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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 Tennessee


There are 23 species/subspecies representing 12 genus found in Tennessee with 1 species being Intorduced.



Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle
(Apalone mutica mutica)

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

African Spurred Tortoise
(Centrochelys sulcata)

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Southern Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys dorsalis)

Midland Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta marginata)

Eastern Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta picta)
(E)

Bog Turtle
(Glyptemys muhlenbergii)

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)

Southeastern Mud Turtle
(Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
(V)

Alligator Snapping Turtle
(Macrochelys temmincki)

Eastern Musk Turtle or "Stinkpot"
(Sternotherus odoratus)

Stripe-Necked Musk Turtle
(Sternotherus peltifer)

Eastern River Cooter
(Pseudemys concinna concinna)
(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)

Cumberland Slider
(Trachemys scripta troosti)
 

 

 

 

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