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- Taxonomic Comments Since Collins and Taggart (2009)

Family Cheloniidae - Sea Turtles - Oppel, 1811
  Caretta - Loggerhead - Rafinesque, 1814
  C. caretta - Loggerhead - (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Chelonia - Green Turtle - Brongniart, 1800
  C. mydas - Green Turtle - (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Eretmochelys - Hawksbill - Fitzinger, 1843
  E. imbricata - Hawksbill - (Linnaeus, 1766)
E. i. bissa - Pacific Hawksbill - (Rüppell, 1835)
E. i. imbricata - Atlantic Hawksbill - (Linnaeus, 1766)
 
Lepidochelys - Ridleys - Fitzinger, 1843
  L. kempii - Atlantic Ridley - (Garman, 1880)
  L. olivacea - Pacific Ridley - (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Family Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles - Gray, 1870
  Chelydra - Snapping Turtle - Schweigger, 1812
  C. serpentina - Common Snapping Turtle - (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
Macrochelys - Alligator Snapping Turtle - Gray, 1855
  M. temminckii - Alligator Snapping Turtle - (Harlan, 1835)

Family Dermochelyidae - Leatherbacks - Fitzinger, 1843
  Dermochelys - Leatherback - Blainville, 1816
  D. coriacea - Leatherback - (Vandelli, 1761)

Family Emydidae - Box and Basking Turtles - Gray, 1825
  Chrysemys - Painted Turtles - Gray, 1844
  C. dorsalis - Southern Painted Turtle - Agassiz, 1857
  C. picta - Northern Painted Turtle - (Schneider, 1783)
 
Clemmys - Spotted Turtle - Ritgen, 1828
  C. guttata - Spotted Turtle - (Schneider, 1792)
 
Deirochelys - Chicken Turtle - Agassiz, 1857
  D. reticularia - Chicken Turtle - (Latreille, 1801)
D. r. chrysea - Florida Chicken Turtle - Schwartz, 1956
D. r. miaria - Western Chicken Turtle - Schwartz, 1956
D. r. reticularia - Eastern Chicken Turtle - (Latreille, 1801)
 
Emys - Blanding's & Western Pond Turtles - Duméril, 1806
  E. blandingii - Blanding's Turtle - Holbrook, 1838
  E. marmorata - Western Pond Turtle - Baird & Girard, 1852
E. m. marmorata - Northwestern Pond Turtle - Baird & Girard, 1852
E. m. pallida - Southwestern Pond Turtle - (Seeliger, 1945)
 
Glyptemys - Bog & Wood Turtles - Agassiz, 1857
  G. insculpta - Wood Turtle - (LeConte, 1829)
  G. muhlenbergii - Bog Turtle - (Schoepff, 1801)
 
Graptemys - Map Turtles - Agassiz, 1857
  G. barbouri - Barbour's Map Turtle - Carr & Marchand, 1942
  G. caglei - Cagle's Map Turtle - Haynes & McKown, 1974
  G. ernsti - Escambia Map Turtle - Lovich & McCoy, 1992
  G. flavimaculata - Yellow-blotched Map Turtle - Cagle, 1954
  G. geographica - Common Map Turtle - (LeSueur, 1817)
  G. gibbonsi - Pascagoula Map Turtle - Lovich & McCoy, 1992
  G. nigrinoda - Black-knobbed Map Turtle - Cagle, 1954
G. n. delticola - Delta Map Turtle - Folkerts & Mount, 1969
G. n. nigrinoda - Black-knobbed Map Turtle - Cagle, 1954
  G. oculifera - Ringed Map Turtle - (Baur, 1890)
  G. ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle - Cagle, 1953
G. o. ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle - Cagle, 1953
G. o. sabinensis - Sabine Map Turtle - Cagle, 1953
  G. pearlensis - Pearl River Map Turtle - Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman & Qualls, 2010
  G. pseudogeographica - False Map Turtle - (Gray, 1831)
G. p. kohnii - Mississippi Map Turtle - (Baur, 1890)
G. p. pseudogeographica - False Map Turtle - (Gray, 1831)
  G. pulchra - Alabama Map Turtle - Baur, 1893
  G. versa - Texas Map Turtle - Stejneger, 1925
 
Malaclemys - Diamondback Terrapin - Gray, 1844
  M. terrapin - Diamondback Terrapin - (Schoepff, 1793)
M. t. centrata - Carolina Diamondback Terrapin - (Latreille, 1802)
M. t. littoralis - Texas Diamondback Terrapin - (Hay, 1904)
M. t. macrospilota - Ornate Diamondback Terrapin - (Hay, 1904)
M. t. pileata - Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin - (Wied, 1865)
M. t. rhizophorarum - Mangrove Diamondback Terrapin - Fowler, 1906
M. t. tequesta - Florida East Coast Terrapin - Schwartz, 1955
M. t. terrapin - Northern Diamondback Terrapin - (Schoepff, 1793)
 
