lab exam 2--turtles & lizards

Chelydra serpentina

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Chelydridae

Sternotherus odoratus

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Kinosternidae

Glyptemys insculpta

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Emydoidea blandingii

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Terrapene ornata

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Chrysemys picta belli

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Chrysemys picta marginata

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Graptemys geographica

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Graptemys ouachitensis

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Graptemys pseudogeographica

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Emydidae

Apalone mutica

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Trionychidae

Apalone spinifera

• Order Testudines - Turtles

• Family Trionychidae

Ophisaurus attenuatus

• Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards

• Family Anguidae

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

• Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards

• Family Teiidae

Plestiodon fasciatus

• Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards

• Family Scincidae

Plestiodon septentrionalis

• Order Squamata, Suborder Lacertilia - Lizards

• Family Scincidae

carapace (shell part)

top of shell

plastron (shellpart)

bottom of shell

bridge (shell part)

connector of shell

hinged plastron

Terrapene ornata & Emydoidea blandingii

keeled carapace

Graptemys species

scutes

legless lizard vs snake