American Alligator

(Alligator mississippiensis)

Alligatoridae

Distribution: southeastern US

* broader snout, overlapping jaws, darker coloration and less tolerant of saltwater, and more tolerant of temperate conditions

Spectacled Caiman* 

(Caiman crocodilus)

Alligatoridae

American Crocodile

(Crocodylus acutus)

Crocodylinae

Distribution: Neotropics (US only in FL)

Gopher Tortoise

(Gopherus polyphemus)

Testudinidae

Distribution: southeastern US

Texas Tortoise 

(Gopherus berlandieri)

Testudinidae

Distribution: AZ and east of CO river

Pacific Pond Turtle

(Actinemys marmorata)

Emydinae

Distribution: N. Baja to southern Washington

Vu.

SPOTTED TURTLE

(Clemmys guttata)

 Emydidae

En

Distribution: eastern Ontario, Great lakes and east of Appalachian Mtns.

Wood Turtle

(Glyptemys insculpta)

 Emydidae

En

Distribution: Northeast US & Canada

Bog Turtle

(Glyptemys muhlenbergii)

 Emydidae

Cr. T.

Distribution: GA, NC, SC, TV, VA

Blanding's Turtle

(Emydoidea blandingii)

 Emydidae

En

Distribution: Great Lakes, NK, MN

Eastern Box Turtle

(Terrapene carolina)

Emydidae

Vu

Distribution: eastern US & TX to FL, S. Canada

Ornate Box Turtle

(Terrapene ornata)

Emydidae

NT

Distribution: Great Plains

Pond Slider

(Trachemys scripta)

Emydidae<Dirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: MI River Basin

Mexican Plateau Slider

(Trachemys gaigaeae)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

VU

Distribution:N Mex, NM & TX

Painted Turtle

(Chrysemys picta)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: most of east coast

Southern Painted Turtle

(Chrysemys dorsalis)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: MI Basin

Chicken Turtle

(Deiochys reticularia)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: South 

*shell is close to length of shell

Barbour's Map Turtle

(Graptemys barbouri)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

VU

Distribution: FL, MS, AL

Cagle's Map Turtle

(Graptemys caglei)

EN

Distribution: only in TX

Escambia Map Turtle

(Graptemys ernsti)

NT

Distribution: AL, FL

Yellow-blotched Map Turtle

(Graptemys flavimaculata)

T

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: S. US

Northern Map Turtle

(Graptemys geographica)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: S. Can, NW US, Great Lakes

Pascagoula Map Turtle

(Graptemys gibbonsi)

EN

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: AL, MS

Black-knobbed Map Turtle

(Graptemys nigrinoda)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: AL & MS

Ringed Map Turtle

(Graptemys oculifera)

VU

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: S. US

Ouachita Map Turtle

(Graptemys ouachitensis)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: Midwest US

False Map Turtle

(Graptemys pseudogeographica)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: Midwest

Alabama Map Turtle

(Graptemys pulchra)

NT

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: MS Delta

Texas Map Turtle

(Graptemys versa)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: TX

Diamond-backed Terrapin

(Malaclemys terrain)

LR

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: Atlantic & Gulf Coast of US

Alabama Red-bellied Cooter

(Pseudemys alabamensis)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

EN

Distribution:AL

River Cooter

(Pseudemys cocinna)

LC

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Distribution: cent/east US

Suwanee Cooter

(Pseudemys suwanniensis)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

Rio Grande Cooter

(Psedemys gorzugi)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

NT

DistributionL NM, TX

Red-bellied Cooter

(Pseudemys nelsoni)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: South

Peninsula Cooter

(Pseudemys peninsularis)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

LC

Distribution: Flordia peninsula

Northern red-bellied turtle

(Psedemys rubiverentris)

Emydidae<Deirochelyinae

NT

Distribution: northeast US

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

(Lepidochelys olivacea)

Cheloniidae

Distribution: Tropical waters of Pacific & Indian

T

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

(Caretta caretta)

Cheloniidae

DistributionL: NW Atlantic, N Pacific

EN

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

(Lepidochelys kempii)

Cheloniidae

E

Distribution: rarest sea turtle, Atlantic

Green Sea Turtle

(Chelonia mydas)

Cheloniidae

EN

Distribution: global

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

Cheloniidae

E

Distribution: global (highest lat ~ NY - Spain - Aus)

Leatherback Sea Turtle

(Dermochelys coriacea)

Family: Dermochelyidae

E

Distribution: most of the world

Common Snapping Turtle

(Chelydra serpentina)

Chelydridae

LC

Distribution: most of East, Cent US down to Central America

Alligator Snapping Turtle

(Macrochelys temminckii)

Chelydridae

VU

Distribution: southeastern US

Arizona Mud Turtle

(Kinosternon arizonense)

Kinosternidae

Distribution: S. CO & AZ

Striped Mud Turtle

(Kinosternon baurii)

Kinosternidae

LC

Distribution: Southeast

Yellow Mud Turtle

(Kinosternon flavescens)

LC

Distribution: Central US

Rough-footed Mud Turtle

(Kinosternon hirtipes)

LC

Distribution: TX, MEX

Sonora Mud Turtle

(Kinosternon sonoriense)

Distribution: AZ, CA, NM, MX 

Eastern Mud Turtlke

(Kinosternon suburban)

LC

Distribution: Central/East Coast

Razor-backed Musk Turtle

(Sternotherus depressus)

T

Distribution: Central/South US

Flattened Musk Turtle

(Sternotherus depressus)

T

Distribution: only N AL

Loggerhead Musk Turtle

(Sternotherus minor)

LC

Distribution: south US

Common Musk Turtle

(Sternotherus odoratus)

LC

Distribution: southeatern Canada & US

Florida Softshell

(Apalone ferox)

LC

Trionychidae

Distribution: US South

Smooth Softshell

(Apalone mutica)

LC

Trionychidae

Distribution: Miss. River Drainage

Spiny Softshell

(Apalone mutica)

Trionychidae

LC

Distribution: CAN to MEX

Wattle-necked Softshell *

(Palea steindachneri)

S. east Asia

Chinese Softshell*

(Pelodiscus sinensis)

VU

African Rainbow Lizard*

(Agama agama)

Igunaia>Agamidaea

Indochinese Bloodsucker*

(Calotes mystaceus)

Igunaia>Agamidaea

Variable Bloodsucker*

(Calotes Versicolor)

Igunaia>Agamidaea