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This page is part Life List and part Identification Guide. For those looking to ID the turtle they saw in; the pond, the river, the road, their yard try one of the following. 1) Try to use the key to narrow your search. 2) Click through pages until you find it. 3) Email me pictures of the top shell, bottom shell, and head as well as location found at eric@empireoftheturtle.com and put "can you ID this turtle/snake/frog/etc" in the subject line. |
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Brackish water Turtles - Emydidae |
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Terrestrial Turtles - Emydidae |
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Tortoises - Testudinidae |
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Freshwater Turtles - Chelydridae |
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Freshwater Turtles - Trionychidae Florida Softshell Turtle - Apalone ferox Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell Turtle - Apalone mutica calvata Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Turtle - Apalone spinifera aspera |
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Freshwater Turtles - Kinosternidae Three-striped Mud Turtle - Kinosternon baurii Eastern Mud Turtle - Kinosternon subrubrum |
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Sea Turtles - Cheloniidae |
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Sea Turtles - Dermochelyidae |
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Order Crocodylia Alligators - Family Alligatoridae |
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Order Squamata Snakes - Suborder Serpentes Colubrids - Family Colubridae Scarlet Snake - Cemophora coccinea Southern Black Racer - Coluber constrictor priapus Southern Ringneck Snake - Diadophis punctatus punctatus Corn Snake - Elaphe g. guttata Yellow Rat Snake - Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos Southern Hognose Snake - Heterodon simus Coachwhip - Masticophis f. flagellum Gulf Salt Marsh Snake - Nerodia clarkii clarkii Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake - Nerodia clarkii taeniata Florida Water Snake - Nerodia fasciata pictiventris Florida Green Water Snake - Nerodia floridana Brown Water Snake - Nerodia taxispilota Rough Green Snake - Opheodrys aestivus Florida Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi victa Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis s. sirtalis
Eastern Coral Snake - Micrurus fulvius
Pit Vipers - Subfamily Crotalinae |
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Order Squamata Lizards - Suborder Lacertilia Glass Lizards Family Anguidae Eastern Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus ventralis Geckos- Family Gekkonidae
Anoles - Family Polychiridae Green Anole - Anolis carolinensis
Neotropical Ground Lizards - Family Tropiduridae
Iguanas - Family Iguanidae Whiptails - Family Teiidae Six-lined Racerunner - Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Skinks - Family Scincidae Southeastern Five-lined Skink - Eumeces inexpectatus |
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Amphisbaenids - Suborder Amphisbaenia Worm Lizard - Family Amphibaenidae |
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Order Caudata Sirens - Family Sirenidae Greater Siren - Siren lacertina Newts - Family Salamandridae |
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Order Anura Spadefoots - Family Pelobatidae Eastern Spadefoot - Scaphiopus h. holbrookii Toads - Family Bufonidae Southern Toad - Bufo terrestris Treefrogs - Family Hylidae Florida Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus dorsalis Pinewoods Treefrog - Hyla femoralis Barking Treefrog - Hyla gratiosa Squirrel Treefrog - Hyla squirella Southern Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer bartramiana Little Grass Frog - Pseudacris ocularis
Narrowmouth Toads - Family Microhylidae Eastern Narrow-mouthed Frog - Gastrophryne carolinensis True Frogs - Ranidae Bronze Frog - Rana c. clamitans Southern Leopard Frog - Rana sphenocephala Tropical Frogs - Leptodactylidae |
