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Biol 432L - Testudines and Crocodylia
Tortoise, turtle and crocodilian identification for Herpetology lab at UNLV.
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
04/14/2011

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Order: Crocodylia

Family: Alligatoridae

 

Alligator mississippiensis

(American alligator)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

 

Apalone ferox

(Florida softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

 

Apalone ferox

(Florida softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

 

Apalone mutica

(Smooth softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

 

Apalone mutica

(Smooth softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae

 

Apalone spinifera

(Spiny softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae

 

Apalone spinifera

(Spiny softshell turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)

 

Caretta caretta

(Loggerhead seaturtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)

 

Caretta caretta

(Loggerhead sea turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Cheloniidae

 

Chelonia mydas

(Green seaturtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)

 

Chelonia mydas

(Green seaturtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)

 

Chelydra serpentina

(Snapping turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)

 

Chelydra serpentina

(Snapping turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Chysemys picta

(Painted turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond turtles)

 

Chysemys picta

(Painted turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Trachemys scripta

(Pond slider)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Trachemys scripta
(Pond slider)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

 

Testudo graeca

(Spur-thighed tortoise)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

 

Testudo graeca

(Spur-thighed tortoise)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Terrapene ornata

(Ornate box turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Terrapene ornata

(Ornate box turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Terrapene carolina

(Eastern box turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Terrapene carolina

(Eastern box turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus odoratus

(Stinkpot)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus odoratus

(Stinkpot)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus minor

(Loggerhead musk turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus minor

(Loggerhead musk turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus minor

(Loggerhead musk turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus carinatus

(Razor-backed musk turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Sternotherus carinatus

(Razor-backed musk turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Malaclemys terrapin

(Diamond-backed terrapin)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emididae (Pond Turtles)

 

Malaclemys terrapin
(Diamond-backed terrapin)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)

 

Macrochelys temminkii

(Alligator snapping turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)

 

Macrochelys temminkii

(Alligator snapping turtle)

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Order: Testudinae

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon subrubrum

(Eastern mud turtle)

 

 

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon subrubrum

(Eastern mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon subrubrum

(Eastern mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon subrubrum

(Eastern mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon flavescens

(Yellow mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon flavescens

(Yellow mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon baurii

(Striped mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)

 

Kinosternon baurii

(Striped mud turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Graptemys pseudographica kohnii

(Mississippi map turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Graptemys pseudographica kohnii

(Mississippi map turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

 

Gopherus agassizii

(Desert tortoise)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

 

Gopherus agassizii

(Desert tortoise)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Emys marmorata

(Pacific pond turtle)

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Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae (Pond Turtles)

 

Emys marmorata

(Pacific pond turtle)

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