Turtles & Tortoises of Alabama

Turtles are aquatic or terrestrial reptiles that have horny toothless jaws and a bony or leathery shell into which the head, limbs, and can can be withdrawn in most species. They have dry scales skin and enjoy basking in the sun. All species of turtles lay eggs.

There are 42 species, representing 18 genus, of Turtles and Tortoise found in the State of Alabama.

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Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox)	Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica calvata)	Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica mutica)
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera aspera)	Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera spinifera)	(T) Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
(I) (E) African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)	(E) Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)	Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Southern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys dorsalis)	Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta belli)	Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
Eastern Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia)	(V) Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)	(V) Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
(V) Barbour's Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri)	(NT) Escambia Map Turtle (Graptemys ernsti)	Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Delta Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola)	Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda)	Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis)
(NT) Alabama Map Turtle (Graptemys pulchra)	(V) Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin pileata)	Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon bauri)
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum)	(CE) Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidichelys kempi)	(V) Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temmincki)
(E) Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis)	Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna)	Coastal Plain Cooter (Pseudemys concinna floridana)