Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas
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CHELONIA — Turtles
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 SPECIES OF INTEREST
KINOSTERNIDAE —
Mud and Musk Turtles
Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
(Lacepede 1788)
— Possible