Iowa is home to 12 species of turtles. These include snapping turtles, smooth softshells, spiny softshells, map turtles, painted turtles, mud and musk turtles, wood turtles, and box turtles. This diverse list of turtle species in the state can be attributed to Iowa’s abundance of cropland and additional land cover such as forests, wetlands, grasslands,…
Louisiana is home to 25 turtles. These include the sea turtles such as the hawksbill, green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, and the Kemp ridley sea turtles. Other turtle species inhabiting this state include the snapping turtles, mud and musk turtles, painted turtles, pond soldiers, Cooters, diamondback terrapins, chicken turtles, smooth softshell turtles, spiny softshell…
Minnesota is home to 11 turtle species. 10 of them are native to the state and include the snapping turtle (the biggest of all species), painted turtle, Blanding’s turtle, map turtle, smooth softshell, spiny softshell, wood turtle, and musk turtle. However, the 11th species, the red-eared slider, is a non-native species in this North Star…
New Hampshire is home to 9 turtle species. Seven out of these turtles are native to the state. The snapping turtles and painted turtles are native to the state and are widespread across the state. Some of the native species like Blanding’s turtle, wood turtle, box turtle, and spotted turtle are labeled as vulnerable or…
Kentucky, the Bluegrass State, is home to 13 species of turtles. These include smooth softshell turtles, snapping turtles, mud turtles, musk turtles, map turtles, pond sliders, and box turtles. Located in the Southern United States, this state mainly receives a humid subtropical climate that offers suitable living conditions for various turtles. It also has woodlands…
South Carolina is home to 20 species of turtles. 14 of these turtles are native to the state and include the snapping turtles, softshells, chicken turtles, painted turtles, diamondback terrapins, Cooter turtles, mud turtles, musk turtles, and more. Moreover, the state is home to one endangered species of tortoises—the gopher tortoise! On top of all…
Arkansas, the land of diamonds, boasts up to 16 different species of turtles, including terrestrial and aquatic species. It is home to species like snapping turtles (including the biggest of all—the alligator snapping turtle!), map turtles, mud and musk turtles, and softshell turtles. What’s more, it is home to two terrestrial species of turtles, namely…
New York is home to 20 species of turtles. Only 12 of them are native to the Empire State and range from the aquatic common snapping turtles (the NY official state reptile), to the semi-aquatic Bog and Spotted turtles, to the terrestrial eastern box turtles. The state is also home to some non-native turtle species…
Georgia has up to 29 species of turtles. Freshwater turtles make up the largest group of these turtles and range from snapping turtles to painted turtles, map turtles, river Cooter, pond turtles, mud turtles, and musk turtles. Sea turtles are also present in Georgia and include loggerhead, hawksbill, green sea, and Kemp ridley sea turtles….
Kansas is home to 14 species of turtles. These include snapping turtles, mud turtles, pond sliders, box turtles, musk turtles, painted turtles, and softshell turtles. The varying climate in the state of Kansas—from semi-arid climate to the south, humid continental climate to the east, and humid subtropical climate to the south—creates the perfect living conditions…
