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