Turtles of Florida, Common and Scientific Names, Photos, Videos

     Florida softshell, Apalone ferox

     Gulf coast smooth softshell, Apalone mutica calvata

     Gulf coast spiny softshell, Apalone spinifera aspera

     Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

     Florida snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina osceola

     Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina

     Atlantic green turtle, Chelonia mydas

            Painted turtle, Chrysemys picta  (Introduced)

     Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

     Chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia

     Florida chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia chrysea

     Eastern chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

     Leather back sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

     Atlantic hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

     Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

     Barbour's map turtle, Graptemys barbouri

     Striped mud turtle, Kinosternon bauri

     Florida mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri

     Alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemmys temmincki

     Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin

     River cooter, Pseudemys concinna

     Florida cooter, Pseudemys floridana floridana

     Florida redbelly turtle, Pseudemys nelsoni

     Loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor minor

     Stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus

     Box turtle, Terrapene carolina

     Florida box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri

     Yellowbelly turtle, Trachemys scripta scripta

     Red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans

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Mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum 
Eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum 
Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempi 
Carolina diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin centrata
Ornate diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota
Mangrove terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum 
Florida east coast terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin tequesta
Eastern river cooter, Pseudemys concinna concinna 
Suwannee cooter, Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis 
Peninsula cooter, Pseudemys floridana peninsular 
Stripeneck musk turtle, Sternotherus minor peltifer 
Gulf coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major
Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis
Slider, Trachemys scripta
Ernst's map turtle, Graptemys ernsti