Turtles of Iowa, Common Names and Scientific Names

     Smooth Softshell, Apalone mutica

     Spiny Softshell, Apalone spinifera

     Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina

           Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta

     Western Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta belli

     Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis

     False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica

     Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens

     Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii

     Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus

     Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata

     Slider Trachemys scripta

     Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans

     Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina

    

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Wood Turtle Clemmys insulpta
Blandings Turtle Emydoidea blaningii
Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
Ouachita Map Turtle G. o. ouachitensis
False Map Turtle G. p. pseudogeographica
Illinois Mud Turtle K. f. spooneri 
Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornate
Midland Smooth Softshell A. m. mutica 
Western Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera bartwegi 
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera spinifera