Nebraska Herpetofaunal Atlas

TESTUDINES — Turtles

ESTABLISHED TAXA

CHELYDRIDAE — Snapping Turtles

Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)

EMYDIDAE — Box and Basking Turtles

Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783)

Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838)

False Map Turtle Graptemys 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 — 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

Chicken Turtle Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille 1801) — Accidental

EXTINCT TAXA (in prep)