Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

CHELONIA — Turtles

Chelydridae
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (Harlan, 1835) — SINC

Emydidae
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783)
Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica (LeSueur 1817) — Threatened
Ouachita/False Map Turtle complex Graptemys ouachitensis/pseudogeographica Cagle 1953/(Gray 1831)
River Cooter Pseudemys concinna (LeConte 1830)
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina (Agassiz 1857)
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata (Agassiz 1857)
Pond Slider Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)

Kinosternidae
Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)
Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille 1802)

Trionychidae
Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica (LeSueur 1827)
Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera (LeSueur 1827)

OTHER SPECIES

Kinosternidae
Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum (Lacepede 1788) — Possible


Travis W. Taggart © 2020 — Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University