Types of Turtles

A list of 50 types of turtles with common and scientific names.

Loggerhead, Caretta caretta


Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

Hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata

Atlantic Ridley, Lepidochelys kempi

Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea


Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea



Florida Softshell, Trionyx ferox

Smooth Softshell, Trionyx muticus

Spiny Softshell, Trionyx spiniferus



Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macroclemys temmincki



Striped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon bauri

Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens

Mexican Mud Turtle, Kinosternon birtipes

Sonora Mud Turtle, Kinosternon sonoriense

Mud Turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum

Razor-backed Musk Turtle, Sternotherus carinatus

Flattened Musk Turtle, Sternotherus depressus

Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor

Stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus

Alabama Red-bellied Turtle, Chrysemys alabamensis

River Cooter, Chrysemys concinna

Cooter, Chrysemys floridana

Florida Red-bellied Turtle, Chrysemys nelsoni

Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta

Red-bellied Turtle, Chrysemys rubriventris

Pond Slider, Chrysemys scripta

Spotted Turtle, Clemmys guttata

Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta

Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata

Bog Turtle, Clemmys mublenbergi

Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia

Blanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingi

Barbour's Map Turtle, Graptemys barbouri

Cagle's Map Turtle, Graptemys caglei

Yellow-blotched Sawback, Graptemys flavimaculata

Map Turtle, Graptemys geographica

Mississippi Map Turtle, Graptemys kohni

Black-knobbed Sawback, Graptemys nigrinoda

Ringed Sawback, Graptemys oculifera

False Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica

Alabama Map Turtle, Graptemys pulchra

Texas Map Turtle, Graptemys versa

Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin



Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina

Western Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata



Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii

Berlandier's Tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri

Gopher Tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

Pancake Tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri

Galopagos, Geochelchi nigra