_056 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_051 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_026 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_024 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_021 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_015 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise North of Chilaw, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140218_005 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_069 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_020 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_015 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Southern coast, Sri Lanka. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20140301_014 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Mauremys rivulata Balkan Pond Turtle Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_173 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Mauremys rivulata Balkan Pond Turtle Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_144 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_229 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_227 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_223 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_204 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_201 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_186 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_183 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140306_174 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140304_297 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140304_294 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Kirinda, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140304_289 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Between Puttalam and Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Two dead individuals. Photo ID: hbr20140220_286 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Between Puttalam and Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Two dead individuals. Photo ID: hbr20140220_284 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Between Puttalam and Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Two dead individuals. Photo ID: hbr20140220_282 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Between Puttalam and Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Dead on the road. Photo ID: hbr20140220_029 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Puttalam, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140219_250 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Melanochelys trijuga thermalis Indian Black Turtle Puttalam, Sri Lanka. Photo ID: hbr20140219_248 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2014 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_397 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_394 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_392 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_289 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Strofilia Forest, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_282 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_093 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile, plastron. Photo ID: hbr20150418_087 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_081 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_064 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Juvenile. Photo ID: hbr20150418_049 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_030 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_022 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_016 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo hermanni boettgeri Greek Tortoise Kalogria, Achaea, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150418_013 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos; plastron. Photo ID: hbr20150416_047 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos; soft parts infested with ticks. Photo ID: hbr20150416_045 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos; growth rings on carapacial laminae. Photo ID: hbr20150416_040 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos. Photo ID: hbr20150416_033 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos. Photo ID: hbr20150416_032 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Petrovouni, Messenia, Greece. Dwarf form of western Taígetos, partly hidden individual. Photo ID: hbr20150416_028 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Avgo, Argolis, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150412_187 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home

Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise Avgo, Argolis, Greece. Photo ID: hbr20150412_173 Digital photo © Henrik Bringsøe 2015 Home