How many turtles are there in Kansas?

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Kansas designated the ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) as the offical state reptile in 1986. There are only two species of land-dwelling turtles that live on the great plains (the ornate box turtle and its close cousin, the eastern box turtle). The ornate box turtle prefers prairies and pastures over forest - it is found from South Dakota to southern Arizona and the Rio Grande valley (the Mississippi river generally marks the eastern boundary of its range). It is illegal in Kansas to take turtles from the wild to keep as pets. http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Kansas/reptileornateboxturtle.html Mar 05 10, 10:21 PM

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Turtles (14 Species in Kansas) Family Chelydridae - Snapping Turtles Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Alligator Snapping Turtle - Macrochelys temminckii Family Kinosternidae - Mud & Musk Turtles Yellow Mud Turtle - Kinosternon flavescens Common Musk Turtle - Sternotherus odoratus Family Emydidae - Box & Basking Turtles Northern Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta Common Map Turtle - Graptemys geographica Ouachita Map Turtle - Graptemys ouachitensis False Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica River Cooter - Pseudemys concinna Eastern Box Turtle - Terrapene carolina Ornate Box Turtle - Terrapene ornata Pond Slider - Trachemys scripta Family Trionychidae - Softshell Turtles Smooth Softshell - Apalone mutica Spiny Softshell - Apalone spinifera http://www.gpnc.org/images/pdf's/CheckRep.pdf Mar 05 10, 10:21 PM