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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 & Tortoises of Oklahoma


There are 18 species/subspecies representing 12 genus found in Oklahoma with 1 species being Introduced.



Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
(Apalone mutica mutica)

Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtle
(Apalone spinifera pallida)

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

African Spurred Tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata)

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Western Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta bellii)

Western Chicken Turtle
(Deirochelys reticularia miaria)

Northern Map Turtle
(Graptemys geographica)

Ouachita Map Turtle
(Graptemys ouachitensis)

Mississippi Map Turtle
(Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii)

Yellow Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon flavescens)

Mississippi Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepes)
(V)

Alligator Snapping Turtle
(Macroclemys temmincki)

Eastern River Cooter
(Pseudemys concinna concinna)

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

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

Plains Box Turtle
(Terrapene ornata ornata)

Red-Eared Slider
(Trachemys scripta elegans)
 

 

 

 

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