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More than 30 species of turtle call florida home and while the majority are primarily aquatic a handful go about their business mostly on land.
Identification florida pond turtles. They are best known as small less than six inch shells nondescript turtles. Four species of mud turtles and musk turtles can also be found in most areas of florida. Cooters are more often than not adapted to rivers. Hello i am victor and i have a turtle pond that is the home of 6 turtles and 2.
Checklist of florida turtles click on thumbnails for a larger view apalone ferox schneider 1783 florida softshell. In addition to size as a key identification trait the stripes along the shell of the striped mud turtle represents a good field identification clue. Several varieties of box turtle as well as the gopher tortoise. Florida softshell turtle apalone ferox is a species of softshell turtle found primarily in the state of florida but it also ranges to southern sections of south carolina georgia alabama tennessee and texas.
They are better known by their common names such as box turtles cooters pond turtles sliders and more. The shell is nearly round rather than heart shaped as with the other sea turtle species. In this article i am going to take a closer look at each species and cover a few basic things about them things like the appearance lifespan how big it can get diet where it lives conservation status and reproduction. Florida is home to 34 turtle species.
Adapted to water habitats describes most of the species. While most turtles have hard shells composed of scutes the florida softshell has a cartilaginous carapace covered in leathery skin. The florida softshell turtle is a large turtle with a flattened pancake like body a long neck an elongated head with a long snorkel like nose and large webbed feet each with three claws.
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