Western Chicken Turtle (Reptiles and Amphibians of Natchez Trace Parkway)

Western Chicken Turtle

Deirochelys reticularia

Summary ⁷

The Chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia), is a cold-blooded uncommon freshwater turtle found in the southeast of the United States. It is in the monotypic genus Deirochelys.

Distribution ⁸

Continent: North-America
Distribution: USA (SE Virginia, along the Atlantic coastal Plain in S North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, along the Gulf Coastal Plain in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, E Texas; Oklahoma, Arkansas, SE Missouri)  chrysea: SE USA (Florida);
Type locality: 5,8 miles east of Monroe Station, Collier County, Florida.  miaria: SE USA (SE Oklahoma, S/E Arkansas, E New Mexico, E Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas);
Type locality: College Station, Brazos County,Texas.  reticularia: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia);
Type locality: vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina (restricted by K.P. SCHMIDT 1953).