Turtles of North America

This is a field guide of the turtles found in the United States. This is not an exhaustive list as there are several subspecies of turtles found in the United States. This field guide was designed to be used with lesson "Big Book of Turtles" which can be found: ...more ↓

Common Box Turtle ¹
Terrapene carolina

Desert Tortoise ²
Gopherus agassizii

Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus

Morafka’s Desert Tortoise ³
Gopherus morafkai

Ornate Box Turtle ⁴
Terrapene ornata

Berlandier's Tortoise ⁵
Gopherus berlandieri

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ⁶
Caretta caretta

Olive Ridley ⁷
Lepidochelys olivacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle ⁸
Dermochelys coriacea

Hawksbill ⁹
Eretmochelys imbricata

Kemp's Ridley ¹⁰
Lepidochelys kempii

Green Turtle ¹¹
Chelonia mydas

Alabama Map Turtle ¹²
Graptemys pulchra

Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys alabamensis

Alligator Snapping Turtle ¹³
Macrochelys temminckii

Arizona Mud Turtle
Kinosternon arizonense

Big Bend Slider ¹⁴
Trachemys gaigeae

Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Graptemys nigrinoda

Barbour's Map Turtle ¹⁵
Graptemys barbouri

Blanding's Turtle ¹⁶
Emydoidea blandingii

Bog Turtle ¹⁵
Glyptemys muhlenbergii

Western Chicken Turtle ¹⁷
Deirochelys reticularia

Common Musk Turtle ¹⁸
Sternotherus odoratus

Northern Map Turtle ¹⁹
Graptemys geographica

Pond Slider ¹⁴
Trachemys scripta

Snapping Turtle ²⁰
Chelydra serpentina

Northern Diamondback Terrapin ¹⁵
Malaclemys terrapin

Escambia Map Turtle
Graptemys ernsti

Eastern Mud Turtle ²¹
Kinosternon subrubrum

False Map Turtle ²²
Graptemys pseudogeographica

Flattened Musk Turtle
Sternotherus depressus

Florida Softshell Turtle ²³
Apalone ferox

Pascagoula Map Turtle
Graptemys gibbonsi

Florida Red-bellied Cooter ²⁴
Pseudemys nelsoni

Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor minor

Mexican Mud Turtle
Kinosternon integrum

Wood Turtle ²²
Glyptemys insculpta

Chihuahuan mud turtle
Kinosternon hirtipes

Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris

Painted Turtle ¹²
Chrysemys picta

Ouachita Map Turtle ²⁵
Graptemys ouachitensis

Pearl River Map Turtle
Graptemys pearlensis

Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis

Ringed Map Turtle
Graptemys oculifera

Keeled Musk Turtle ²⁶
Sternotherus carinatus

Rio Grande Cooter ²⁷
Pseudemys gorzugi

River Cooter ²⁸
Pseudemys concinna

Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell ²⁹
Apalone mutica

Sonoran Mud Turtle ³⁰
Kinosternon sonoriense

Spotted Turtle ¹⁵
Clemmys guttata

Eastern Spiny Softshell ³¹
Apalone spinifera

Western Pond Turtle ³²
Actinemys marmorata

Texas Map Turtle
Graptemys versa

Striped Mud Turtle ³³
Kinosternon baurii

Yellow Mud Turtle ⁴
Kinosternon flavescens

Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
Graptemys flavimaculata

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