Series 8 · The Musk & Mud Turtle Collection

Nine of the world’s most fascinating small turtles — jaw-strong musk turtles, red-cheeked mud turtles and the almost alien matamata — each hand-painted in lifelike detail, then reimagined plump, round and full of cheer. The hidden characters of the riverbed, shrunk to the palm of your hand.

Narrow-Bridged Musk Turtle

The Narrow-Bridged Musk Turtle — a small Central American turtle with a reduced shell, an oversized head, and a bite far bigger than its size suggests.

Razor-backed Musk Turtle

The Razor-backed Musk Turtle — a small southern-US ‘stinkpot’ crowned with a sharp, tent-like ridge running down its high domed shell.

Giant Musk Turtle

The Giant Musk Turtle, or Salvin’s musk turtle — one of the largest musk turtles in the world, ridged with three bold keels.

Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

The Red-cheeked Mud Turtle — a small scorpion mud turtle that wears bright flushes of red and orange across its face like painted-on blush.

Matamata Turtle

The Matamata — arguably the strangest-looking turtle on Earth, a flat, ragged, leaf-shaped ambush hunter of the Amazon that vacuums up fish whole.

Orinoco Matamata

The Orinoco Matamata — a matamata of the Orinoco basin only recognized as its own distinct species in 2020, separate from its famous Amazon cousin.

Slider

The Slider — the classic basking pond turtle of the Americas, the group that includes the world’s most familiar pet turtles.

Mexican Giant Musk Turtle

The Mexican Giant Musk Turtle — a large, three-keeled musk turtle of Mexico’s Atlantic lowlands, and a powerful bottom-dwelling predator.

Narrow-Bridged Musk Turtle (Mouth Open)

The hidden treasure of Series 8 — the feisty Narrow-Bridged Musk Turtle again, this time caught with its jaws thrown wide in full warning display.