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  If you have found a turtle, please follow the link "I found a turtle now what?" located at the top right hand corner of your screen. This link will help you to properly identify the turtle and to decide what you should do next. To the left is our menu bar. Roll your curser over each category and new options will appear. Our Species Guide is a listing of all known turtle species from around the world, compiled by Maurice Rodrigues of the Tewksbury Institute of Herpetology. We have adapted this list to our website, but for an excel version of the orginal list please write here. The Native Species category will identify turtles that are native to the United States and Canada. We have included a state-by-state species guide. If you have found a wild turtle in the U.S. or Canada this section will aid in identifying the species. Once you have the list of turtles native to your state you can begin looking at the photos and matching up the species with the turtle you have found. If you can not find the species here, it is likely that the turtle is either an escaped or released exotic pet. You must never release a turtle that is not native to your state. The "Found a Turtle" guide will help you locate the proper place to put the turtle. Turtle Homes is always available by phone (516) 623-3079 or by email, if you have questions or are still unsure of what species you have. The next two categories Turtles Adopted and Habitats have been included as examples of what Turtle Homes has to offer. We never turn away a turtle. This includes the harder to place species. We believe all turtles have worth and deserve a healthy environment where they can thrive. We welcome photos of your habitats and your adopted turtles. We are sorry we only have room for one or two for each species. If the link is not live it means we are still in need of a photo. Our Links list is open to all turtle related sites. Please no commercial sites that sell wild caught animals. We welcome all other commercial sites, animal welfare organizations and private web pages. Turtle Homes reserves the right to remove any offensive or off topic websites. This is a do it yourself links list. We would appreciate a link in return. Please take a look at the Tewksbury Institute of Herpetology. Richard Ogust has generously donated many of the photographs for this field guide and Anita Salzberg, Author of The Turtle Wife, has donated her talents as photographer. Turtle Homes will be working with Tewksbury in the future and will house many of our rescues there.
    
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