CHICAGO HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Scientific Name                                                                                Common Name

Testudines                                                                                           Turtles       

                                                                                     

Apalone mutica                                                                                  Smooth Softshell

Apalone spinifera                                                                               Spiny Softshell

Chelydra serpentina                                                                          Snapping Turtle

Chrysemys picta                                                                                 Painted Turtle

Clemmys guttata                                                                                Spotted Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii                                                                       Blanding's Turtle

Graptemys geographica                                                                    Common Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis                                                                    Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys pseudogeographica                                                       False Map Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens                                                                     Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum                                                                   Eastern Mud Turtle

Macroclemys temminckii                                                                 Alligator Snapping Turtle

Pseudemys concinna                                                                         River Cooter

Sternotherus odoratus                                                                       Common Musk Turtle

Terrapene carolina                                                                             Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata                                                                                Ornate Box Turtle

Trachemys scripta                                                                              Slider