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  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Turtles and Tortoises
  6. Pond and Box Turtles

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Pond and Box Turtles

Emydidae

Includes
32 native 1 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Deirochelyine Turtles 25 native
  • Emydine Turtles 7 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native pond and box turtles All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Pond Slider Trachemys scripta 255,353 observations
  • Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta 185,450 observations
  • Common Box Turtle Terrapene carolina 109,410 observations
  • Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene triunguis 24,976 observations
  • Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica 19,926 observations
  • River Cooter Pseudemys concinna 19,486 observations
  • Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii 17,134 observations
  • Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin 16,802 observations
  • Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata 11,387 observations
  • Northern Red-bellied Cooter Pseudemys rubriventris 10,780 observations
  • Florida Red-bellied Cooter Pseudemys nelsoni 9,821 observations
  • Northwestern Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata 9,478 observations
  • Texas Cooter Pseudemys texana 8,313 observations
  • Peninsular Cooter Pseudemys peninsularis 8,087 observations
  • Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata 6,803 observations
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