Pseudemys - Redbelly Turtles & Cooters - Gray, 1855
  P. alabamensis - Alabama Redbelly Turtle - Baur, 1893
  P. concinna - Eastern River Cooter - (LeConte, 1830)
  P. floridana - Florida Cooter - (LeConte, 1830)
  P. gorzugi - Western River Cooter - Ward, 1984
  P. nelsoni - Florida Redbelly Turtle - Carr, 1938
  P. peninsularis - Peninsula Cooter - Carr, 1938
  P. rubriventris - Eastern Redbelly Turtle - (LeConte, 1830)
  P. suwanniensis - Suwannee River Cooter - Carr, 1937
  P. texana - Texas River Cooter - Baur, 1893
 
Terrapene - Box Turtles - Merrem, 1820
  T. carolina - Eastern Box Turtle - (Linnaeus, 1758)
T. c. bauri - Florida Box Turtle - Taylor, 1894
T. c. carolina - Eastern Box Turtle - (Linnaeus, 1758)
T. c. major - Gulf Coast Box Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
T. c. triunguis - Three-toed Box Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
  T. ornata - Ornate Box Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
T. o. luteola - Desert Box Turtle - Smith & Ramsey, 1952
T. o. ornata - Ornate Box Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
 
Trachemys - Sliders - Agassiz, 1857
  T. gaigeae - Big Bend Slider - (Hartweg, 1939)
  T. scripta - Slider - (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)
T. s. elegans - Red-eared Slider - (Wied, 1838)
T. s. scripta - Yellowbelly Slider - (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)
T. s. troostii - Cumberland Slider - (Holbrook, 1836)

Family Kinosternidae - Mud and Musk Turtles - Agassiz, 1857
  Kinosternon - Mud Turtles - Spix, 1824
  K. arizonense - Southwestern Mud Turtle - Gilmore, 1922
  K. baurii - Striped Mud Turtle - (Garman, 1891)
  K. flavescens - Yellow Mud Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
  K. hirtipes - Mexican Mud Turtle - (Wagler, 1830)
K. h. murrayi - Big Bend Mud Turtle - Glass & Hartweg, 1951
  K. sonoriense - Sonoran Mud Turtle - LeConte, 1854
K. s. longifemorale - Sonoyta Mud Turtle - Iverson, 1981
K. s. sonoriense - Sonoran Mud Turtle - LeConte, 1854
  K. subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle - (Lacépède, 1788)
K. s. hippocrepis - Mississippi Mud Turtle - Gray, 1855
K. s. steindachneri - Florida Mud Turtle - (Siebenrock, 1906)
K. s. subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle - (Lacépède, 1788)
 
Sternotherus - Musk Turtles - Gray, 1825
  S. carinatus - Razorback Musk Turtle - (Gray, 1855)
  S. depressus - Flattened Musk Turtle - Tinkle & Webb, 1955
  S. minor - Loggerhead Musk Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
S. m. minor - Loggerhead Musk Turtle - (Agassiz, 1857)
S. m. peltifer - Stripeneck Musk Turtle - Smith & Glass, 1947
  S. odoratus - Common Musk Turtle - (Latreille, 1802)

Family Testudinidae - Tortoises - Gray, 1825
  Gopherus - Gopher Tortoises - Rafinesque, 1832
  G. agassizii - Agassiz's Desert Tortoise - (Cooper, 1861)
  G. berlandieri - Texas Tortoise - (Agassiz, 1857)
  G. morafkai - Morafka's Desert Tortoise - Murphy, Berry, Edwards,
Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011
  G. polyphemus - Gopher Tortoise - (Daudin, 1802)

Family Trionychidae - Softshells - Bell, 1828
  Apalone - North American Softshells - Rafinesque, 1832
  A. ferox - Florida Softshell - (Schneider, 1783)
  A. mutica - Smooth Softshell - (LeSueur, 1827)
A. m. calvata - Gulf Coast Smooth Softshell - (Webb, 1959)
A. m. mutica - Midland Smooth Softshell - (LeSueur, 1827)
  A. spinifera - Spiny Softshell - (LeSueur, 1827)
A. s. asper - Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell - (Agassiz, 1857)
A. s. emoryi - Texas Spiny Softshell - (Agassiz, 1857)
A. s. guadalupensis - Guadalupe Spiny Softshell - (Webb, 1962)
A. s. hartwegi - Western Spiny Softshell - (Conant & Goin, 1948)
A. s. pallida - Pallid Spiny Softshell - (Webb, 1962)
A. s. spinifera - Eastern Spiny Softshell - (LeSueur, 1827)
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