Turtles in Tennessee

Question 1

Turtles Order

Answer 1

Testudines

Question 2

Snapping Turtles Family

Answer 2

Chelydridae

Question 3

Answer 3

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Question 4

Answer 4

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temmincki

Question 5

Mud and Musk Turtles Family

Answer 5

Kinosternidae

Question 6

Answer 6

Eastern Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Question 7

Answer 7

Loggerhead Musk Turtle

Sternotherus minor

Question 8

Answer 8

Eastern Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Question 9

Basking and Box Turtles Family

Answer 9

Emydidae

Question 10

Answer 10

Southern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys dorsalis

Question 11

Answer 11

Northern Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

Question 12

Answer 12

Bog Turtle

Glyptemys muhlenbergii

Question 13

Answer 13

Northern Map Turtle

Graptemys geographica

Question 14

Answer 14

Ouachita Map Turtle

Graptemys ouachitensis

Question 15

Answer 15

False Map Turtle

Graptemy pseudogeographica

Question 16

Answer 16

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Question 17

Answer 17

Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

Question 18

Answer 18

Woodland Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

Question 19

Answer 19

Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene triunguis

Question 20

Softshell Turtle Family

Answer 20

Trionychidae

Question 21

Answer 21

Smooth Softshell

Apalone mutica

Question 22

Answer 22

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera