Maine is home to 10 species in 9 genera in 5 families. If you know which species you have or are interested i learning about, click on the appropriate link from the species list below. Otherwise, to determine which genus your turtle belongs to, refer to the table below the species list.

Family Chelydridae (1 genus, 1 species)
   Chelydra (1 species)
      Chelydra serpentina - snapping turtle
Family Kinosternidae (1 genus, 1 species)
   Sternotheris (1 species)
      Sternotherus odoratus - common musk turtle
Emydidae (4 genera, 5 species)
   Chrysemys (1 species)
      Chrysemys picta - painted turtle
   Clemmys (2 species)
      Clemmys guttata - spotted turtle
      Clemmys insculpta - wood turtle
   Emydoidea (1 species)
      Emydoidea blandingii - Blanding’s turtle
   Terrapene (1 species)
      Terrapene carolina - Eastern Box Turtle
Family Cheloniidae (2 genera, 2 species)
   Caretta (1 species)
      Caretta caretta - loggerhead
   Lepidochelys (1 species)
      Lepidochelys kempii - Atlantic Ridley
Family Dermochelyidae (1 genus, 1 species)
   Dermochelys (1 species)
      Dermochelys coriacea - leatherback

Key to the families of Order Testudines that live in Maine

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Chelydridae
Kinosternidae
Emydidae
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae

Family Chelydridae
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Chelydra - [common name?]
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Chelydra serpentina (snapping turtle) - [information to be added]

(photo by Don Lenehan; click on image to enlarge)

This snapping turtle in Mount Desert was standing uncomfortably (for itself as well as for passing drivers) at the edge of Route 102 facing away from Echo Lake with the apparent aim of crossing the busy road. An attempt to photograph the turtle prompted it to head back toward the lake as captured in the following photograph on 11 June 2009.
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Family Kinosternidae
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Sternotherus - [common name?]
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Sternotherus odoratus (Common Musk Turtle) - [information to be added]

Family Emydidae
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Key to the genera of Family Emydidae that live in Maine

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Chrysemys
Clemmys
Emydoidea
Terrapene

Chrysemys - [common name?]
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Chrysemys picta (painted turtle). This painted turtle was basking at the Tarn on 17 June 2014.

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Clemmys - [common name?]
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Key to the species of Clemmys that live in Maine

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C. guttata
C. insculpta

Clemmys guttata (Spotted Turtle) - [information to be added]

Clemmys insculpta (Wood Turtle) - [information to be added]

Emydoidea - [common name?]
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Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle) - [information to be added]

Terrapene - [common name?]
[information to be added]

Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) - [information to be added]

Family Cheloniidae
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Key to the genera of Family Cheloniidae that live in Maine

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Caretta
Lepidochelys

Caretta - [common name?]
[information to be added]

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead) - [information to be added]

Lepidochelys - [common name?]
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Lepidochelys kempii (Atlantic Ridley) - [information to be added]

Family Dermochelyidae
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Dermochelys - [common name?]
[information to be added]

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback) - [information to be added]