Cumberland Sliders / Trachemys Scripta Troostii

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Yellow-bellied Sliders / Trachemys Scripta Scripta

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Cooter / Pseudemys

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Peninsula Cooter / Pseudemys Peninsularia

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

Midland Painted Turtles / Chrysemys Picta Marginata

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES

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Eastern Painted Turtles / Chrysemys Picta Picta

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES

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Western Painted Turtles / Chrysemys Picta Bellii

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES

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Southern Painted Turtles / Chrysemys Dorsalis

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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North American Wood Turtles / Glyptemys Insculpta

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - THREATENED

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Blandings Turtles / Emydoidea Blandingii

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - THREATENED

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Spotted Turtles / Clemmys Guttata

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - ENDANGERED

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Florida Red-belly Turtles / Pseudemys Nelsoni

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Northern Red-belly Turtles / Pseudemys Rubriventris

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Northern (a.k.a. Common) Map Turtles / Graptemys Geographica

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - SPECIAL CONCERN

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Mississippi Map Turtles / Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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False Map Turtles / Graptemys Pseudogeographica

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Ouachita Map Turtles / Graptemys Pseudogeographica Ouachitensis

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Diamondback Terrapins / Malaclemys Terrapin

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Texas Diamondback Terrapin / Malaclemys Terrapin Littoralis

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Ornate Diamondback Terrapin / Malaclemys Terrapin Macrospilota

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Northern Diamondback Terrapin / Malaclemys Terrapin Terrapin

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Carolina Diamondback Terrapin / Malaclemys Terrapin Centrata

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Stinkpots (Common Musk Turtles) / Sternotherus Odoratus

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - ENDANGERED

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Razorback Musk Turtles / Sternotherus Carinatum

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Loggerhead Musk Turtles / Sternotherus Minor Minor

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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3-Striped Mud Turtles / Kinosternon Bauri

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Reeve's Turtles / Chinemys Reevesii

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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African Helmetted Turtle / Pelomedusa Subrufa

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Chinese Golden Thread Turtles / Ocadia Sinensis

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Pink-belly Short-neck Turtles (a.k.a. Red-bellied, side-necked) / Emydura Subglobosa

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Australian Snake-neck Turtles / Chelodina Longicollis

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Mata Mata Turtles / Chelus Fimbriatus

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Common Snapping Turtles / Chelydra Serpentina

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - SPECIAL CONCERN

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Alligator Snapping Turtles / Macrochelys Temminckii

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles / Apalone Spinifera Spinifera

ILLEGAL PET - NATIVE SPECIES - THREATENED

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Florida Softshell Turtles / Apalone Ferox

LEGAL PET - NATIVE TO USA

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Chinese Softshell Turtles / Pelodiscus Sinensis

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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Fly River Turtles (a.k.a. Pig-nosed Turtles) / Carettochelys Insculpta

LEGAL PET - EXOTIC TO NORTH AMERICA

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A special Thank You goes to ATP for allowing us to use their turtle images.