This is the start of the ID page for turtles of east Texas.  We will be adding photos and more information soon.   

TURTLES

Family CHELYDRIDAE

Snapping Turtle
Chleydra serpentina

Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macroclemys temminckii

Family KINOSTERNIDAE

Mississippi Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubum hippocrepis

Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens

Big Bend Mud Turtle
Kinosternon hiripes murrayi

Eastern (or Common) Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus

Razorbaack Musk Turtle
Sternotherus carinatus

Stripeneck Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor pelifer

Family EMYDIDAE

River Cooter
Chrysemys concinna metteri

Texas River Cooter
Pseudemys texana

Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina triunguis

Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata ornata

(Southern) Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta dorsalis

Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans

Mississippi Map Turtle
Graptemys kohnii

Sabine Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica sabinensis

Texas Map Turtle
Graptemys versa

Cagle's Map Turtle
Graptemys caglei

Western Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia miaria

Family TRIONYCHIDAE

Midland Smooth Softshell
Apalone m. mutica

Pallid Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera pallida

Texas Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera emoryi