turtles 1 range

Clemmys muhlenbergii

Confined to blue ridge wetlands

Spring seeps, bogs, fens, wet meadows, and marshes

Lay eggs in sphagnum mounds

Clemmys guttata

Confined to coastal plains

Prefer slow moving water with structure and aquatic veg

Terrapene carolina

Prefer moist forests with open areas, may frequent floodplains and stream sides

Omnivorous

Chrysemys picta

Aquatic habitats with soft muddy bottoms, shallow water, an aquatic veg.

Sit on logs

Deirochelys reticularia

Open-canopied seasonal wetlands that hold water from winter through summer with population of crayfish and aquatic insects (carnivorous)

Will bury themselves in seasonal wetlands until water refills

Graptemys barbouri

Gulf coastal plain

Chattahoochee, Flint, and Chipola rivers rich in mollusks

Clear flowing rivers with limestone rock in coastal plains; granite bottom streams towards piedmont

Many fallen trees!

Graptemys geographica

Only in ridge and valley of GA (conasuaga river drainage) large bodies of water over creeks and ponds- need many basing sites

Clear flowing habitats with gravel substrates

Graptemys pulchra

In Mobile Bay drainage basin so only present in a few rivers in Ridge and Valley

Lotic habitats (streams)

Bask on falls trees

Malaclemys terrapin

Atlantic coast or coastal plain of GA

Common in salt marshes and shallow bays (occasionally travel into ocean)

Burrow in mudflats, shallow channels, and creek banks periodically

Pseudemys concinna

Large creeks and rivers (love rocky shoals near the fall line) spend most of day basking and foraging

Pseudemys floridana

Floodplain swamps and isolated wetlands

Prefer permanent or semi-permanent wetlands (main and satellite nests) bask!

Pseudemys nelsoni

Southeast GA into Florida

Found in slow-moving freshwater with abundant aquatic plant growth (herbivorous)

Nests in sides of American alligator nests 🐊

Trachemys scripta

All of GA excluding northeast corner

Still to slow moving water in coastal plains Prefer and piedmont wetlands

Nest terrestrially

Who can be found at Whitehall?

Terrapene carolina

Trachemys scripta

Chrysemys picta

Pseudemys concinna

Who is endangered?

Clemmys muhlenbergii (small range)