Types of Turtles!

Here is a list of over 40 turtles, tortoises and terrapins, with common and species names. Click on the links to see pictures.

Turtles

Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia

Painted Turtle, Chrysmys picta picta

Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macroclemys temmincki

Desert Box Turtle, Terrapere ornata luteola

Spiny Softshell, Turionyx spiniferus

Striped Mud Turtle, Kir nostermon bauri

Spotted Turtle, Clemmys guttalata

Yellow-spotted River Turtle, Podocnemis unifilis

Pan's Box Turtle, Cuora pani

Red-eared Slider, Trachemys sripta elegans

Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapea ornata

Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapae carolima

Neonatal Slider, Pseudemys spp.

Snapping Turtle, Chelydra seerpentina

Blanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingi

Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpts

Map Turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata

Mississippi Map Turtle, Graptemys kohni

Stinkpot Turtle, Stemotherus ordoratus

Eastern Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subroubrum

Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon baun

Indian Flapshell Turtle, Lissemys punctata

Smooth Softshell, Trionyx mutica

Snaked-necked Turtle, Chelodina longicollis

Mahatma, Chelus fimbriatus

Three Toed Box Turtle, Terrapere carolina triguis

False Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeoraphica

Tortoises

Aldabra Tortoise, geochelone gigantea

Galopagos Tortoise, Geochelche nigra

Red-Footed Tortoise, Geochelche carbonaria

Spur-thighed Tortoise, Geochelone sulcata

Pancake Tortoise, Malacochersus tornerie

Leopard Tortoise, Geochelone paradalis

Greek Tortoise, Testudo gracea

Marginated Tortoise, Tesudo marginata

Horsfield's Tortoise, Testudo horsfieldi

Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

Desert Tortoise

Texas Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri

Bolson Tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus

Yellow-footed Tortoise, Geochelone denticulata

Indian Star Tortoise, Geochelone elogens

Red-footed Tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria

Terrapins

European Pond Terrapin, Emys orbialatis

Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclenys terrapin tequesta

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