Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

TESTUDINES — Turtles

ESTABLISHED TAXA

Snapping Turtles — CHELYDRIDAE

North American Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)

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

Box and Basking Turtles — EMYDIDAE

Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783)

Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica (LeSueur 1817) — SINC

Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953

False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica (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)

Mud and Musk Turtles — KINOSTERNIDAE

Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857)

Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille 1802)

Softshells — TRIONYCHIDAE

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 hippocrepis (Lacepede 1788) — Possible

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)

BOTHREMYDIDAE —

CHELONIIDAE — Sea Turtles

†Ctenochelys bauri

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

Idaho Slider †Trachemys idahoensis (Gilmore 1933)

PANCHELONIIDAE —

†Lophochelys natatrix

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

Unnamed Tortoise †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

†Porthochelys galeotergum

†Porthochelys laticeps

†Toxochelys bauri

†Toxochelys brachyaenus

†Toxochelys brachyrhinus

†Toxochelys browni

Mudge's Toxochelys †Toxochelys latiremis Cope 1873