Turtles Found in South Carolina
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Tortoises:
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus

Box
Turtles:
Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina

Bog
Turtles:
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata guttata
Bog Turtles
Clemmys muhlenbergii
Snapping
Turtles:
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina

Softshell
Turtles:
Softshell Turtles
Apalone spinifera aspera
Apalone ferox

Musk and Mud
Turtles:
Mud Turtles
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Kinosternon baurii
Musk Turtles
Sternotherus odoratus odoratus

Cooters and Sliders:
Cooters
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Pseudemys floridana floridana
Sliders
Trachemys scripta scripta

Painted
Turtles:
Eastern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta picta

Chicken
Turtles:
Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia

Diamondback
Terrapins:
Carolina Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin centrata

Sea Turtles:
Sea Turtles
Caretta caretta
Chelonia mydas
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
Lepidochelys kempii
Dermochelys coricea

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