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Turtles of Calvert County

photo by Michelle Daubon

Eastern Musk Turtle (Stinkpot)*
Eastern Mud Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Spotted Turtle*
Northern Diamond-backed terrapin
Painted Turtle
Red-eared Slider (introduced)
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Eastern Snapping Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle*
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle*
Green Sea Turtle*
Leatherback Sea Turtle*
Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle*

*The Maryland Herp Atlas requires photographic or recorded (frogs) verification of these species.

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Turtles of Calvert County