Turtles of New Mexico

Scientific Common CHELYDRIDAE Snapping Turtles Chelydra serpentina Common Snapping Turtle EMYDIDAE Box & Water Turtles Chrysemys picta Painted Turtle Pseudemys gorzugi Rio Grande Cooter Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle Trachemys gaigeae Big Bend Slider Trachemys scripta Pond Slider KINOSTERNIDAE Mud & Musk Turtles Kinosternon flavescens Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense Sonoran Mud Turtle TRIONYCHIDAE Softshell Turtles Apalone mutica Smooth Softshell Apalone spinifera Spiny Softshell Non-native Protected