Turtles of North Carolina

Family Cheloniidae		Family Trionychidae		Family Emydidae (cont'd)
	Loggerhead Caretta caretta		Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera		River Cooter Pseudemys concinna
	Green Turtle Chelonia mydas	Family Emydidae			Florida Cooter Pseudemys floridana
	Atlantic Hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata		Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata		Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
	Atlantic Ridley Lepidochelys kempii		Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta		Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina
Family Dermochelyidae			Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia	Family Kinosternidae
	Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea		Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii		Striped Mud Turtle Kinosternon baurii
Family Chelydridae			Yellowbelly Slider Trachemys scripta		Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum
	Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina		Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin		Stripeneck Musk Turtle Sternotherus minior
					Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
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