Reptiles of Louisiana

A grouping of all of the reptiles found in Louisiana, including historical records and introduced species. I included only subspecies that are used commonly, excluding some from this guide.

Taxonomy
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- Pond and Box Turtles Family Emydidae
  - 15 Deirochelyine Turtles Subfamily Deirochelyinae
  - 4 Emydine Turtles Subfamily Emydinae

Common Box Turtle ¹
Terrapene carolina

Gulf Coast Box Turtle ²
Terrapene carolina major

Three-toed Box Turtle ³
Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle ⁴
Terrapene ornata

Chicken Turtle ⁵
Deirochelys reticularia

Western Chicken Turtle ⁶
Deirochelys reticularia miaria

Southern Painted Turtle ⁷
Chrysemys dorsalis

Common Slider ⁸
Trachemys scripta

Red-eared Slider ⁹
Trachemys scripta elegans

Yellow-bellied Slider ¹⁰
Trachemys scripta scripta

River Cooter ¹¹
Pseudemys concinna

Diamondback Terrapin ¹²
Malaclemys terrapin

Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin ¹³
Malaclemys terrapin pileata

Ringed Map Turtle ⁷
Graptemys oculifera

Ouachita Map Turtle ¹⁴
Graptemys ouachitensis

Pearl River Map Turtle ⁷
Graptemys pearlensis

False Map Turtle ⁷
Graptemys pseudogeographica

Mississippi Map Turtle ¹⁵
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Sabine Map Turtle ⁷
Graptemys sabinensis

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Reptiles of Louisiana

Common Box Turtle 1 Terrapene carolina

Gulf Coast Box Turtle 2 Terrapene carolina major

Three-toed Box Turtle 3 Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle 4 Terrapene ornata

Chicken Turtle 5 Deirochelys reticularia

Western Chicken Turtle 6 Deirochelys reticularia miaria

Southern Painted Turtle 7 Chrysemys dorsalis

Common Slider 8 Trachemys scripta

Red-eared Slider 9 Trachemys scripta elegans

Yellow-bellied Slider 10 Trachemys scripta scripta

River Cooter 11 Pseudemys concinna

Diamondback Terrapin 12 Malaclemys terrapin

Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin 13 Malaclemys terrapin pileata

Ringed Map Turtle 7 Graptemys oculifera

Ouachita Map Turtle 14 Graptemys ouachitensis

Pearl River Map Turtle 7 Graptemys pearlensis

False Map Turtle 7 Graptemys pseudogeographica

Mississippi Map Turtle 15 Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

Sabine Map Turtle 7 Graptemys sabinensis