Animal Type: Reptiles

The bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) is the smallest turtle found in the United States. The largest bog turtle ever found

Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest species of sea turtle and remain a mystery to scientists. They participate in an amazing

Skittering amidst spare stands of shinnery oaks and over the scorched sand hills of the Permian Basin, the dunes sagebrush

Leatherbacks nest in the tropics but range widely in the world’s oceans, moving into colder, higher latitude waters during summer

Alligators live in the wetlands of the southern United States. The reptiles were hunted close to extinction. After they were