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Local animals in this group:
mud turtles and musk turtles
pond and box turtles
snapping turtles and big-headed turtles
softshell turtles
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Turtles
Testudines
Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
Phylum Chordata (chordates)
Class
Reptilia
(reptiles)
Order
Testudines
(turtles)
Family
Chelydridae
(snapping turtles and big-headed turtles)
Species
Chelydra serpentina
(snapping turtle)
Family
Emydidae
(pond and box turtles)
Species
Chrysemys picta
(painted turtle)
Species
Clemmys guttata
(spotted turtle)
Species
Clemmys insculpta
(wood turtle)
Species
Emydoidea blandingii
(Blanding's turtle)
Species
Graptemys geographica
(common map turtle)
Species
Terrapene carolina
(box turtle)
Species
Trachemys scripta
(pond slider)
Family
Kinosternidae
(mud turtles and musk turtles)
Species
Sternotherus odoratus
(common musk turtle)
Family
Trionychidae
(softshell turtles)
Species
Apalone spinifera
(spiny softshell turtle)