Florida Turtle Species

Chelonidae (sea turtles)

Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii

Chelydridae (snapping turtles)

Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys apalachicolae

Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys suwanniensis

Alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii

Dermochelyidae (leatherback)

Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

Emydidae (freshwater turtles)

Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

Chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia

Barbour’s map turtle, Graptemys barbouri

Escambia map turtle, Graptemys ernsti

Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin

River cooter, Pseudemys concinna

Coastal Plain cooter, Pseudemys floridana

Florida red-bellied cooter, Pseudemys nelsoni

Common box turtle, Terrapene carolina

Common slider, Trachemys scripta

Kinosternidae (mud and musk turtles)

Striped mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii

Eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum

Loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor

Common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus

Testudinidae (tortoises)

Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

Trionychidae (softshells)

Florida softshell turtle, Apalone ferox

Smooth softshell turtle, Apalone mutica

Spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera