Nonnative Turtles
Common Name | Scientific Name | First Observed | Introduction | Status |
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise |
Aldabrachelys gigantea |
2012 | Pet trade | Reported |
African Spurred Tortoise |
Centrochelys sulcata |
2002 | Pet trade | Reported |
Red-footed Tortoise |
Chelonoidis carbonaria |
2007 | Pet trade | Reported |
Yellow-footed Tortoise |
Chelonoidis denticulata |
2012 | Pet trade | Reported |
Matamata |
Chelus fimbriatus |
1963 | Pet trade | Reported |
Southern Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys dorsalis |
2008 | Pet trade | Established |
Western Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys picta bellii |
1993 | Pet trade | Reported |
Eastern Painted Turtle |
Chrysemys picta picta |
2007 | Pet trade | Reported |
Wood Turtle |
Glyptemys insculpta |
2009 | Pet trade | Reported |
Ouachita Map Turtle |
Graptemys ouachitensis |
2006 | Pet trade | Reported |
Mississippi Map Turtle |
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii |
2010 | Pet trade | Reported |
False Map Turtle |
Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica |
2000 | Pet trade | Established |
Home's Hingeback Tortoise |
Kinixys homeana |
2011 | Pet trade | Reported |
Scorpion Mud Turtle |
Kinosternon scorpiodes |
1964 | Pet trade | Reported |
Asian Brown Giant Tortoise |
Manouria emys emys |
2011 | Pet trade | Reported |
Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle |
Mauremys sinensis |
1972 | Pet trade | Reported |
Gabon Hinged Terrapin |
Pelusios gabonensis |
Unknown | Unknown | Reported |
Serrated Hinged Terrapin |
Pelusios sinuatus |
2012 | Pet trade | Reported |
East African Black Mud Turtle |
Pelusios subniger |
1999 | Pet trade | Reported |
Twist-necked Turtle |
Platemys platycephala |
1985 | Pet trade | Reported |
Magdalena River Turtle |
Podocnemis lewyana |
1964 | Pet trade | Reported |
Six-tubercled River Turtle |
Podocnemis sextuberculata |
1964 | Pet trade | Reported |
Yellow-spotted River Turtle |
Podocnemis unifilis |
1964 | Pet trade | Reported |
Painted Wood Turtle |
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima |
2006 | Pet trade | Reported |
Spot-legged Wood Turtle |
Rhinoclemmys punctularia |
2008 | Pet trade | Reported |
Giant Musk Turtle |
Staurotypus salvinii |
2010 | Pet trade | Established |
Razorback Musk Turtle |
Sternotherus carinatus |
2008 | Pet trade | Reported |
Leopard Tortoise |
Stigmochelys pardalis |
2009 | Pet trade | Reported |
Horsfield's Tortoise |
Testudo horsfieldii |
2008 | Pet trade | Reported |
Colombian Slider |
Trachemys callirostris |
1972 | Pet trade | Reported |
Brazilian Slider |
Trachemys dorbigni |
1964 | Pet trade | Reported |
Trachemys scripta elegans |
1958 | Pet trade | Established | |
Inagua Slider |
Trachemys stejnegeri malonei |
1946 | Pet trade | Reported |
Meso-American Slider |
Trachemys venusta |
2009 | Pet trade | Reported |