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Kansas is home to 15 species of turtles. [1] Family Chelydridae – snapping turtles Alligator snapping turtle; Common snapping turtle; Family Kinosternidae – mud and musk turtles Common musk turtle (stinkpot) Yellow mud turtle; Family Emydidae – basking and box turtles Painted turtle; Common map turtle; Ouachita map turtle; False map ...
The ornate box turtle is a relatively small turtle, measuring just 4-6″ (10-15 cm) when full-grown. Males and females generally look alike but males are often smaller; there is color variation with yellow lines from the center of the shell to the edges through gray, red-brown, or black coloration. [7]
The University Geological Survey of Kansas, Part IV. 4:370–385. pls. 79–84. Hay, O.P. 1905. A revision of the species of the family of fossil turtles called Toxochelyidae, with descriptions of two new species of Toxochelys and a new species of Porthochelys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(10):177–185. Druckenmiller ...
A rare species of turtle which is extinct in the wild has hatched at a zoo in Kansas. The McCord’s box turtle was born at Sedgwick County Zoo, staff announced last Friday (13 October). “This ...
There are roughly 135 recorded species of fish in the U.S. State of Kansas. [1] This list is an amalgamation of the works Cross & Collins books Handbook of Fishes of Kansas (1967) and Fishes in Kansas (1995) as well as Current Status of Native Fish Species in Kansas (2005) by multiple authors and the Pocket Guide of Kansas Stream Fishes by ...
Kansas has 22 species listed as endangered and 30 listed as threatened. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail ...
Ouachita map turtles feed mainly on small aquatic animals such as shrimp, insects (such as mayflies, caddisflies, beetles, grasshoppers, fly larvae, and midge larvae), molluscs, fish, and fish carrion. [7] They also consume algae and aquatic plants (such as pondweed, duckweed, and manna grass). [8]
An angler recently reeled in an “incredibly rare” and prehistoric fish while fishing in Kansas, according to state wildlife officials. ... As a species, sturgeon are one of the oldest still ...