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Category: Emydidae (Pond & Box Turtles)
Western Pond Turtle
A medium-sized turtle with a smooth, low, dark olive-brown shell and a yellow throat.
Spotted Turtle
A small turtle with a smooth, jet-black carapace dotted with yellow or orange spots, whose number and pattern …
Blanding's Turtle
A distinctive turtle with a highly domed, black shell flecked with yellow and a bright yellow chin and throat.
European Pond Turtle
The only turtle native to central and western Europe, with a dark shell and scattered yellow spots or lines.
Wood Turtle
A medium-sized turtle with a sculpted, pyramid-like shell (the scutes look carved) in grey-brown and orange pa…
Bog Turtle
The smallest turtle in North America, with a dark, domed shell and a characteristic bright orange or yellow pa…
Northern Map Turtle
Named for the fine, map-like lines of yellow tracing the veins of its olive-to-brown carapace.
False Map Turtle
Closely resembles the map turtle, with map-like yellow markings on a grey-brown shell and a distinct dark spot…
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
A small map turtle with a dark shell topped by prominent black knobs (spines) on the midline of the vertebral …
Diamondback Terrapin
The only turtle in North America that lives in brackish, coastal salt-marsh waters.
River Cooter
A large freshwater turtle with a flattened, olive-to-brown shell bearing yellow net-like or 'C' markings, and …
Florida Cooter
A large, flattened turtle of the southeastern coastal plain with a smooth dark shell and a distinctive 'C'-sha…
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Endemic to Florida, this large cooter has a dark shell with faint yellow markings and a distinctive red or ora…
Texas River Cooter
A large freshwater turtle with a flat, olive shell bearing dark markings and a yellow plastron.
Eastern Box Turtle
A highly domed terrestrial turtle with a hinged plastron that can close completely to form an impenetrable box…
Ornate Box Turtle
A terrestrial box turtle with radiating yellow lines (stars) on a dark shell and a fully closable hinged plast…
Pond Slider (incl. Red-eared Slider)
The most widely distributed and commonly kept turtle in the world, with several subspecies including the famou…
Meso-American Slider
A large slider with a dark shell and distinctive bright red or orange head stripes and eye markings.
Painted Turtle
The most widespread native turtle of North America, with a smooth, flat shell whose margins are painted with r…
Chicken Turtle
A distinctive turtle with an unusually long, striped neck (nearly as long as its shell) and a broad, oval, fin…
