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Deirochelys is a genus of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae, the pond and marsh turtles. It contains one extant species, the chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia), which is native to the southeastern United States. A second extinct member, Deirochelys carri, is known from a fossil found in Alachua County, Florida. [3]
The eastern chicken turtle (D. r. reticularia ) is the turtle originally described by Latreille in 1801. It is the largest of the chicken turtles, with males measuring up to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) and females up to 26.0 cm (10.2 in). [ 18 ]
Chrysemys dorsalis - southern painted turtle; Chrysemys picta - painted turtle eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857: Deirochelys reticularia - chicken turtle Eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia ...
leatherback sea turtle: Dermochelyidae: Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered Chrysemys picta picta: eastern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta dorsalis: southern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta marginata: midland painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Deirochelys reticularia reticularia: eastern chicken ...
Eastern Box turtles go for $1,000 a pop on the Chinese black market. Ng’s cell phone records reportedly showed she intended to sell the reptiles in Hong Kong. Ng is from Hong Kong, and was ...
Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus; Family: Emydidae. Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta; Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata; Eastern chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia; Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii; Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica; Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin; Eastern river cooter ...
Spotted turtle; Painted turtle; Chicken turtle; Coastal plain cooter; Common box turtle; false map turtle; Escambia map turtle; Barbour's map turtle; Florida red-bellied cooter; Peninsula cooter; Suwannee cooter; Red-eared slider; Yellow-bellied slider; Eastern river cooter; Diamondback terrapin
Turtle farming in the United States started in the early 1900s, with farms in Maryland and North Carolina raising diamondback terrapins, which are considered a delicacy in those parts. However, by the late 20th century, few turtles were raised for food in the United States, and American restaurants mostly relied on wild-caught turtles. [12]