Series 22 · The Tortoise & Snapping Turtle Collection

9 real reptiles, each hand-painted in lifelike detail and then reimagined plump, round and full of cheer. Nine tortoises and snapping turtles. One shelf. Collect them all.

Red-footed Tortoise

The Red-footed Tortoise — a friendly South American tortoise splashed with red and orange scales on its legs and head.

“A tortoise that wears its cheer in red — bold, curious and sociable.”

Florida Snapping Turtle

The Florida Snapping Turtle — a rugged, long-tailed common snapper of southern US waters, built like a living tank with a powerful bite.

“Calm in the water, all business on land — the river’s armored tank.”

Alligator Snapping Turtle

The Alligator Snapping Turtle — the largest freshwater turtle in North America, a spiky, prehistoric giant that fishes with a wriggling lure on its own tongue.

“A dinosaur that fishes with its own tongue — the giant of southern rivers.”

Hermann’s Tortoise

Hermann’s Tortoise — a small, hardy tortoise of the Mediterranean, one of Europe’s best-known and best-loved land turtles.

“A little sun-loving classic that ambles through fifty Mediterranean summers.”

Indian Star Tortoise

The Indian Star Tortoise — a strikingly beautiful tortoise whose high, bumpy shell is covered in radiating yellow star-burst patterns.

“A shell scattered with golden stars — a living constellation on legs.”

Central American Snapping Turtle

The Central American Snapping Turtle — the tropical cousin of the common snapper, a rugged ambush hunter of Central America’s warm waters.

“The tropics’ own armored ambusher — long-tailed and quick to snap.”

Leopard Tortoise

The Leopard Tortoise — a large, beautifully spotted African tortoise named for the leopard-like markings scattered across its high domed shell.

“A gentle savanna grazer wearing a leopard’s spots.”

Ploughshare Tortoise

The Ploughshare Tortoise, or Angonoka — a golden-domed Madagascan tortoise and one of the rarest and most endangered turtles on the planet.

“A golden tortoise glowing on the very edge of extinction.”

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

The hidden treasure of Series 22 — the Galápagos Giant Tortoise, the largest living tortoise and one of the longest-lived animals on Earth, immortalized by Darwin’s islands.

“The largest tortoise alive, old enough to have watched history go by.”