Turtles and Tortoises

The turtle lives ‘twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex. I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in sandy creek

Turtles and Tortoises

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Turtles and Tortoises

Florida Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia chrysea

Turtles and Tortoises

Florida Mud Turtle

Kinosternon sp.

Turtles and Tortoises

Florida Softshell Turtle

Apalone ferox

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Gopher Tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus

Turtles and Tortoises

Gulf Coast Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina major

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Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera aspera

Turtles and Tortoises

Stinkpot Turtle

Sternotherus sp.

Turtles and Tortoises

Yellowbelly Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

Turtles and Tortoises