Order: Testudines (Tortoises and Turtles)

• Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle)
• Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
• Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
• Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles and Big-headed Turtles)
• Dermatemydidae (Mesoamerican River Turtle)
• Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Turtle)
• Emydidae (Box Turtles and Pond Turtles)
• Geoemydidae (Eurasian Pond and River Turtles and Neotropical Wood Turtles)
• Kinosternidae (Mud Turtles and Musk Turtles)
• Pelomedusidae (Afro-American Side-necked Turtles)
• Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtle)
• Podocnemididae (Afro-American River Turtles)
• Testudinidae (Tortoises)
• Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

Family: Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Carettochelys insculpta	Pig-nosed Turtle

Family: Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Acanthochelys macrocephala	Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys pallidipectoris	Chaco Side-necked Turtle
Acanthochelys radiolata	Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys spixii	Spiny-neck Turtle
Chelodina burrungandjii	Arnhem Land Long-Necked Turtle
Chelodina canni	Cann's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina colliei	South-western Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina expansa	Giant Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina gunaleni	Gunalen's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina kuchlingi	Kuchling's Long-Necked Turtle
Chelodina longicollis	Common Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina mccordi	McCord's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina novaeguineae	New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina oblonga	Oblong Turtle
Chelodina parkeri	Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina pritchardi	Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina reimanni	Reimann's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina steindachneri	Dinner-plate Turtle
Chelodina walloyarrina	Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle
Chelus fimbriatus	Mata Mata
Elseya albagula	White-throated Snapping Turtle
Elseya branderhorsti	Branderhorst's Snapping Turtle
Elseya dentata	Northern Australian Snapping Turtle
Elseya flaviventralis	Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle
Elseya irwini	Irwin's Turtle
Elseya lavarackorum	Lavarack's Turtle
Elseya novaeguineae	New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya rhodini	Southern New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya schultzei	Schultze's Snapping Turtle
Elusor macrurus	Mary River Turtle
Emydura macquarii	Murray River Turtle
Emydura subglobosa	Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
Emydura tanybaraga	Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
Emydura victoriae	Victoria Short-necked Turtle
Flaviemys purvisi	Manning River Turtle
Hydromedusa maximiliani	Maximilian's Snake-headed Turtle
Hydromedusa tectifera	South-American Snake-headed Turtle
Macrochelodina rugosa	North Australian Snake-necked Turtle
Macrodiremys oblonga	Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
Mesoclemmys dahli	Dahl's Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys gibba	Gibba Turtle
Mesoclemmys heliostemma	Amazon Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys hogei	Hoge's Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys nasutus	Guianan Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys perplexa	Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle
Mesoclemmys raniceps	Black-lined Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys tuberculatus	Tuberculate Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei	Vanderhaege's Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys zuliae	Zulia Toadhead Turtle
Myuchelys bellii	Bell's Turtle
Myuchelys georgesi	Bellinger River Turtle
Myuchelys latisternum	Saw-shelled Turtle
Phrynops geoffroanus	Geoffroy' s Toadhead Turtle
Phrynops hilarii	Hilaire's Toadhead Turtle
Phrynops tuberosus	Cotinga River Toadhead Turtle
Phrynops williamsi	Williams' Toadhead Turtle
Platemys platycephala	Twist-neck Turtle
Pseudemydura umbrina	Western Swamp Turtle
Rheodytes leukops	Fitzroy Turtle
Rhinemys rufipes	Red-footed Amazon Side-necked Turtle

Family: Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas	Green Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata	Hawks-bill Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii	Kemp's Ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea	Olive Ridley
Natator depressus	Flat-back Turtle

Family: Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles and Big-headed Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Chelydra acutirostris	South American Snapping Turtle
Chelydra rossignonii	Central American Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina	Common Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys apalachicolae	Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys suwanniensis	Suwannee Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminkii	Alligator Snapping Turtle

Family: Dermatemydidae (Mesoamerican River Turtle)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Dermatemys mawii	Mesoamerican River Turtle

Family: Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Turtle)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Dermochelys coriacea	Leatherback Turtle

