Testudines Families

Question 1

Turtle with a very long neck and pointed scutes on shell found in South America and Australia

Answer 1

Chelidae (Pleurodira)

Question 2

Turtle that fits its neck in the shell sideways found in sub-Saharan Africa

Answer 2

Pelomedusidae (Pleurodira)

Question 3

Turtle with reduced plastron and a beak and east North America range

Answer 3

Chelydridae (Cryptodira)

Question 4

Turtle with pig nose and looks like pancake

Answer 4

Trionychidae (Cryptodira)

Question 5

Hard-shelled sea turtle

Answer 5

Cheloniidae (Cryptodira)

Question 6

Leatherback sea turtles

Answer 6

Dermochelyidae (Cryptodira)

Question 7

Turtle with doubly hinged plastron and smooth mud-colored shell and North/South America range

Answer 7

Kinosternidae (Cryptodira)

Question 8

Turtle family with an armored head and long tail

Answer 8

Platysternidae (Cryptodira)

Question 9

Turtle with a ridged carapace with Old-World range

Answer 9

Geoemydidae (Cryptodira)

Question 10

Turtles with ridged carapace and often patterned skin (will know CA species) New-World range

Answer 10

Emydidae (Cryptodira)

Question 11

Tortoises

Answer 11

Testudinidae (Cryptodira)