Turtles of South Carolina

 

 

 

COMMON NAME                                                      TAXONOMIC NAME

 

LAND TURTLES

EASTERN BOX TURTLE                                             TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA

GOPHER TORTOISE                                                    GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS

 

AQUATIC TURTLES

BOG TURTLE                                                                GLYPTEMYS MUHLENBERGI

EASTERN CHICKEN TURTLE                                    DEIROCHELYS RETICULARIA RETICULARIA

COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE                                 CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA

DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN                                     MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN CENTRATA

EASTERN MUD TURTLE                                             KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM SUBRUBRUM

FLORIDA MUD TURTLE                                             KINOSTERNON BAURII

COMMON MUSK TURTLE (STINKPOT)                  STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS

EASTERN PAINTED TURTLE                                     CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA

GULF COAST SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE             TRIONYX SPINIFER ASPER

FLORIDA SOFTSHELL TURTLE                                 TRIONYX FEROX

EASTERN RIVER COOTER                                         PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA CONCINNA

FLORIDA COOTER                                                      PSEUDEMYS FLORIDANA FLORIDANA

SPOTTED TURTLE                                                       CLEMMYS GUTTATA

YELLOW-BELLIED TURTLE                                       TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA SCRIPTA

 

MARINE

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (State Turtle)                         CARETTA CARETTA

KEMPS RIDLEY                                                           LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI

GREEN TURTLE                                                           CHELONIA MYDAS MYDAS

 

 

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