Turtles

Question 1

Family Chelydridae

Answer 1

Snapping Turtles

Question 2

Eastern Snapping Turtle (Dinosaur tail)

Answer 2

Chelydra serpentina

Question 3

Alligator Snapping Turtle (hooked beak, highly keeled shell)

Answer 3

Macrochelys temminckii

Question 4

Family Kinosternidae

Answer 4

Mud and Musk Turtles

Question 5

Yellow Mud Turtle (very yellow)

Answer 5

Kinosternon flavescens

Question 6

Mississippi Mud Turtle (Dark with brown and more brown)

Answer 6

Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis

Question 7

Eastern Musk Turtle (fleshy projections on neck and chin)

Answer 7

Sternotherus odoratus

Question 8

Family Emydidae

Answer 8

Pond and Box turtles

Question 9

Southern Painted Turtle (Bright dorsal line down back)

Answer 9

Chrysemys dorsalis

Question 10

Western Painted Turtle (bright plastron, hourglass shape)

Answer 10

Chrysemys picta bellii

Question 11

Western Chicken Turtle (stripped booty)

Answer 11

Deirochelys reticularia miaria

Question 12

Blanding’s Turtle (star like freckles, yellow chin)

Answer 12

Emydoidea blandingii

Question 13

Northern Map Turtle (strongly serrated marginal scales at rear)

Answer 13

Graptemys geographica

Question 14

Ouachita Map Turtle (raised keel on carapace ridged, large yellow marking behind eyes)

Answer 14

Graptemys ouachitensis

Question 15

Northern False Map Turtle (prominent keel very high with yellow L shaped markings behind eye)

Answer 15

Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica

Question 16

Three Toed Box Turtle (cream plastron, three toes on hind limbs)

Answer 16

Terrapene carolina triunguis

Question 17

Ornate Box Turtle (lil ray of sunshine, everywhere)

Answer 17

Terrapene ornata

Question 18

Red-eared slider (plastron scutes each have black blotch, red stripe behind eye)

Answer 18

Trachemys scripta elegans

Question 19

Family Trionychidae

Answer 19

Softshells

Question 20

Midland Smooth Softshell (light colored pancake)

Answer 20

Apalone mutica mutica

Question 21

Eastern Spiny Softshell (dark colored pancake)

Answer 21

Apalone spinifera spinifera