North America is home to diverse populations of turtles and tortoises. This webpage will cover some of the more common turtles encountered in the in the pet trade. This is a new page, with only three genera so far, but more info and more species will be available soon.
(above) River Cooter Pseudemys concinna Natural History and Care (at right) Box Turtle Care General Care of American Box Turtles	Terrapene ornata v(above) and other American box turtlesvv
(More species of American turtles here)
Map Turtles and Sawbacks Graptemys species Info, pix, and links Coming soon: -American softshells- -Pond sliders-

The Turtle Puddle Home Page	Turtle Puddle's Health Pages	Exotic Turtles, from around the world