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Turtles of Mississippi


The following turtles are considered native to Mississippi.  Collection and/or possession of these turtles is regulated by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks - Public Notice 3201 on Non-game Species in Need of Management, and Public Notice 2552 on Turtle and Tortoise Eggs. A list of endangered turtles of Mississippi is listed under the Mississippi Natural Heritage Program. 


*All pictures below are property of CMTR or are courtesy of AustinsTurtlePage.com unless otherwise noted.
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) 2 recognized sub species: Eastern (reticularia) and Western (miaria)
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Yellow Bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta)
Southern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta dorsalis)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna)
Alabama Redbelly Cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) ENDANGERED in MS ------- (photo courtesy of encyclopediaofalabama.org)
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) *Two recognized species: Northern (terrapin) and Mississippi (pileata)
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Pascagoula Map (Graptemys gibbonsi)
Ouachita Map (Graptemys ouachitensis)
Pearl River Map Turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) ----(photo courtesy of USGS)
Mississippi Map (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni)
Alabama Map Turtle (Graptemys pulchra)
Black Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda) THREATENED in MS -------(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Ringed Map Turtle (Graptemys oculifera) THREATENED in MS ----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Yellow Blotched Map Turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) THREATENED in MS ----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor minor)
Stripe Neck Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer)
Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus)
Stinkpot/Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
Mississippi Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis)
Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera spinifera)
Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera aspera)
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Three Toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina tringuis)
Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina major)
Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) ENDANGERED in MS ------(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) ENDANGERED in MS ----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) ENDANGERED in MS ------(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) ENDANGERED in MS ----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) ENDANGERED in MS -----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) ENDANGERED in MS ----(photo courtesy of wikipedia.com)
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