| Common Name Scientific Name |
Average Adult Straight Line Carapace Length |
Average Adult Weight |
Virginia Record Straight Line Carapace Length |
Virginia Record Weight |
Record Straight Line Carapace Length |
Record Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera spinifera) |
female 18 - 43.2 cm (7 - 17 in.) male 12.5 - 23.5 cm (5 - 9.25 in.) |
25 cm (9.8 in.) | 45.7 cm (18 in.) | |||
| Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) |
20.3 - 36 cm (8 - 14 in.) | 4.5 - 16 kg (10-35 lb.) | 46.5 cm (18.3 in.) | 23.13 kg (51 lb.) | 49.4 cm (19.4 in.) | 34 kg (75 lb.) |
| Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) |
11.5 - 15.2 cm (4.5-6 in.) | 17.9 cm (7 in.) | 600 g (1.3 lb.) | 18.2 cm (7.2 in.) | ||
| Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) |
9 - 11.5 cm (3.5 - 4.5 in.) | 12.1 cm (4.8 in.) | 234 g (0.52 lb.) | 12.7 cm (5.0 in.) | ||
| Eastern Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia) |
10 - 15.2 cm (4 - 6 in.) | 20 cm (7.9 in.) | 974 g (2.15 lb.) | 25.4 cm (10 in.) | ||
| Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) |
14 - 20 cm (5.5 - 8 in.) | 21.6 cm (8.5 in.) | 23.4 cm (9.21 in.) | |||
| Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) |
7.5 - 9 cm (3 - 3.5 in.) | 10.2 cm (4.0 in.) | 132 g (0.3 lb.) | 11.5 cm (4.5 in.) | ||
| Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) |
female 18 - 27.3 cm (7 - 10.75 in.) male 9 - 15.9 cm (3.5 - 6.25 in.) |
24.4 cm (9.1 in.) | 1.46 kg (3.22 lb.) | 27.3 cm (10.7 in.) | ||
| Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii) |
7.5 - 10 cm (3 - 4 in.) | 12.3 cm (4.84 in.) | 337 g (0.74 lb.) | 12.7 cm (5.0 in.) | ||
| Southeastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) |
7 - 10 cm (2.75 - 4 in.) | 12.3 cm (4.84 in.) | 263 g (0.58 lb.) | 12.4 cm (4.48 in.) | ||
| Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) |
female 15.2 - 22.9 cm (6 - 9 in.) male 10 - 14 cm (4 - 5.5 in.) |
21.3 cm (8.38 in.) | 1.625 kg (3.58 lb.) | 23 cm (9.1 in.) | ||
| Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna) |
23 - 30.6 cm (9 - 12 in.) | 31 cm (12 in.) | 3.7 kg (8.2 lb.) | 32.4 cm (12.75 in.) | ||
| Coastal Plain Cooter (Pseudemys concinna floridana) |
23 - 30.6 cm (9 - 12 in.) | 31 cm (12 in.) | 3.7 kg (8.2 lb.) | 32.4 cm (12.75 in.) | ||
| Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris) |
25.4 - 32 cm (10 - 12.5 in.) | 33.4 cm (13.15 in.) | 3.9 kg (8.6 lb.) | 40 cm (15.75 in.) | ||
| Stripe-necked Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer) |
7.5 - 10 cm (3 - 4 in.) | 11.56 cm (4.6 in.) | 203 g (0.45 lb.) | 11.7 cm (4.6 in.) | ||
| Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) |
5.1 - 11.5 cm (2 - 4.5 in.) | 12.9 cm (5.1 in.) | 318 g (0.7 lb.) | 13.7 cm (5.4 in.) | ||
| Woodland Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) |
11.5 - 15.2 cm (4.5 - 6 in.) | 15.6 cm (6.14 in.) | 603 g (1.33 lb.) | 19.8 cm (7.8 in.) | ||
| Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) |
12.5 - 20.3 cm (5 - 8 in.) | 3.2 kg (7.05 lb.) | 28.9 cm (11.38 in.) | |||
| Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) |
12.5 - 20.3 cm (5 - 8 in.) | 3.2 kg (7.05 lb.) | 28.9 cm (11.38 in.) | |||
| Cumberland Slider (Trachemys scripta troostii) |
12.5 - 20.3 cm (5 - 8 in.) | 3.2 kg (7.05 lb.) | 28.9 cm (11.38 in.) | |||
| Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) |
79 - 114 cm (31 - 45 in.) | 77 - 159 kg (170 - 350 lb.) | 108 cm (42.5 in.) | 61 kg (134.5 lb.) | 122 cm (48 in.) | 227 kg (500 lb.) |
| Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) |
90 - 122 cm (36 - 48 in.) | 113 - 204 kg (250 - 450 lb.) | 42 cm (16.5 in.) | 20 kg (44 lb.) | 153 cm (60.2 in.) | 340 kg (750 lb.) |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) |
135 - 178 cm (53 - 70 in.) | 295 - 544 kg (650 - 1,200 lb.) | 317 kg (699 lb.) | 189 cm (74 in.) | 916 kg (2,0161b.) | |
| Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata) |
76 - 89 cm (30 - 35 in.) | 43 - 75 kg (95 - 165 lb.) | 31 cm (12 in.) | 4.0 kg (8.81b.) | 90 cm (36 in.) | 127 kg (280 lb.) |
| Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) |
58 - 70 cm (23 - 28 in.) | 36 - 45 kg (80 - 100 lb.) | 58.7 cm (23 in.) | 74.9 cm (29.5 in.) | 49.9 kg (110 lb.) |