Turtles of North America - iNaturalist
Turtles of North America This is a field guide of the turtles found in the United States. This is not an exhaustive list as there are several subspecies of turtles found in the United States.
North American box turtle - Wikipedia
Box turtles are native to North America. The widest distributed species is the common box turtle which is found in the United States (subspecies carolina, major, bauri, triunguis; south-central, eastern, and southeastern parts) and Mexico (subspecies yukatana and mexicana; Yucatán peninsula and northeastern parts). The western box turtle is ...
34 Types of Turtles Found in The USA! (ID Guide)
34 different kinds of turtles in the United States. Freshwater Turtles make up the largest group of turtles native to the United States. They are strong swimmers and spend most of their lives in or very near water. #1. Common Snapping Turtle. Identifying Characteristics: Weighs 10 to 35 lbs. and is 8 to 18 1/2 inches long.
Category:Turtles of North America - Wikipedia
Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins native to terrestrial−land, freshwater, and coastal marine ecosystems and habitats of North America, including in the sub-bioregions of Central America and the Caribbean .
Alligator snapping turtle - Wikipedia
The alligator snapping turtle is found primarily in freshwaters of the southeastern United States. It is found from the Florida Panhandle west to East Texas, north to southeastern Kansas, Missouri, southeastern Iowa, western Illinois, southern Indiana, west Michigan western Kentucky, Louisiana, and western Tennessee. [12]
Lawsuit aims to protect North America’s tiniest turtle in Southern ...
17 小时之前 · ASHEVILLE — The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for the southern bog turtle and roughhead shiner. Bog turtles are North America’s smallest turtles, measuring about the length of a human ...
Turtle Ecology | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
2016年12月8日 · Worldwide there are 356 turtle species on all continents except for Antarctica. The United States has more species than any other country with about 62 currently recognized. Mexico is in second place with 49 species, making North America a global hotspot for turtle biodiversity, especially in the southeastern United States.
Bog Turtle - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bog turtles are one of the smallest turtle species in the world, and the smallest in North America. Adults are no more than 4.5 inch long. They are also known for having remarkably long lifespans: researchers have found that some bog turtles live longer than 60 years in the wild.
North American Wood Turtle
The range of the North American Wood Turtle spans several geographic regions of the United States and Canada, from the western peripheries of the Great Lakes to Maritime Canada and south through New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and into Northern Virginia.
Home - AMERICAN TURTLE OBSERVATORY
Over 137 terminal taxa —species and evolutionarily significant lineages—occur in diverse habitats across the continent. Many species of North American turtles are of conservation concern, threatened by a range of factors including forest and wetland fragmentation, pathogens, and collection of adult turtles for pet markets.