Chicken Turtle Subspecies
A:Brown or greenish lines on shell, lower shell yellow. Found along coastal plain, from North Carolina to Mississippi River, excluding Florida.
Eastern Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia reticularia
B:Bright orange lines on shell, lower shell orange or bright yellow. Florida peninsula only.
Florida Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia chrysea
C:Wide but obscure lines on shell, lower shell has dark blotch along center seam. Found west of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, Arkansas, eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma.
Western Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia miaria