Annual Turtle and Tortoise Show 2008 Winners

Judging

Christopher and Lauren Cho with
trophy; Show Judge Bill McCord in
background ~ Photo by Chey Koulang

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:

Christopher Cho and Lauren Cho — breeding pair and juvenile offspring Ryukyu Black-breasted (Japanese) Leaf Turtles (Geoemyda japonica)

Bob Seaver — First Runner Up: Breeding pair, Yellow-margined Box Turtles (Cuora flavomarginata)

Peter Brynildson — Second Runner Up: Breeding pair and 5 offspring Easter Box Turtles (Cuora terrapene)

Ici Li — Husbandry group: 1 Indian Flapshell Turtle (Lissemys punctata andersoni), 1 Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), and 1 Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota)

Blaze Cartelli — 1 Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca greaca) and 1 Central Asian Tortoise (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsfieldii)

Diane Petrillo Greene — Husbandry group: 3 Home’s Hinge-back Tortoises (Kinixys homeana), 1 Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), 1 Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene triunguis, 1 Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), and 1 Asia Minor Tortoise (Testudo graeca ibera)

Sheri Greenspan — Husbandry group: 1 Chinese pond turtle (Reeves’ Turtle) (Mauremys reevesii), 1 Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis), and 1 Central Asian Tortoise (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsfieldii)

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

Sara Ramos — Husbandry group: 3 Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), 1 Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus), and 1 Chinese Broad-headed Pond Turtle (Mauremys megalocephala)

Kathy Rumpler — Husbandry group: 1 Florida red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys nelsoni) and 1 Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans

Bryan Salamone — Husbandry group: 1 Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata), 1 African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), and 2 Leopard Tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis)

Frank Schneider — Husbandry group: 3 Central Asian Tortoises Testudo horsfieldii, 1 Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys homeana) and 1 Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)

Frank Schneider — Husbandry group: 2 Flat-tailed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) and 2 Leopard Tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis)

Michael Sherwin — Husbandry group: 1 Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), 1 Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), 1 Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata), 1 Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), Asian Leaf Turtle (Cyclemys dentata), 1 Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinenses kamoroma) and 1 Four-eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriolata)

Ari Taub — Husbandry group: Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus and 1 Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)

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

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

Peter Brynhildsen — Husbandry group: 1 Eastern Panted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta), 1 Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta),and 2 Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca)

Nick Caruso — Husbandry group: 1 Incised Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa) and 1 Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca)

Joy Joseph — Husbandry group: Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

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

John McQuillen — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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

Barbara Torres — Husbandry group: 2 Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Jennifer Verstraete — Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)

Peter Brynildson — Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)

Milton Joseph — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)

Kate McCarte — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Frank Schneider — Amazon Matamata (Chelus fimbriata)

Lorian Smith — Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)

Ari Taub — Husbandry group: 1 Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris) and 1 Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)

JoAnn Vacchiano — Husbandry group: 1 Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni, 1 Chaco Tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis), and 1 Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys Sp.)

Patricia J. Wynne — Stripe-necked Musk Turtle (Sternotherus peltifer)