Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas
Species Accounts
AMPHIBIANS
ANURA - Frogs
CAUDATA - Salamanders
† ANTHRACOSAURIA - Paleozoic Reptile-like Amphibians
† MICROSAURIA - Small "Lizards"
REPTILES
CROCODYLIA - Alligators and Crocodiles
SQUAMATA (PART) - Other Lizards
SQUAMATA (PART) - Snakes
TESTUDINES - Turtles
† ORNITHISCHIA - "Bird-hipped" Dinosaurs
† ARAEOSCELIDA - Earliest Diapsid Reptiles
† PTEROSAURIA - Flying Reptiles
† PLESIOSAURIA - Plesiosaurs
† PELYCOSAURIA - Primitive Synapsids
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TESTUDINES — 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 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)
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 —
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
†
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
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