Family: Emydidae (Box Turtles and Pond Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Actinemys marmorata	Western Pond Turtle
Chrysemys dorsalis	Southern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta	Painted Turtle
Clemmys guttata	Spotted Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia	Chicken Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii	Blanding's Turtle
Emys orbicularis	European Pond Turtle
Emys trinacris	Sicilian Pond Turtle
Glyptemys insculpta	Wood Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii	Bog Turtle
Graptemys barbouri	Barbour's Map Turtle
Graptemys caglei	Cagle's Map Turtle
Graptemys ernsti	Escambia Map Turtle
Graptemys flavimaculata	Saw-back Turtle
Graptemys geographica	Common Map Turtle
Graptemys gibbonsi	Pascagoula Map Turtle
Graptemys nigrinoda	Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Graptemys oculifera	Ringed Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis	Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys pearlensis	Pearl River Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica	False Map Turtle
Graptemys pulchra	Alabama Map Turtle
Graptemys versa	Texas Map Turtle
Malaclemys terrapin	Diamond-back Terrapin
Pseudemys alabamensis	Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys concinna	River Cooter
Pseudemys gorzugi	Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni	Florida Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys peninsularis	Peninsula Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris	American Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys texana	Texas Cooter
Terrapene bauri	Florida Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina	Box Turtle
Terrapene coahuila	Coahuilan Box Turtle
Terrapene mexicana	Mexican Box Turtle
Terrapene nelsoni	Spotted Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata	Ornate Box Turtle
Trachemys adiutrix	Brazilian Slider
Trachemys callirostris	Colombian Slider
Trachemys decorata	Hispaniolan Slider
Trachemys decussata	North Antillean Slider
Trachemys dorbigni	Orbigny's Slider
Trachemys emolli	Nicaraguan Slider
Trachemys gaigeae	Big Bend Slider
Trachemys nebulosa	Black-bellied Slider
Trachemys ornata	Ornate Slider
Trachemys scripta	Common Slider
Trachemys stejnegeri	Central Antillean Slider
Trachemys taylori	Taylor's Slider
Trachemys terrapen	Cat Island Turtle
Trachemys venusta	Huastecan Slider
Trachemys yaquia	Yaqui Slider

Family: Geoemydidae (Eurasian Pond and River Turtles and Neotropical Wood Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Batagur affinis	Southern River Terrapin
Batagur baska	Common River Terrapin
Batagur borneoensis	Painted Terrapin
Batagur dhongoka	Three-striped Roofed Turtle
Batagur kachuga	Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
Batagur trivittata	Burmese Roofed Turtle
Cuora amboinensis	Southeast Asian Box Turtle
Cuora aurocapitata	Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Cuora bourreti	Bourret's Box Turtle
Cuora flavomarginata	Yellow-margined Box Turtle
Cuora galbinifrons	Indochinese Box Turtle
Cuora mccordi	McCord's Box Turtle
Cuora mouhotii	Keeled Box Turtle
Cuora pani	Pan's Box Turtle
Cuora picturata	Southern Vietnamese Box Turtle
Cuora trifasciata	Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
Cuora yunnanensis	Yunnan Box Turtle
Cuora zhoui	Zhou's Box Turtle
Cyclemys atripons	Striped Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys dentata	Asian Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys enigmatica	Enigmatic Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys fusca	Myanmar Brown Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys gemeli	Assam Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys oldhami	Oldham's Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys tcheponensis	Stripe-necked Leaf Turtle
Geoclemys hamiltonii	Spotted Pond Turtle
Geoemyda japonica	Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Geoemyda spengleri	Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Hardella thurjii	Crowned River Turtle
Heosemys annandalii	Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
Heosemys depressa	Arakan Forest Turtle
Heosemys grandis	Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Heosemys spinosa	Spiny Turtle
Leucocephalon yuwonoi	Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Malayemys macrocephala	Malayan Snail-eating Turtle
Malayemys subtrijuga	Mekong Snail-eating Turtle
Mauremys annamensis	Annam Leaf Turtle
Mauremys caspica	Caspian Turtle
Mauremys japonica	Japanese Pond Turtle
Mauremys leprosa	Mediterranean Turtle
Mauremys mutica	Yellow Pond Turtle
Mauremys nigricans	Red-necked Pond Turtle
Mauremys reevesii	Reeves' Turtle
Mauremys rivulata	Balkan Terrapin
Mauremys sinensis	Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle
Melanochelys tricarinata	Tricarinate Hill Turtle
Melanochelys trijuga	Indian Black Turtle
Morenia ocellata	Burmese Eyed Turtle
Morenia petersi	Indian Eyed Turtle
Notochelys platynota	Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
Orlitia borneensis	Malaysian Giant Turtle
Pangshura smithii	Brown Roofed Turtle
Pangshura sylhetensis	Assam Roofed Turtle
Pangshura tecta	Indian Roofed Turtle
Pangshura tentoria	Indian Tent Turtle
Rhinoclemmys annulata	Brown Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys areolata	Furrowed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys diademata	Diadem Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys funerea	Black Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna	Colombian Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys nasuta	Large-nosed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima	Central American Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys punctularia	Spot-legged Turtle
Rhinoclemmys rubida	Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle
Sacalia bealei	Beal's Eyed Turtle
Sacalia quadriocellata	Four-eyed Turtle
Siebenrockiella crassicollis	Black Marsh Turtle
Siebenrockiella leytensis	Philippine Pond Turtle
Vijayachelys silvatica	Cochin Forest Cane Turtle

