Much later, after we were grown and gone, he also raised land turtles.

Larger, clumsier cars seemed bogged down, like stranded land turtles.

It is the only "land turtle" found in North Carolina, where it is the state reptile.

Some species need more water than others, he said, while land turtles need dry but humid hiding places.

They add to the air of history that hangs over this place, as do the seemingly ageless land turtles that crawl among the stones.

As the embankment grew steeper and steeper, the more frantic were the efforts of the land turtle.

A little bit ahead he saw the high-domed shell of a land turtle, crawling slowly along through the dust, its legs working stiffly and jerkily.

He unwrapped the land turtle and pushed it under the house.

Ripples, Polly and Jason meet Helga, a land turtle who wants to learn to swim.

No agamas, iguanas or land turtles are recorded from New Zealand.