Types of Turtles

Turtles carry the oldest body plan of any reptile, a shell fused from ribs and backbone, essentially unchanged for over 200 million years. The group spans basking pond sliders, snapping turtles that can take a finger, box turtles that live a century, and sea turtles that cross whole oceans. Here are the turtles in the Huck field guide.

43 turtles in the Huck field guide. Tap any one for identification, habitat, diet, and a live sightings map.

Common Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Common Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

False Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica

Florida Softshell Turtle

Apalone ferox

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Razor-backed Musk Turtle

Sternotherus carinatus

Smooth Softshell Turtle

Apalone mutica

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

Stripe-necked Musk Turtle

Sternotherus peltifer

Striped Mud Turtle

Kinosternon baurii

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

Chihuahuan Mud Turtle

Kinosternon hirtipes

Furrowed Wood Turtle

Rhinoclemmys areolata

Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Sternotherus minor

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta

Mexican Mud Turtle

Kinosternon integrum

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis

Painted Wood Turtle

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Red-cheeked Mud Turtle

Kinosternon cruentatum

Sonoran Mud Turtle

Kinosternon sonoriense

Southern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys dorsalis

Spotted Turtle

Clemmys guttata

Texas Map Turtle

Graptemys versa

Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene triunguis

Western Pond Turtle

Actinemys marmorata

White-lipped Mud Turtle

Kinosternon leucostomum

White-throated Mud Turtle

Kinosternon albogulare

Wood Turtle

Glyptemys insculpta

Black River Turtle

Rhinoclemmys funerea

Bog Turtle

Glyptemys muhlenbergii

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

Southwestern Pond Turtle

Actinemys pallida

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys kempii