The 35th Annual Turtle and Tortoise Show, Saturday, May 30, 2009
Gary Weiler with Best-In-Show Trophy |
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Pair of Red-footed tortoises |
Best In Show
The Best In Show trophy was awarded to Gary Weiler for his breeding pair and offspring of Cherry Head, Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius).
NYTTS thanks Dr. Bill McCord for judging the Show this year. See a short slide show of photos from the Show below.
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:
Burmese brown tortoise (Manouria emys) = Asian Brown Tortoise
Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) = Yellow-margined Box Turtle
Flat-tailed tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) = Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise
Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca) = Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise
Russian tortoise (Testudo [Agrionemys] horsfieldii) = Central Asian Tortoise
Sulcata (Centrochelys sulcata) = African spurred tortoise
All photos by Allen Foust
First Place — Blue Ribbon Winners
Gary Weiler — Best In Show: Breeding group 1.1.1 Cherry-Head Red-footed Tortortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Karen and Charlie Buckley — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Christopher and Lauren Cho — Ryuku Black-breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica)
Diane P. Greene — 2.2 Home’s Hingeback Tortoises (Kinixys homeana)
Kay Martin — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Bryan, Divina, and Chris Salmone — Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
Connor O’Malley — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Sara Ramos — 1.1 Yellow-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Frank Schneider — 1.1.2 Central Asian (Russian) Tortoises (Testudo horsfielii)
Bob Seaver — Breeding group: 1.1.3 Yellow-margined Box Turtles (Cuora flavomarginata)
Michael Sherwin — Husbandry group: 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)
Second Place — Red Ribbon Winners
Josephine Arnold — 1.1 Red-eared Sliders (Tracmemys scripta elegans)
Christopher and Lauren Cho — Husbandry group: 4 Florida Box Turtles (Terrpene carolina bauri)
Kay Martin — 2.2 Yellow-margined Box Turtles (Cuora flavomarginata) and 1.1 Red-cheeked Mud Turtle (Kinosternon cruentatum
Barbara Reader — River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
Frank Schneider — Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Frank Schneider — Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Mary Ting — Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Barbara Torres — Husbandry pair: 1.1 Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
Lee Tucker — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Third Place — White Ribbon Winners
Thom and Karrie Chen — African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa)
Robert Cohen — Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
Janice Glock-Jones — Yellow-margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
Diane P. Greene — Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
John McQuillan — Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Sara Ramos — 0.2 Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Bryan, Divina, and Chris Salmone — 1.1 Leopard Tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Frank Schneidet — Husbandry group: 2.1 Flat-shelled Spider Tortoises (Pyxis arachnoides), Mata Mata Turtle (Chelus fimbriatus). Home’s Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
