List of reptiles of Alabama
Turtles
Table:
Image

Scientific name

Common name

Family

Conservation
concern

Caretta caretta
loggerhead sea turtle
Cheloniidae
Highest

Chelonia mydas
green sea turtle
Cheloniidae
Highest

Lepidochelys kempii
Atlantic ridley sea turtle
Cheloniidae
Highest/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered

Chelydra serpentina
common snapping turtle
Chelydridae
Lowest

Macrochelys temminckii
alligator snapping turtle
Chelydridae
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge lists as endangered

Dermochelys coriacea
leatherback sea turtle
Dermochelyidae
Highest/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered

Chrysemys picta picta
eastern painted turtle
Emydidae
Lowest

Chrysemys picta dorsalis
southern painted turtle
Emydidae
Lowest

Chrysemys picta marginata
midland painted turtle
Emydidae
Lowest

Deirochelys reticularia reticularia
eastern chicken turtle
Emydidae
Low

Graptemys barbouri
Barbour's map turtle
Emydidae
High

Graptemys ernsti
Escambia map turtle
Emydidae
Moderate

Graptemys geographica
northern map turtle
Emydidae
Low

Graptemys nigrinoda delticola
delta map turtle
southern black-knobbed sawback
Emydidae
Moderate

Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda
black-knobbed map turtle
northern black-knobbed sawback
Emydidae
Moderate

Graptemys ouachitensis
Ouachita map turtle
Emydidae
Lowest

Graptemys pulchra
Alabama map turtle
Emydidae
Moderate

Malaclemys terrapin pileata
Mississippi diamondback terrapin
Emydidae
Highest

Pseudemys alabamensis
Alabama red-bellied cooter
(Designated as official state reptile)
Emydidae
Highest/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered

