Annual Turtle and Tortoise Show 2007 Winners

Judging

Awarding of ribbons is based not only on the quality of the animal (configuration and form, uniqueness, and rarity of species) but also upon ownership responsibility (length of ownership, general health and physical condition, and apparent quality of husbandry). Significant credit is also given when animals have been successfully captive bred. When it becomes apparent more than one animal in a person’s collection has benefited from high quality of husbandry, the group (a breeding pair and offspring, or long-term captives in good health) is recognized accordingly. These are designated as a “breeding group” or “husbandry group” below.

Turtle Names

The common names of turtles and tortoises vary widely by country and region. To maintain consistency, John Iverson’s scheme of common names (A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World) has been followed both below and in the captions for the slide show photos. Therefore, a number of familiar names many of us use informally have been partly altered or replaced. See the following informal common names and the equivalent Iverson common names below:

Frank Schneider — Breeding group (pairs) of Central Asian Tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii and Spider Tortoises (Pysis arachnoides)

Peter and Hilary Brynhildsen — Runners up: Breeding pair, Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Brian Blecher — Central American Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni)

Kelsey Cartelli — Husbandry group: 1 Central Asian Tortoise Testudo horsfieldii and 1 Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca)

Dean Cho — Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri

Nicholas Caruso — Husbandry group: Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) and 1 Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Robert F. Cohen — African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)

Diane Petrillo Greene — Husbandry group: 3 Home's Hinge-back Tortoises (Kinixys homeana), 1 Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) and 1 Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene triunguis)

Allen P.W. Karen — Central Asian tortoise (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsefieldii)

Allen P.W. Karen — Husbandry group: 2 Central Asian tortoises (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsefieldii), 1 Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata), and 1 Scorpion Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides)

Ici Li — Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota)

Kay Martin — Husbandry group: 3 Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Conor O'Malley — Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Frank Schneider — Husbandry group: 2 Leopard Tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis)

Frank Schneider — Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)

Peter C. Wyer — Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Josephine Arnold — Husbandry group: 2 Red-eared Sliders (Tracemys scripta elegans), 1 Eastern Painted Turtle, and 1 Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Brian Blecher — Husbandry group: 2 Twist-necked turtles (Platemys platycephala)

Brian Blecher — Husbandry group: 2 Cherry Head Red-footed Tortoises ((Chelonoidis carbonarius))

Peter and Hilary Brynhildsen — Husbandry group: 3 Eastern Panted Turtles (Chrysemys picta picta), 1 Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta),and 1 Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata

Karrie Chen — Husbandry group: 2 Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Janice Glock-Jones — Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

Rhea Greenberg — Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

Sheri Greenspan — Husbandry group: 1 Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), 1 Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis), 1 Reeves’ Turtle (Mauremys reevesii), and 1 Central Asian tortoise (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsfieldii)

Kay Martin — Husbandry group: 2 Red-cheeked Mud Turtles (Kinosternon cruentatum)

Sara Ramos — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Sara Ramos — Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)

Joyce Reily — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Bryan Salamone — African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)

Bob Seaver — Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

Larry Smith — Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Gary Weiler — Husbandry group: 2 Cherry Head Red-footed Tortoises ((Chelonoidis carbonarius))

Lesley Brunelle — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Karrie Chen — Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Robert F. Cohen — Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Robert F. Cohen —Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Robert F. Cohen —Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)

William Herman — African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)

Kay Martin — Husbandry group: 2 Yellow-margined Box Turtles (Cuora flavomarginata)

Kay Martin — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Stanley Nissenbaum — Husbandry group: 2 Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Sara Ramos — Chinese Broad-headed Pond Turtle (Mauremys megalocephala)

Michael Sherwin — Husbandry group: Asian Leaf Turtle (Cyclemys dentata), Four-eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata, Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis), Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), and Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata),

Barbara Torres — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Lea Tucker — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

JoAnn Vacchiano — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius

Randye Wolf — Yellow-margined Box Turtles (Cuora flavomarginata)