<<-- LOVES turtles. I would disagree...at least with aquatic turtles, they are never boring and always moving. I would like to say though don't fall for the quarter sized turtles trick, because most of them end up getting the size of a dinner plate after a few years...if you have a pond though I guess that won't matter. Aquatic turtles that stay fairly small are painted and mud/musk turtles, both of which are common in the U.S. I'm sure if you do a google search you'll find lots of info.
Also this following link has lots of caresheets:
http://www.kingsnake.com/features.html


GOOD LUCK!