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Abbreviation Legend

  • (CE) - Criticially Endangered
  • (CI) - Critically Imperiled
  • (E) - Endangered
  • (I) - Introduced
  • (IM) - Imperiled
  • (NT) - Near Threatened
  • (T) - Threatened
  • (V) - Vulnerable
  • (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Turtles & Tortoise of Arkansas


There are 21 species/subspecies representing 12 genus, found in Arkansas, one of which is Introduced.



Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
(Apalone mutica mutica)

Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle
(Apalone spinifera pallilda)

Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle
(Apalone spinifera spinifera)
(I) (E)

African Spurred Tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata)

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Southern Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys dorsalis)

Chicken Turtle
(Deirochelys reticularia)

Northern Map Turtle
(Graptemys geographica)

Ouachita Map Turtle
(Graptemys ouachitensis)

Mississippi Map Turtle
(Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)

Northern False Map Turtle
(Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica)

Mississippi Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis)
(V)

Alligator Snapping Turtle
(Macrochelys temmincki)

Eastern River Cooter
(Pseudemys concinna concinna)

Razor-Backed Musk Turtle
(Sternotherus carinatus)

Eastern Musk Turtle or "Stinkpot"
(Sternotherus odoratus)
(V)

Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina)
(V)

Three-Toad Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina triunguis)
(NT)

Plains Box Turtle
(Terrapene ornata ornata)

Red-Eared Slider
(Trachemys scripta elegans)

Yellow-Bellied Slider
(Trachemys scripta scripta)

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