Do you have any reptiles you like that nobody/not many people have asked about?
Almost nobody asks me about North America freshwater turtles...
Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox), family Trionychidae, in a freshwater spring in FL, USA
photograph by Isaac Szabo
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone s. spinifera), family Trionychidae, WI, USA
Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone m. mutica), gamily Trionychidae, Missouri, USA
photograph by Peter Paplanus
Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), family Emydidae, found in parts of the north central and NE United States and southern Canada.
photograph by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, California
Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).
This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.
This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle still found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)
photograph by Yathin S Krishnappa
North American Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), family Emydidae, northeastern US
photograph by Bob Ferguson
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), family Emydidae, Eastern US
Photographs by Josh Vandermeulen
Barbour’s Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri), family Emydidae, Georgia, USA
photographs by McKayla Susen
Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), female, family Kinosternidae, southeastern U.S.
photograph by Grover Brown
Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon bauri), T - juvenile, B - adult, family Kinosternidae, found in the SE and Mid-Atlantic U.S.
photograph by Dick Bartlett
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), family Chelydridae, southeastern U.S.
This is the heaviest freshwater turtle in North America. The largest verified alligator snapper weighed in at 113 kg (249 lb).
photograph by Eric Soehren
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), family Cheydridae, in a cypress swamp in the eastern U.S.
photograph by Mac Stone Photography
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