Family: Kinosternidae (Mud Turtles and Musk Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Claudius angustatus	Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle
Kinosternon acutum	Tabasco Mud Turtle
Kinosternon alamosae	Alamos Mud Turtle
Kinosternon angustipons	Central American Mud Turtle
Kinosternon arizonense	Arizona Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii	Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon chimalhuaca	Jalisco Mud Turtle
Kinosternon creaseri	Creaser's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon dunni	Colombian Mud Turtle
Kinosternon durangoense	Durango Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens	Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon herrerai	Herrara's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon hirtipes	Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle
Kinosternon integrum	Mexican Mud Turtle
Kinosternon leucostomum	White-lipped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon oaxacae	Oaxaca Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides	Scorpion Mud Turtle
Kinosternon sonoriense	Sonoran Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum	Eastern Mud Turtle
Staurotypus salvinii	Chiapus Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus triporcatus	Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
Sternotherus carinatus	Razor-back Musk Turtle
Sternotherus depressus	Flattened Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor	Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus	Stinkpot

Family: Pelomedusidae (Afro-American Side-necked Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Pelomedusa barbata	Arabian Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa galeata	African Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa gehafie	Eritrean Turtle
Pelomedusa kobe	Tanzanian Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa neumanni	Neumann's Marsh Terrapin
Pelomedusa olivacea	Coastal Terrapin
Pelomedusa schweinfurthi	Central African Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa somalica	Somalian Helmeted Terrapin
Pelomedusa subrufa	Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa variabilis	Variable Helmeted Turtle
Pelusios adansonii	Adanson's Mud Turtle
Pelusios bechuanicus	Okavango Mud Turtle
Pelusios broadleyi	Turkana Mud Turtle
Pelusios carinatus	African Keeled Mud Turtle
Pelusios castaneus	West African Mud Turtle
Pelusios castanoides	Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle
Pelusios chapini	Central African Mud Turtle
Pelusios cupulatta	Ivory Coas Mud Turtle
Pelusios gabonensis	African Forest Turtle
Pelusios marani	Marani Mud Turtle
Pelusios nanus	African Dwarf Mud Turtle
Pelusios niger	West African Black Turtle
Pelusios rhodesianus	Variable Mud Turtle
Pelusios sinuatus	East African Serrated Mud Turtle
Pelusios subniger	East African Black Mud Turtle
Pelusios upembae	Upemba Mud Turtle
Pelusios williamsi	Williams' Mud Turtle

Family: Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtle)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Platysternon megacephalum	Big-headed Turtle

