Last updated 8/15/2010
All the turtles on this
page are in the family Emydidae.
They include many of the
most popular water turtles found in North America.
See pictures of baby turtles
on the Baby Turtle Pictures
page.
There is one species of
pond slider, Trachemys scripta, with many subspecies.
The three subspecies found
in the United States are:
Yellow-bellied slider -
Trachemys s. scripta
Red-eared
slider - Trachemys s. elegans
and
Cumberland slider - Trachemys s. troosti
There is also the Big Ben slider, Trachemys gaigeae.
The red-eared sliders are
very popular with breeders who have produced many
interesting and beautiful
color variations.
|
Trachemys s. script |
 Ribbit,
from a baby to an adult female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | | pic 9 | pic 10 | pic 11 | pic 12 | pic 13 | pic 14 | pic 15 | pic 16 | Notice Ribbit has lost most of her yellow neck markings characteristic of yellow-bellied sliders. See more pictures of Rabbit in Tour 15 Do Turtle Shells Peel? |
|
Trachemys s. elegant |
 Emmy,
from a juvenile to an adult female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | |
 Big
Red, from a baby to a juvenile
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | Download his desktop wallpaper from the Wallpapers page. |
 Patches,
adult male
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | Patches was run over by an automobile and suffered numerous breaks to his carapace and both bridges. He was turned over to a wildlife rescue organization who took him to a vet who wired and cemented him together. After his recuperation, we were asked to take him in since he is a non-native species in Pennsylvania who could not be released locally. We were happy to have him join the TurtleTails.com family. He is understandably very shy and retiring. He is also a very handsome and colorful turtle. |
 Remo,
adult male
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | | pic 9 | pic 10 | pic 11 | pic 12 | pic 13 | pic 14 | pic 15 | |
 Tau,
young male
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | pic 9 | pic 10 | |
|
Trachemys s. troosti |
 Neelu,
young female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | pic 9 | pic 10 | |
The species of cooters,
floridana, has two subspecies:
Florida cooter - Pseudemys
f. floridana
and Peninsula cooter -
Pseudemys f. peninsularis.
|
Pseudemys f. floridana |
 Zulu,
juvenile cooter
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | pic 9 | |
|
Pseudemys f. peninsularis |
 Pcooter,
juvenile female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | |
The Rio Grande cooter, Pseudemys gorzugi, has no subspecies.
|
Pseudemys gorzugi |
 Sam,
juvenile male
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | Sam is one of three Rio Grande cooters who were listed on our Adoptions page before we decided to give them a home with us here at TurtleTails.com. All three are domesticated and very comfortable with the other turtles in the pond. The other two are Sandra and Sarah. Download Sam's desktop wallpaper picture from the Wallpapers page. |
 Sandra,
juvenile female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | Read the story about the introduction of the three Rio Grande cooters to our family in Tour 6 on the Backyard Turtles page. |
 Sarah,
juvenile female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | |
All
the red-bellied turtles in North America are in the genesis Pseudemys.
There
are several species of red-bellied turtles; none have subspecies.
Florida
red-bellied turtle - Pseudemys nelsoni
Red-bellied
turtle - Pseudemys rubriventris
Alabama
red-bellied turtle - Pseudemys alabamensis
|
Pseudemys nelsoni |
 Emily,
adult female
| pic 1 | pic 2 | pic 3 | pic 4 | pic 5 | pic 6 | pic 7 | pic 8 | pic 9 | pic 10 | pic 11 | Learn about Emily in Tour 11 and Tour 14 and download her two desktop wallpaper pictures from the Wallpapers page. |
|
Pseudemys rubriventris |
 Maryland,
juvenile male
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