Types Of Turtles
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | Author: admin
Types Of Turtles
There are two main categories when it comes to types of turtles and they are water turtles, and box and wood turtles. Under the water turtles category, there are turtles that come from all over the world including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
When we talk about box and wood turtles most species are from North America and Asia.
When you start to find out more about the different types of turtles that there are, you will learn that turtles from the same region can have different care guidelines.
Although you can’t use this as a rule of thumb, most of the time they live in similar environments with similar temperature and weather patterns.
If you are interested in a particular type of turtle it is very important that you learn it’s preferences and care guidelines before you decide to keep any turtles as pets.
I have included below some of the types of turtles from around the world.
Africa:
- Madigascar Big Headed Side Necked Turtle
- African Helmeted Turtle
- West African Side Necked Turtle
Asia:
- Asian Leaf Turtle
- Chinese Golden Thread Turtle
- Kwangtung River Turtle
- Pink Belly Side Necked Turtle
- Pink Belly Snapper
- Reeves Turtle
- Reimanns Snake Necked Turtle
- Siebenrocks Side Necked Turtle
- Spotted Pond Turtle
- Vietnamese Pond Turtle
Australia:
- MacLeay River Turtle
Europe:
- Caspian Pond Turtle
- European Pond Turtle
North America:
- Peninsula Cooter
- Cagles Map Turtle
- Mississippi Map Turtle
- Northern Black Knobbed Map Turtle
- Ouachita Map Turtle
- Pearl River Map Turtle
- Southern Black Knobbed Map Turtle – This turtle has a very cool shell.
- Texas Map Turtle
- Yellow Blotched Map Turtle
- Chiapas Giant Musk Turtle
- Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
- Mississippi Red Bellied Mud Turtle
- Narrow Bridged Musk Turtle
- Razorback Musk Turtle
- Stinkpot Musk Turtle – Musk turtles love to hang out in caves underwater or on secluded ledges and stay fairly small.
- Striped Mud Turtle
- White Lipped Mud Turtle
- Yellow Mud Turtle
- Blandings Turtle
- Eastern Chicken Turtle
- Florida Chicken Turtle
- Spotted Turtle
- Eastern Painted Turtle – Great starter turtle that stays fairly small.
- Midland Painted Turtle
- Southern Painted Turtle
- Western Painted Turtle
- Florida Red Bellied Turtle
- Northern Red Bellied Turtle
- Belize Slider
- Cumberland Slider
- Mexican Ornate Slider
- Red Eared Slider – One of the most common turtles kept as pets. These get a lot bigger than most people think and therefore don’t make great pets for some people.
- Rio Grande Red Eared Slider – Very pretty version of the slider.
- Yellow Bellied Slider
- Common Snapping Turtle – These turtles pack a powerful bite and get very big!
- Florida Snapping Turtle
- Florida Soft Shell Turtle – The soft shell turtles can be a little harder to care for and therefore are not recommended for beginners.
- Smooth Soft Shell Turtle
- Spiny Soft Shell Turtle
South America:
- Argentine Side Necked Turtle – One of my favorites, if you have never seen one of these they are incredible. They have two barbs below their mouths that look like a foo man choo!
- Matamata – Very wild looking turtle
- South American Snake Necked Turtle – These turtles are absolutely awesome to watch swim around under water.
- Yellow Spotted River Turtle
I hope you enjoyed the list of types of turtles from around the world, and maybe found some different types of turtles that you had never heard of before. Always check your local and national regulations on keeping certain types of turtles, before you decide to keep any turtles as pets.
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