Pseudemys concinna concinna
eastern river cooter
Emydidae
Lowest

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The loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) , also commonly called Caretta Caretta , is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world . It is a marine reptile , belonging to the family Cheloniidae . The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm ( 35 in ) in carapace length when fully grown . The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg ( 298 lb ) , with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg ( 1,000 lb ) . The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color , and the shell is typically reddish brown . No external differences in sex are seen until the turtle becomes an adult , the most obvious difference being the adult males have thicker tails and shorter plastrons ( lower shells ) than the females . The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic , Pacific , and Indian Oceans , as well as the Mediterranean Sea . It spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats , with females briefly coming ashore to lay eggs . The loggerhead sea turtle has a low reproductive rate ; females lay an average of four egg clutches and then become quiescent , producing no eggs for two to three years . The loggerhead reaches sexual maturity within 17-33 years and has a lifespan of 47-67 years . The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous , feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates . Its large and powerful jaws serve as an effective tool for dismantling its prey .
Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as , having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs . The six species that make up this family are : the green sea turtle , loggerhead sea turtle , olive ridley sea turtle , hawksbill sea turtle , flatback sea turtle and the Kemp 's ridley sea turtle .
The green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) , also known as the green turtle , black ( sea ) turtle or Pacific green turtle , is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae . It is the only species in the genus Chelonia . Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world , with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans , but it is also found in the Indian Ocean . The common name refers to the usually green fat found beneath its carapace , not to the color of its carapace , which is olive to black . This sea turtle 's dorsoventrally flattened body is covered by a large , teardrop-shaped carapace ; it has a pair of large , paddle-like flippers . It is usually lightly colored , although in the eastern Pacific populations parts of the carapace can be almost black . Unlike other members of its family , such as the hawksbill sea turtle , C. mydas is mostly herbivorous . The adults usually inhabit shallow lagoons , feeding mostly on various species of seagrasses . The turtles bite off the tips of the blades of seagrass , which keeps the grass healthy . Like other sea turtles , green sea turtles migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches . Many islands worldwide are known as Turtle Island due to green sea turtles nesting on their beaches . Females crawl out on beaches , dig nests and lay eggs during the night .
Kemp 's ridley sea turtle ( Lepidochelys kempii ) , also called the Atlantic ridley sea turtle , is the rarest species of sea turtle and is critically endangered . It is one of two living species in the genus Lepidochelys ( the other one being L. olivacea , the olive ridley sea turtle ) .
The common snapping turtle ( Chelydra serpentina ) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae . Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada , southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains , as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida . The three species of Chelydra and the larger alligator snapping turtles ( genus Macrochelys ) are the only extant chelydrids , a family now restricted to the Americas . The common snapping turtle , as its name implies , is the most widespread . The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws , and highly mobile head and neck ( hence the specific name serpentina , meaning snake-like ) . In water , they are likely to flee and hide themselves underwater in sediment . Snapping turtles have a life-history strategy characterized by high and variable mortality of embryos and hatchlings , delayed sexual maturity , extended adult longevity , and iteroparity ( repeated reproductive events ) with low reproductive success per reproductive event . Females , and presumably also males , in more northern populations mature later ( at 15-20 years ) and at a larger size than in more southern populations ( about 12 years ) . Lifespan in the wild is poorly known , but long-term mark-recapture data from Algonquin Park in Ontario , Canada , suggest a maximum age over 100 years .
The Chelydridae are a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera . The extant genera are the snapping turtles , Chelydra and Macrochelys . Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere . The extinct genera are Acherontemys , Chelydrops , Chelydropsis , Emarginachelys , Macrocephalochelys , Planiplastron , and Protochelydra .
The alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae . The species is native to freshwater habitats in the United States . M. temminckii is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world . It is often associated with , but not closely related to , the common snapping turtle , which is in the genus Chelydra . The specific epithet temminckii is in honor of Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck .
The leatherback sea turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea ) , sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth , is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three crocodilians . It is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae . It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell , hence the name . Instead , its carapace is covered by skin and oily flesh .
Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus , including the largest living sea turtles .
The painted turtle ( Chrysemys picta ) is the most widespread native turtle of North America . It lives in slow-moving fresh waters , from southern Canada to northern Mexico , and from the Atlantic to the Pacific . The turtle is the only species of the genus Chrysemys , which is part of the pond turtle family Emydidae . Fossils show that the painted turtle existed 15 million years ago . Four regionally based subspecies ( the eastern , midland , southern , and western ) evolved during the last ice age . The adult painted turtle female is 10-25 cm ( 4-10 in ) long ; the male is smaller . The turtle 's top shell is dark and smooth , without a ridge . Its skin is olive to black with red , orange , or yellow stripes on its extremities . The subspecies can be distinguished by their shells : the eastern has straight-aligned top shell segments ; the midland has a large gray mark on the bottom shell ; the southern has a red line on the top shell ; the western has a red pattern on the bottom shell . The turtle eats aquatic vegetation , algae , and small water creatures including insects , crustaceans , and fish . Although they are frequently consumed as eggs or hatchlings by rodents , canines , and snakes , the adult turtles ' hard shells protect them from most predators . Reliant on warmth from its surroundings , the painted turtle is active only during the day when it basks for hours on logs or rocks .
Emydidae is a family of testudines ( turtles ) which includes close to 50 species in 10 genera . Members of this family are commonly called terrapins , pond turtles , or marsh turtles . Several species of Asian box turtle were formerly classified in the family ; however , revised taxonomy has separated them to a different family ( Geoemydidae ) . As currently defined , Emydidae is entirely a Western Hemisphere family , with the exception of two species of pond turtle .
The chicken turtle ( Deirochelys reticularia ) is an uncommon freshwater turtle found in the southeast of the United States . It is in the monotypic genus Deirochelys . The name chicken turtle refers to the taste of their meat , which used to be popular in southern markets . [ citation needed ]
Barbour 's map turtle ( Graptemys barbouri ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae . The species is endemic to the southeastern United States .
The Escambia map turtle ( Graptemys ernsti ) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae . The species is endemic to the United States .
The northern map turtle ( Graptemys geographica ) , or common map turtle , is an aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae . It is endemic to North America .
The black-knobbed map turtle ( Graptemys nigrinoda ) , formerly known as the black-knobbed sawback , is a small to medium-sized aquatic turtle with light gray skin . Some of the most distinguishing characteristics of the black-knobbed map turtle , and the Graptemys genus , are the protruding spikes on the turtle 's carapace . This species inhabits mainly the fall lines of rivers in the Mobile Bay drainage , in Alabama and Mississippi .
The Ouachita map turtle ( Graptemys ouachitensis ) is a species of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae .
The Alabama map turtle ( Graptemys pulchra ) is a species of emydid turtle endemic to the southern United States . Differentiation from other turtle species includes a black stripe running down the center of its back with knobs extruding from it , but these projections wear down with age . T.H . Bean and L. Kumlen first collected the Alabama map turtle in July 1876 from a lake near Montgomery , Alabama . Type locality for this species is Montgomery County , Alabama . Baur described and named the Alabama map turtle in 1893 . The genus Graptemys includes nine species of mostly aquatic turtles .
The diamondback terrapin ( Malaclemys terrapin ) or simply terrapin , is a species of turtle native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the eastern and southern United States , and in Bermuda . It belongs to the monotypic genus , Malaclemys . It has one of the largest ranges of all turtles in North America , stretching as far south as the Florida Keys and as far north as Cape Cod . The name terrapin is derived from the Algonquian word torope . It applies to Malaclemys terrapin in both British English and American English . The name originally was used by early European settlers in North America to describe these brackish-water turtles that inhabited neither freshwater habitats nor the sea . It retains this primary meaning in American English . In British English , however , other semi-aquatic turtle species , such as the red-eared slider , might be called a terrapin . [ citation needed ] .
The Alabama red-bellied cooter ( Pseudemys alabamensis ) or Alabama red-bellied turtle , is native to Alabama . It belongs to the turtle family Emydidae , the pond turtles . It is the official reptile of the state of Alabama .
The eastern river cooter ( Pseudemys concinna concinna ) is a subspecies of turtle native to the eastern United States , with a smaller population in the midwest . It is found in freshwater habitats such as rivers , lakes , and ponds .