Turtles of Alabama Common Names and Scientific Names

     Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta

     Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

     Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata

     Atlantic Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys kempii

     Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina

     Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macroclemys temminckii

     Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

     Southern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta dorsalis

     Midland Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata

     Eastern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta picta

     Eastern Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia reticularia

     Barbour’s Map Turtle, Graptemys barbouri

     Southern Black Knobbed Sawback, Graptemys nigrinoda delticola

     Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin pileata

     Florida Cooter, Pseudemys floridana floridana

     Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina

     Red Eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans

     Yellow Bellied Slider, Trachemys scripta scripta

     Razorback Musk Turtle, Sternotherus carinatus

     Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus

     Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor minor

     Common Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus

     Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus Polyphemus

     Florida Softshell Turtle, Apalone ferox

     Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Turtle, Apalone mutica calvata

     Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle, Apalone mutica mutica

     Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera aspera

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Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera spinifera 
Ernst’s Map Turtle, Graptemys ernsti
Common Map Turtle, Graptemys geographica
Northern Black Knobbed Sawback, Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda
Ouachita Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis
Alabama Map Turtle, Graptemys pulchra 
Alabama Red Bellied Turtle, Pseudemys alabamensis
River Cooter, Pseudemys concinna concinna 
Eastern Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum 
Stripe Necked Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor peltifer