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Reptiles

English name: American Crocodile
class: Crocodylia
order:   family: Crocodylidae
scientific name: Crocodylus acutus  
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English name: American Alligator
class: Crocodylia
order:   family: Alligatoridae
scientific name: Alligator mississippiensis  
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English name: Spectacled Caiman
class: Crocodylia
order:   family: Alligatoridae
scientific name: Caiman crocodilus  
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English name: Common Snapping Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Chelydridae
scientific name: Chelydra serpentina serpentina
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English name: Florida Snapping Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Chelydridae
scientific name: Chelydra serpentina osceola
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English name: Alligator Snapping Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Chelydridae
scientific name: Macroclemys temminckii  
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English name: Common Musk Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Kinosternidae
scientific name: Sternotherus odoratus  
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English name: Razorback Musk Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Kinosternidae
scientific name: Sternotherus carinatus  
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English name: Loggerhead Musk Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Kinosternidae
scientific name: Sternotherus minor minor
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English name: Stripeneck Musk Turtle
class: Testudines
order:   family: Kinosternidae
scientific name: Sternotherus minor peltifer
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