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Reptiles of Alabama

This guide is a reference for identifying species of alligators, lizards, snakes and turtles reported from Alabama. If you have additions or corrections please send them to jpfriel@ua.edu. Another useful resource for help with ...more ↓

Western Chicken Turtle 1
Deirochelys reticularia
Southern Painted Turtle 2
Chrysemys dorsalis
Painted Turtle 3
Chrysemys picta
Pond Slider 4
Trachemys scripta
Red-eared Slider 5
Trachemys scripta elegans
Alabama Red-bellied Turtle 6
Pseudemys alabamensis
River Cooter 7
Pseudemys concinna
Coastal Plain Cooter 8
Pseudemys concinna floridana
Northern Diamondback Terrapin 9
Malaclemys terrapin
Barbour's Map Turtle 9
Graptemys barbouri
Escambia Map Turtle 10
Graptemys ernsti
Northern Map Turtle 11
Graptemys geographica
Black-knobbed Map Turtle 12
Graptemys nigrinoda
Graptemys ouachitensis 13
Alabama Map Turtle 3
Graptemys pulchra

Edited by alabamaherpsociety, John P Friel, and Mark Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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