testudinidae
There are many different kinds of turtles Pancake turtle, Giant turtle, Box turtle, Snapping turtles, Red eared slider turtle, Painted turtle,Spotted turtle, Sea turtle, loggerhead turtle, leatherback turtle, bog turtle, wood turtle, Blanding turtle, Barbours map turtle, Red bellied turtle, Diamondback terrapin turtle, Florida cooter, Arizona mud turtle, Florida softshell turtle, Stripeneck musk turtle, and the Pacific ridley and many many more
General TaxonomyKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataSubphylum: VertebrataClass: ReptiliaOrder: Testudinesfrom there, the taxonomy branches off into 2 suborders which are further classified into many families. These families are even further sub-classified into genus and species.Suborder: CryptodiraSuper Family: Chelonioidea Family: CheloniidaeFamily: DermochelyidaeSuper Family: Testudinoidea Family: ChelydridaeFamily: EmydidaeFamily: GeoemydidaeFamily: TestudinidaeSuper Family: Trionychoidea Family: CarettochelyidaeFamily: DermatemydidaeFamily: KinosternidaeFamily: TrionychidaeSuborder: PleurodiraFamily: ChelidaeFamily: PelomedusidaeFamily: Podocnemidida
A musk turtle is in the "small turtle family" the painted turtles can grow to 12 inches and have lovely personalitys,but musks only grow to about 4-5 inches and have a shy personality. I'm going to get a musk soon!!
Turtles belong to the amphibian family along with frogs, toads and tortoises. Not to be confused with the similar reptilian family.
Oh My Goodness there are SO many here are some..sea turtles family -loggerheadgreen turtleAlantic hawksbillAtlanic ridleySnapping turtle family -common snapping turtleAlligator snapping turtleLeatherback sea turtle family -leatherbackBox and water turtlespainted turtleeastern chicken turtleBarbour's map turtleErnst's map turtleblack-knobbed sawbacketc.....
Turtles are of the Order Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins) Within that Order there are eleven different Families of turtles. Within each Family there is one or more Genus's.
Box turtles are part of the family Emydidae, which includes a variety of freshwater and terrestrial turtles. They are more closely related to other turtle species, such as pond turtles and cooters, than to tortoises or marine turtles. All of these species share a common ancestry within the order Testudines, which encompasses all turtles. Additionally, box turtles are related to other reptiles, including snakes and lizards, as they all belong to the class Reptilia.
reptiles
Animals that belong to the anapsid family are reptiles. The reptiles include turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. The animals belong to the reptilia class.
They belong to the Lizards family, which is a sub-group of the Vertebrates.
A painted lady is a species of butterfly, Latin name Vanessa cardui, of the family Nymphalidae.
A painted Jezebel is a species of butterfly, Latin name Delias hyparete, of the family Pieridae.