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Order: Testudines Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydra Family: Kinosternidae
Genus: Sternotherus Family: Emydidae
Genus: Clemmys Genus: Glyptemys Genus: Graptemys Genus: Pseudemys Genus: Chrysemys Genus: Terrapene Genus: Trachemys
Family: Trionychidae Genus: Apalone
Eastern Snapping Turtle
Carapace with large tubercles
Plastron with less than 8 plates
Tail long Body spiny
Chelydra s. serpentina
Northern Map Turtle
Longitudinal stripes on head
Keeled carapace Somewhat flattened Triangular spots
behind eyes
Graptemys geographica
Ouachita Map Turtle
Very keeled carapace Somewhat flattened Longitudinal stripes
on head Square spots behind
eyes
Graptemys o. ouachitensis
Eastern Painted Turtle
Boarder around outer part of shell
Head with longitudinal stripes
Smooth carapace First row of costals
and vertebrals line up
Chrysemys p. picta
Midland Painted Turtle
First line of vertebrals and costals don’t line up
Smooth carapace Head with
longitudinal stripes
Chrysemys p. marginata
Eastern River Cooter
Cusps not prominent Longitudinal stripes
on head Longitudinal grooves
on carapace
Pseudemys c. concinna
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Prominent cusp on upper jaw
Plastron might have pink/red color
Pseudemys rubriventris
Eastern Box Turtle
Dome shaped carapace
Orange and red-ish Plastron with
movable hinge
Terrapene c. carolina
Red-eared Turtle
Spot on each scute of the plastron
Longitudinal grooves on the carapace
Longitudinal stripes on head
Trachemys scripta elegans
Eastern Spiny Softshell
Spines on the anterior part of the shell
Shell is covered with skin
Snout projected Pancake like Feet mottled
Apalone s. spinifera
Midland Smooth Softshell
No spines to the anterior of the shell
Feet not mottled Nostril rounded Pancake like
Apalone m. mutica
Order: Squamata Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus Family: Teiidae
Genus: Cnemidophorus Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eumeces Genus: Scincella
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner
Scales are glossy Ventral scales are
larger than dorsal 6 lines Black and white
Cnemidophorus s.
sexlineatus
Northern Coal Skink
Smooth and glossy scales
Ventral and dorsal scales the same size
2 lines dark on the sides
Lighter in the middle
Eumeces a. anthracinus
Broad-headed Skink
Scales smooth and glossy
Big Broad head 5 labials No large postlabials
Eumeces laticeps
Common Five-lined Skink
Smooth glossy scales Scales same on dorsal
and ventral 2 postlabials 4 labials Black or brown with
five stripes
Eumeces fasciatus