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Kinds

Bataguridae Carettochelyidae, Pig-nose Turtles Chelidae, Austro-American Sideneck Turtles Cheloniidae, Sea Turtles Chelydridae, Snapping Turtles Dermatemydidae, River Turtles Dermochelyidae, Leatherback Turtles Emydidae, Pond Turtles Geoemydidae Kinosternidae, Mud Turtles Pelomedusidae, Afro-American Sideneck Turtles Platysternidae, Big headed turtles Podocnemididae, Madagascan big headed and American side necked river turtles Testudinidae, Tortoises Trionychidae, Softshell Turtles

Families

Families Common Names Colubridae Colubrid snakes

Phylogeny

Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name Phylum Chordata Chordates Class Reptilia Reptilians Order Testudines Turtles

Photographs

Calphotos -- over 5,000 images of animals, primarily Californian species

Links to other sites

Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles Center for North American Herpetology Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetology Program University of Georgia Natural History Museum -- Turtles