Family: Podocnemididae (Afro-American River Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Erymnochelys madagascariensis	Madagascan Big-headed Turtle
Peltocephalus dumeriliana	Big-headed Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis erythrocephala	Red-headed River Turtle
Podocnemis expansa	South American River Turtle
Podocnemis lewyana	Magdalena River Turtle
Podocnemis sextuberculata	Six-tubercled River Turtle
Podocnemis unifilis	Tracaja
Podocnemis vogli	Savanna Side-necked Turtle

Family: Testudinidae (Tortoises)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Aldabrachelys gigantea	Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Astrochelys radiata	Radiated Tortoise
Astrochelys yniphora	Angonoka
Centrochelys sulcata	African Spurred Tortoise
Chelonoidis abingdonii	Pinta Island Tortoise
Chelonoidis becki	Volcan Wolf Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonaria	Red-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis chathamensis	Chatham Island Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis chilensis	Chaco Tortoise
Chelonoidis darwini	Santiago Island Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis denticulata	South American Yellow-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis donfaustoi	Don Fausto's Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis duncanensis	Pinzon Island Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis hoodensis	Hood Island Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis nigra	Galapagos Tortoise
Chelonoidis phantastica	Fernandina Island Galapagos Tortoise
Chelonoidis porteri	Western Santa Cruz Tortoise
Chelonoidis vicina	Cerro Azul Giant Tortoise
Chersina angulata	Bowsprit Tortoise
Geochelone elegans	Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone platynota	Burmese Star Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii	Desert Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri	Berlandier's Tortoise
Gopherus evgoodei	Goode's Thorn-scrub Tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus	Bolson Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai	Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus	Gopher Tortoise
Homopus areolatus	Beaked Cape Tortoise
Homopus boulengeri	Boulenger's Cape Tortoise
Homopus femoralis	Karroo Cape Tortoise
Homopus signatus	Speckled Cape Tortoise
Homopus solus	Nama Padloper
Indotestudo elongata	Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo forstenii	Forsten's Tortoise
Indotestudo travancorica	Travancore Tortoise
Kinixys belliana	Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys erosa	Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys homeana	Home's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana	Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys natalensis	Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys nogueyi	Western Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys spekii	Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys zombensis	Eastern Hinge-back Tortoise
Malocochersus tornieri	Pancake Tortoise
Manouria emys	Brown Tortoise
Manouria impressa	Impressed Tortoise
Psammobates geometricus	Geometric Tortoise
Psammobates oculiferus	Serrated Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius	Tent Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides	Common Spider Tortoise
Pyxis planicauda	Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis	Leopard Tortoise
Testudo graeca	Spur-thighed Tortoise
Testudo hermanni	Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii	Russian Four-toe Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni	Egyptian Tortoise
Testudo marginata	Marginated Tortoise

Family: Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)

Genus/Species	Common Name	Image
Amyda cartilaginea	Asiatic Softshell Turtle
Apalone ferox	Florida Softshell Turtle
Apalone mutica	Smooth Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera	Spiny Softshell Turtle
Chitra chitra	Nutaphand's Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Chitra indica	Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Chitra vandijki	Myanmar Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Cyclanorbis elegans	Nubian Flapshell Turtle
Cyclanorbis senegalensis	Senegal Flapshell Turtle
Cycloderma aubryi	Aubry's Flapshell Turtle
Cycloderma frenatum	Zambezi Flapshell Turtle
Dogania subplana	Malayan Softshell Turtle
Lissemys ceylonensis	Sri Lankan Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys punctata	Indian Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys scutata	Burmese Flapshell Turtle
Nilssonia formosa	Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia gangeticus	Indian Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia hurum	Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia leithii	Leith's Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia nigricans	Black Softshell Turtle
Palea steindachneri	Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys bibroni	Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys cantorii	Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys signifera	Variegated Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus axenaria	Hunan Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus maackii	Amur Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus parviformis	Lesser Chinese Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus sinensis	Chinese Softshell Turtle
Rafetus euphraticus	Euphrates Softshell Turtle
Rafetus swinhoei	Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Trionyx triunguis	African Softshell Turtle

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