Checklist and Designations of Status for Florida Turtles
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Checklist of Turtle Species of the United States CHELONIIDAE ___ Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) ___ Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) ___ Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) ___ Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) CHELYDRIDAE ___ Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) ___ Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys apalachicolae) ___ Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) ___ Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) DERMOCHELYIDAE ___ Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) EMYDIDAE ___ Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) ___ Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) ___ Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) ___ Chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) ___ Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) ___ Wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) ___ Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) ___ Barbour’s map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) ___ Cagle’s map turtle (Graptemys caglei) ___ Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti) ___ Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) ___ Common map turtle (Graptemys geographica) ___ Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) ___ Black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda) ___ Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) ___ Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) ___ Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) ___ False map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) ___ Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) ___ Sabine map turtle (Graptemys sabinensis) ___ Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa) ___ Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) ___ Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) ___ River cooter (Pseudemys concinna) ___ Coastal Plain cooter (Pseudemys floridana) ___ Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) ___ Florida red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys nelsoni) ___ Northern red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys rubiventris) ___ Texas cooter (Pseudemys texana) ___ Common box turtle (Terrapene carolina) ___ Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) ___ Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) ___ Common slider (Trachemys scripta) KINOSTERNIDAE ___ Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) ___ Striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) ___ Yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) ___ Rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes) ___ Sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) ___ Common mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) ___ Razor-backed musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) ___ Flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) ___ Loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor) ___ Common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) TESTUDINIDAE ___ Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) ___ Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri) ___ Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) ___ Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) TRIONYCHIDAE ___ Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) ___ Smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) ___ Spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera) This checklist follows the taxonomy used by Meylan (2006) and the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014). Meylan, P.A. (Ed.). 2006. Biology and Conservation of Florida Turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3, Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts. 376 pp. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., J.B. Iverson, A.G.J. Rhodin, H.B. Shaffer, and R. Bour]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In A.G.J. Rhodin, P.C.H. Pritchard, P.P. van Dijk, R.A. Saumure, K.A. Buhlmann, J.B. Iverson, and R.A. Mittermeier (Eds.), Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7): 000.329–479, Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts. .