Wildlife is mostly limited to bird and reptile species such as storks, kingfishers, seagulls, buzzards, marine and freshwater turtles, and various small lizards.

The bank's research biologists have studied freshwater turtles in the Chambal River in Uttar Pradesh on a WWF-India grant.

Melanochelys trijuga and Lissemys punctata are two freshwater turtles that inhabit in the tank of Lahugala.

They include among their species freshwater turtles, snapping turtles, tortoises, soft shell turtles, and sea turtles.

Jamaican sliders are freshwater turtles of moderate size.

The eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) is a small semi-aquatic, generally freshwater turtle.

Pseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States.

Siebenrockiella crassicollis (commonly known as black marsh turtle, smiling terrapin, and Siamese temple turtle, among others) is a freshwater turtle endemic to Southeast Asia.

Graptemys is a genus of aquatic, freshwater turtles known commonly as map turtles or sometimes sawback turtles, endemic to North America.

The chicken turtle, a cold blooded reptile, is a freshwater turtle found in the southeastern United States.