The dragon turtle is a fictional creature from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The creature is depicted as a gigantic sea predator that breathes a cloud of scalding steam, and has an armored turtle-like shell and a dragon-like head. The dragon turtle was introduced in the original Dungeons & Dragons rule booklets in 1974 and subsequently appeared in the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, and in the game's second edition and third edition.