Order Testudines ID

Light spots on dark shell

Clemmys guttata

Lighter spot behind each eye

Clemmys muhlenbergii

starbursts!

Terrapene carolina

Yellow stripes, large yellow spot behind each eye

Yed/brown Splotches on plastron

Chrysemys picta

Plain yellow plastron, splotches on bridge

Chicken wire carapace

Extremely long neck for hunting

Deirochelys reticularia

Keeled carapace, C-shaped markings

Graptemys barbouri

“topo map” (lack of distinct features on specimen)

Graptemys geographica

Keeled carapace, “mask” behind eyes

Graptemys pulchra

Light skin with obvious black spots

Malaclemys terrapin

Hollow circles on plastron

Pseudemys concinna

Busy swirls, solid yellow lines

Pseudemys floridana

red/orange carapace, arrow on head

Pseudemys nelsoni

Distinct spots on gular scutes

Trachemys scripta

Chunky heads & necks, jowls, long nose

Apalone ferox

Long nose, spots on carapace

Apalone spinifera

Jagged keels

Macrochelys suwanniensis

big head

Sternotherus minor

no specimen

Sternotherus peltifer

Cream stripes on carapace

Kinosternon baurii

Kinosternon subrubrum

Gopherus polyphemus

jagged keels & flippers

Caretta caretta

Smooth carapace & flippers

Chelonia mydas

“tortoise shell” pattern

Eretmochelys imbricata

Carapace as wide as long (no specimen)

Lepidochelys kempii

Stripes & flippers

Dermochelys coriacea

Sternotherus odoratus

Macrochelys temminckii

Chelydra serpentina