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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 South Carolina


There are 24 species/subspecies representing 19 genus found in South Carolina with 1 species being Introduced.



Florida Softshell Turtle
(Apalone ferox)

Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle
(Apalone spinifera aspera)
(T)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
(Caretta caretta)
(I) (E)

African Spurred Tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata)
(E)

Green Sea Turtle
(Chelonia mydas)

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Eastern Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta picta)
(E)

Spotted Turtle
(Clemmys guttata)

Eastern Chicken Turtle
(Deirochelys reticularia reticularia)
(V)

Leatherback Sea Turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea)
(V)

Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata)
(E)

Bog Turtle
(Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
(V)

Gopher Tortoise
(Gopherus polyphemus)

Striped Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon baurii)

Southeastern Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
(CE)

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
(Lepidichelys kempii)
(V)

Carolina Diamondback Terrapin
(Malaclemys terrapin centrata)

Eastern River Cooter
(Pseudemys concinna concinna)

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

Florida Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina bauri)
(V)

Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina)
(V)

Three-Toed Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina triunguis)

Red-Eared Slider
(Trachemys scripta elegans)

Yellow-Bellied Slider
(Trachemys scripta scripta)
 

 

 

 

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