Find a vet, a rescue or a seller

Reptile vets, rescues, legal breeders and the law, state by state.

Reptile vets

109 listed

Clinics that see turtles and tortoises, by state. Call before you drive; most see exotics on set days.

31 listed

Groups that take in turtles people can no longer keep, and adopt them out. Try one before a breeder.

15 listed

Captive-bred animals from people who can tell you the hatch year and the size. We list no one selling hatchlings as pets.

13 listed

Shops with a door you can walk through and staff who keep reptiles themselves.

51 states checked

What each state says about buying, keeping, catching and releasing turtles, with the source beside every line.

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A clinic that sees reptiles, a rescue, a breeder who raises animals past four inches. We check every one before it goes up.