Virginia Turtles
The following list of wildlife that is native to Virginia is provided by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia August, 2000.
When finding differant creatures in the wild or around the home it is easier to identify the found creature if you can narrow the search.
This list is for Virginia and most any creature found in Virginia will be listed here.
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Wildlife highlighted in red are endangered or threatened.
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Class Reptilia (reptiles)
Anapsida (tortoises and turtles)
Order Testudines (tortoises and turtles)
Family Carettochelyidae (pignose turtles)
Family Chelidae (Austro-American side-necked turtles)
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
Family Dermatemydidae (Mesoamerican river turtle)
Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback turtle)
Family Emydidae (box turtles and pond turtles)
Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles and musk turtles)
Family Pelomedusidae (Afro-American side-necked turtles)
Family Testudinidae (tortoises)
Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
There are over 250 different turtle species.
Good site for seeing skeletons of turtles.Here
andHere
Turtles
Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata imbricataNo Image available
Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas
Bog turtle Clemmys muhlenbergii
Coastal Plain cooter Pseudemys concinna floridana
Cumberland slider Trachemys scripta troosti
Eastern box turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern chicken turtleDeirochelys reticularia reticularia
Eastern mud turtle Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta
Eastern river cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna
Eastern snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina
Eastern spiny softshell turtle Apalone spinifera spinifera
Kemp's Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii
Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta
Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica
Northern diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
Northern red-bellied cooter Pseudemys rubriventris
Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata
Eastern musk turtle (stinkpot) Sternotherus odoratus
Striped mud turtle Kinosternon baurii
Stripe-necked musk turtle Sternotherus minor peltifer
Wood turtle Clemmys insculpta
Yellow-bellied slider Trachemys scripta scripta