Herp25 Turtle and Crocodilian Names

Marine Turtles

Cheloniidae

Loggerhead sea turtle

Caretta caretta

Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys kempii

Snapping Turtles

Chelydridae

Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Alligator snapping turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Leatherbacks

Dermochelyidae

Leatherback sea turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Pond and Marsh Turtles

Emydidae

Southern painted turtle (non-native)

Chrysemys dorsalis

Spotted turtle

Clemmys guttata

Chicken turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

Barbour’s map turtle

Graptemys barbouri

False map turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica

Diamondback terrapin

Malaclemys terrapin

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Florida redbelly cooter (non-native in part)

Pseudemys nelsoni

Peninsula cooter (non-native in part)

Pseudemys floridana peninsularis

Suwannee cooter

Pseudemys suwanniensis

Eastern box turtle

Terrapene carolina

Pond slider (non-native in part)

Trachemys scripta

Musk and Mud Turtles

Kinosternidae

Striped mud turtle

Kinosternon baurii

Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Loggerhead musk turtle

Sternotherus minor

Eastern musk turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Tortoises

Testudinidae

Gopher tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Softshell Turtles

Trionychidae

Florida softshell (non-native in part)

Apalone ferox

Spiny softshell

Apalone spinifera

Alligators and Caimans

Alligatoridae

American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Spectacled caiman (non-native)

Caiman crocodilus

Crocodiles

Crocodylidae

American crocodile

Crocodylus acutus