Florida softshell turtle, Apalone ferox 1, spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca 2 (vulnerable), and geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 3 (endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by David after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825.


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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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