NYTTS 2004 Turtle and Tortoise Show Best In Show — Trophy Ari Taub, spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata First Place — Blue Ribbons Brian Blecher, Missouri cooter, Pseudemys concinna hoyi Brian Blecher, Mobile cooter,Pseudemys concinna mobilensis Rhea Greenberg, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Sheri Greenspan, Reeve’s turtle, Chinemys reevesii Amber Harris & Jean Rigg, African spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata Sylivia & Charlie Hyman, leopard tortoise, Geolchelone pardalis babcocki Sylivia & Charlie Hyman, map turtle, Graptemys sp. Allen P. W. Karen, chaco tortoise, Geochelone chilensis Allen P. W. Karen, yellow-footed tortoise, Geochelone denticulata Allen P. W. Karen, central Asian (Horsfield’s) tortoise, Geochelone horsfieldi Allen P. W. Karen, scorpion mud turtle, Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides Kay Martin, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Akemi Okamoto, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Bryan Salamone, leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis pardalis Nina Sherwin, snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Second Place — Red Ribbons Liz Crisoninio, 2 red-eared sliders, Trachemys scripta elegans Diane P. Greene, leopard tortoise, Geolchelone pardalis babcocki Diane P. Greene, Asia Minor spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo ibera Sheri Greenspan, Central Asian (Horsfield’s) tortoise, Testudo horsfieldi Allen P. W. Karen, Central Asian (Horsfield's) tortoise, Testudo horsfieldi Diane Lapson, false map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica Diane Lapson, red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Akemi Okamoto, yellow-footed tortoise, Geochelone denticulata Akemi Okamoto, spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca Michael Musnick, group:* black-breasted leaf turtles, Geoemyda spengleri Frank Schneider, big-headed turtle, Platysternum megacephalum Ari Taub, eastern painted turtle, Chrysemys picta picta Frank Schneider, central Asian (Russian) tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii Third Place — White Ribbons Dylan Blecher, red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Janice Glock-Jones, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Kay Martin, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Linda Miller, red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Michael Musnick, black-breasted leaf turtle, Geoemyda spengleri Sara Ramos, yellow-footed tortoise, Geochelone denticulata Dawn Ricapito, red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Bryan Salamone, 3 red-footed tortoises, Geochelone carbonaria Bryan Salamone, African spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata Bryan Salamone, Chinese box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata Michael Sherwin, four-eyed turtle, Sacalia bealei quadriocellata JoAnn Vacchiano, red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria Gary Weiler, red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria

Ari Taub displays his Best-In-Show trophy and his spotted turtle. Terrapin Conservation Project research intern Ben Atkinson with diamondback terrapin Asian Scholarship Research Intern Ari Reza, from Bangladesh

* Note:  Ribbons may be awarded to a group of turtles, such as a breeding pair with hatchlings or to a member’s collection of mixed species, when merited.

The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society thanks Norman Soule from the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium — Judge for the Turtle and Tortoise Show 2004.

See 2004 Show Photo Galleries.

Photos by Kay Martin

Photos by Roberta Raeburn

Photos by Anita Salzberg

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