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Species List
Ornate Box Turtle - A.B. Sheldon
Native Species
Softshell Turtles
Smooth Softshell (
Apalone mutica
)
Spiny Softshell (
Apalone spinifera
)
Mud & Musk Turtles
Eastern Musk Turtle (
Sternotherus odoratus
)
Snapping Turtles
Snapping Turtle (
Chelydra serpentina
)
Semi-aquatic Pond & Marsh Turtles
Blanding’s Turtle (
Emydoidea blandingii
)
False Map Turtle (
Graptemys pseudogeographica
)
Northern Map Turtle (
Graptemys geographica
)
Ornate Box Turtle (
Terrapene ornata
)
Ouachita Map Turtle (
Graptemys ouachitensis
)
Painted Turtle (
Chrysemys picta
)
Wood Turtle (
Glyptemys insculpta
)
Non-native Species
(Introduced species reported throughout Wisconsin)
Red-eared Slider (
Trachemys scripta elegans
)
Eastern Box Turtle (
Terrapene carolina
)
Learn about the importance and
natural history
of the turtles of Wisconsin.