Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

CHELONIA — Turtles

ESTABLISHED TAXA

CHELYDRIDAE — Snapping Turtles

Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)

Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (Harlan, 1835) — SINC

EMYDIDAE — Box and Basking Turtles

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)

Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata (Agassiz 1857)

Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene triunguis (Agassiz 1857)

Pond Slider Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)

KINOSTERNIDAE — Mud and Musk Turtles

Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)

Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille 1802)

TRIONYCHIDAE — Softshells

Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica (LeSueur 1827)

Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera (LeSueur 1827)

NOT YET ESTABLISHED TAXA OF INTEREST

EMYDIDAE — Box and Basking Turtles

Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838)

Coastal Plain Cooter Pseudemys floridana (LeConte 1830)

Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina

KINOSTERNIDAE — Mud and Musk Turtles

Eastern Mud Turtle Kinosternon subrubrum (Lacepede 1788) — Possible

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)

BOTHREMYDIDAE —

†Chedighaii barberii

CHELONIIDAE — Sea Turtles

†Ctenochelys bauri

†Ctenochelys procax

†Ctenochelys stenoporus

†DESMATOCHELYIDAE —

†Desmatochelys lowi

EMYDIDAE — Box and Basking Turtles

Plains Semibox Turtle †Emydoidea twentei (Taylor 1943)

Hibbard's Cooter †Pseudemys hibbardi

Plains Box Turtle †Terrapene llanensis Oelrich 1953

†Terrapene longinsulae

Slider †Trachemys hilli

Idaho Slider †Trachemys idahoensis (Gilmore 1933)

PANCHELONIIDAE —

†Lophochelys natatrix

†Lophochelys niobrarae

PROTOSTEGIDAE —

†Chelosphargis advena

†Microstega copei

†Protostega advena

†Protostega copei

†Protostega gigas

†Protostega latiremis

TESTUDINIDAE — Tortoises

Meade Tortoise †Geochelone equicomes

†Geochelone johnstoni

†Geochelone orthopygia

†Geochelone rexroadensis

†Geochelone riggsi

†Gopherus cyclopyga

†Gopherus pertenius

†Hesperotestudo gilberti

†Hesperotestudo orthopygia

†Hesperotestudo riggsi

B †Testudo equicomes

†Testudo nebrascensis

†Testudo orthopygia

Rigg's Tortoise †Testudo riggsi Hibbard 1944

†Testudo turgida

TOXOCHELYIDAE —

†Ctenochelys stenopora

†Lophochelys niobrarae

†Porthochelys galeotergum

†Porthochelys laticeps

†Porthochelys matutina

†Toxochelys bauri

†Toxochelys brachyaenus

†Toxochelys brachyrhinus

†Toxochelys browni

Mudge's Toxochelys †Toxochelys latiremis Cope 1873

†Toxochelys procax