Crocodilians and Turtles part 1a (practical 4)

Crocodylia

To what order do crocodiles, alligators, gavials, and gharials belong to?

Alligatoridae

To what family do alligators and caiman belong to?

Alligator mississippiensis

American Alligator

Caiman crocodilus

Spectacled Caiman

Paleosuchus palpebrosus

Dwarf Caiman

Crocodylidae

To what family do crocodiles belong to?

Crocodylus niloticus

Nile Crocodile

Gavialidae

To what family do the Gavials and the Gharials belong to?

Gavialis gangeticus

Gavial

Testudines

To what order do turtles belong to?

Chelidae

To what family do Australo-American Sideneck turtles belong to?

Chelus fimbratus

Mata Mata

Cheloniidae

To what family do the marine turtles belong to?

Chelonia mydas

Green Turtle

Platysternidae

To what family do the Bighead Turtles belong to?

Platysternon megacephalum

Bighead Turtle

Chelydridae

To what family do Snapping Turtles belong to?

Chelydra serpentina

Common Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Kinosternidae

To what family do mud and musk turtles belong to?

Kinosternon baurii

Striped Mud Turtle

Kinosternon flavescens

Yellow Mud Turtle

Kinosternon hirtipes

Mexican Mud Turtle

Kinosternon subrubrum

Eastern Mud Turtle

Sternotherus carinatus

Razorback Musk Turtle

Sternotherus odoratus

Common Musk Turtle

Trionychidae

To what family do the softshell turtles belong to?

Apalone ferox

Florida Softshell

Apalone spinifera

Spiny Softshell