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Acanthochelys macrocephala
Acanthochelys pallidipectoris
Acanthochelys radiolata
Acanthochelys spixii
Acanthochelys chacoensis
Amyda cartilaginea
Apalone ferox
Apalone mutica
Apalone spinifera
Aspideretes gangeticus
Aspideretes hurum
Aspideretes leithii
Aspideretes nigricans
Batagur baska
Callagur borneoensis
Carettochelys insculpta
Chelodina expansa
Chelodina longicollis
Chelodina novaeguineae
Chelodina oblonga
Chelodina parkeri
Chelodina rugosa
Chelodina siebenrocki
Chelodina steindachneri
Chelodina reimanni
Chelodina mccordi
Chelodina pritchardi
Chelus fimbriata
Chelydra serpentina
Chersina angulata
Chinemys nigricans
Chinemys reevesii
Chitra indica
Chrysemys picta
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata
Cistoclemmys galbinifrons
Claudius angustatus
Clemmys guttata
Clemmys insculpta
Clemmys marmorata
Clemmys muhlenbergii
Cuora amboinensis
Cuora trifasciata
Cuora yunnanensis
Cuora pani
Cuora aurocapitata
Cuora mccordi
Cuora zhoui
Cyclanorbis elegans
Cyclanorbis senegalensis
Cyclemys dentata
Cyclemys tcheponensis
Cycloderma aubryi
Cycloderma frenatum
Deirochelys reticularia
Dermatemys mawii
Dogania subplana
Elseya dentata
Elseya latisternum
Elseya novaeguineae
Elusor macrurus
Emydoidea blandingii
Emydura australis
Emydura krefftii
Emydura macquarrii
Emydura signata
Emydura subglobosa
Emydura victoriae
Emys orbicularis
Erymnochelys madagascariensis
Geochelone carbonaria
Geochelone chilensis
Geochelone denticulata
Geochelone elegans
Geochelone nigra
Geochelone gigantea
Geochelone pardalis
Geochelone platynota
Geochelone radiata
Geochelone sulcata
Geochelone yniphora
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Geoemyda spengleri
Geoemyda depressa
Geoemyda leytensis
Geoemyda silvatica
Geoemyda japonica
Gopherus agassizii
Gopherus berlandieri
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Gopherus polyphemus
Graptemys barbouri
Graptemys caglei
Graptemys flavimaculata
Graptemys geographica
Graptemys nigrinoda
Graptemys oculifera
Graptemys ouachitensis
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Graptemys pulchra
Graptemys versa
Graptemys gibbonsi
Graptemys ernsti
Hardella thurjii
Heosemys grandis
Heosemys spinosa
Hieremys annandalii
Homopus areolatus
Homopus boulengeri
Homopus femoralis
Homopus signatus
Homopus bergeri
Hydromedusa maximiliani
Hydromedusa tectifera
Indotestudo elongata
Indotestudo forstenii
Kachuga dhongoka
Kachuga kachuga
Kachuga smithii
Kachuga sylhetensis
Kachuga tecta
Kachuga tentoria
Kachuga trivittata
Kinixys belliana
Kinixys erosa
Kinixys homeana
Kinixys natalensis
Kinosternon acutum
Kinosternon alamosae
Kinosternon angustipons
Kinosternon baurii
Kinosternon chimalhuaca
Kinosternon creaseri
Kinosternon dunni
Kinosternon flavescens
Kinosternon herrerai
Kinosternon hirtipes
Kinosternon integrum
Kinosternon leucostomum
Kinosternon oaxacae
Kinosternon scorpioides
Kinosternon sonoriense
Kinosternon subrubrum
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
Lissemys punctata
Lissemys scutata
Macrochelys temminckii
Malaclemys terrapin
Malacochersus tornieri
Malayemys subtrijuga
Manouria emys
Manouria impressa
Mauremys annamensis
Mauremys caspica
Mauremys japonica
Mauremys leprosa
Mauremys mutica
Melanochelys tricarinata
Melanochelys trijuga
Morenia ocellata
Morenia petersi
Nilssonia formosa
Notochelys platynota
Ocadia sinensis
Orlitia borneensis
Palea steindachneri
Pelochelys bibroni
Pelochelys cantori
Pelodiscus sinensis
Pelomedusa subrufa
Peltocephalus dumerilianus
Pelusios adansonii
Pelusios bechuanicus
Pelusios carinatus
Pelusios castaneus
Pelusios castanoides
Pelusios chapini
Pelusios gabonensis
Pelusios nanus
Pelusios niger
Pelusios rhodesianus
Pelusios seychellensis
Pelusios sinuatus
Pelusios subniger
Pelusios upembae
Pelusios williamsi
Pelusios broadleyi
Phrynops dahli
Phrynops geoffroanus
Phrynops gibbus
Phrynops hilarii
Phrynops hogei
Phrynops nasutus
Phrynops rufipes
Phrynops tuberculatus
Phrynops vanderhaegei
Phrynops williamsi
Phrynops zuliae
Phrynops raniceps
Platemys platycephala
Platysternon megacephalum
Podocnemis erythrocephala
Podocnemis expansa
Podocnemis lewyana
Podocnemis sextuberculata
Podocnemis unifilis
Podocnemis vogli
Psammobates geometricus
Psammobates oculifera
Psammobates tentorius
Pseudemydura umbrina
Pseudemys alabamensis
Pseudemys gorzugi
Pseudemys floridana
Pseudemys nelsoni
