CaliforniaHerps.com

A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
Photo Index of California Turtles

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 These are pictures of every kind of native turtle in California along with any well-established non-native species.

Click on a name link to go to the main page for more pictures and information about a particular turtle and its habitat.


More Lists And Information About California Turtles
   

       
Pacific Pond Turtle© Jackson Shedd

Sonoran Mud Turtle
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorata
 Southwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys pallida 		Mohave Desert Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii		 Desert Mud Turtle
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense
    (Extinct in California)
Sea Turtles
© Carlos Rodriguez Munoz Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta

 Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas		 Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata		 Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
© 2002 Matthew Godfrey      
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
      
       

Non-Native Species
Eastern Snapping Turtle Western Painted Turtle Red-eared Slider
Texas Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera emoryi
(Alien Species)

 Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
(Alien Species)
 Western Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta bellii		 Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
(Alien Species)
       
       
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