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TOP 10 USA TURTLES!!!

Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), family Emydidae, MN, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by (@charleywildlifephotography)

North American Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), family Emydidae, northeastern US

Endangered.

photograph by Bob Ferguson

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), family Emydidae, MD, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by E. Schertler

Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, California

Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).

This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.

This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle still found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)

photograph by Yathin S Krishnappa 

Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin), family Emydidae, northeastern coast of the United States

* Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

Photograph by Todd Pierson (@twpierson)

Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), female, family Kinosternidae, southeastern U.S.

photograph by Grover Brown

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), family Cheydridae, in a cypress swamp in the eastern U.S.

photograph by Mac Stone Photography

Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), family Chelydridae, southeastern U.S.

This is the heaviest freshwater turtle in North America. The largest verified alligator snapper weighed in at 113 kg (249 lb).

photograph by Eric Soehren

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone s. spinifera), family Trionychidae, WI, USA

photograph by Bruce Danz

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone m. mutica), gamily Trionychidae, Missouri, USA