Turtle families

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Chelidae

sidenecked turtles- aquatic

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Tryonichidae

softshell turtles: aquatic reduced shell bones, rafetus

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Emydidae

pond and box turtles: mostly aquatic; 7/10 species in michigan

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Testudinidae

tortoises, domed shells, herbivorous

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Kinosternidae

mud and musk turtles, musk glands

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Chelydridae

snapping turtles: reduced plastron: leave ponds to disperse

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Cheloniidae

sea turtles; 6 species, only come on land to lay eggs

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Dermochelydae

  1. leatherback sea turtle, displays endothermy