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys texana
Pseudemys peninsularis
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys suwanniensis
Pyxidea mouhotii
Pyxis arachnoides
Pyxis planicauda
Rafetus euphraticus
Rafetus swinhoei
Rheodytes leukops
Rhinoclemmys annulata
Rhinoclemmys areolata
Rhinoclemmys diademata
Rhinoclemmys funerea
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna
Rhinoclemmys nasuta
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Rhinoclemmys punctularia
Rhinoclemmys rubida
Sacalia bealei
Sacalia quadriocellata
Siebenrockiella crassicollis
Staurotypus salvinii
Staurotypus triporcatus
Sternotherus carinatus
Sternotherus depressus
Sternotherus minor
Sternotherus odoratus
Terrapene carolina
Terrapene coahuila
Terrapene nelsoni
Terrapene ornata
Testudo graeca
Testudo hermanni
Testudo horsfieldii
Testudo kleinmanni
Testudo marginata
Trachemys decorata
Trachemys decussata
Trachemys ornata
Trachemys scripta
Trachemys stejnegeri
Trachemys terrapen
Trachemys gaigeae
Trachemys dorbigni
Trachemys adiutrix
Trionyx triunguis
Latin name
Adanson's Mud Turtle
African Dwarf Mud Turtle
African Forest Turtle
African Keeled Mud Turtle
African Pancake Tortoise
African Softshell Turtle
African Spurred Tortoise
Alabama Map Turtle
Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
Alamos Mud Turtle
Aldabra Tortoise
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Amazon Toad-headed Turtle
American Red-bellied Turtle
Angonoka
Annam Leaf Turtle
Arakan Forest Turtle
Asian Brown Tortoise
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
Asian Leaf Turtle
Asiatic Softshell Turtle
Assam Roofed Turtle
Aubry's Flapshell Turtle
Australian Big-headed Turtle
Barbour's Map Turtle
Beaked Cape Tortoise
Beal's Eyed turtle
Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise
Berger's Cape tortoise
Berlandier's Tortoise
Big Bend Slider
Big-headed Amazon River Turtle
Big-headed Turtle
Black Marsh Turtle
Black Softshell Turtle
Black Wood Turtle
Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Blanding's Turtle
Bog Turtle
Bolson Tortoise
Boulenger's Cape Tortoise
Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
Brazilian Slider
Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle
Brisbane Short-necked Turtle
Brown Roofed Turtle
Brown Wood Turtle
Burmese Eyed Turtle
Burmese Flapshell Turtle
Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Burmese Roofed Turtle
Burmese Star Tortoise
Cagle's Map Turtle
Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle
Caspian Turtle
Central African Mud Turtle
Central American River Turtle
Central Antillean Slider
Central Asian Tortoise
Chaco Side-necked Turtle
Chaco Tortoise
Chicken Turtle
Chinese Softshell Turtle
Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle
Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
Coahuilan Box Turtle
Cochin Forest Cane Turtle
Colombian Wood Turtle
Common Box Turtle
Common Cooter
Common Map Turtle
Common Mud Turtle
Common Musk Turtle
Common Slider
Common Snapping Turtle
Common Spider Tortoise
Common Toad-headed Turtle
Common snake-necked Turtle
Creaser's Mud Turtle
Crowned River Turtle
Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle
Desert Tortoise
Diamondback Terrapin
Dunn's Mud Turtle
East African Black Mud Turtle
East African Serrated Mud Turtle
Egyptian Tortoise
Elongated Tortoise
Escambia Map Turtle
Euphrates Softshell Turtle
European Pond Turtle
False Map Turtle
Fitzroy River Turtle
Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise
Flattened Musk Turtle
Florida Red-bellied Turtle
Florida Softshell Turtle
Four-eyed Turtle
Furrowed Wood Turtle
Galapagos Tortoise
Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle
Geometric Tortoise
Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Giant Snake-necked Turtle
Gibba Turtle
Gopher Tortoise
Helmeted Turtle
Hermann's Tortoise
Herrera's Mud Turtle
Hilaire's Side-necked Turtle
Hispaniolan Slider
Hoge's Side-necked Turtle
Home's Hinge-back Tortoise
Impressed Tortoise
Indian Black Turtle
Indian Eyed Turtle
Indian Flapshell Turtle
Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle
Indian Roofed Turtle
Indian Softshell Turtle
Indian Star Tortoise
Indian Tent Turtle
Indochinese Box Turtle
Jalisco Mud Turtle
Jamaican Slider
Japanese Pond Turtle
Karroo Cape Tortoise
Keeled Box Turtle
Krefft's River Turtle
Large-nosed Wood Turtle
Leith's Softshell Turtle
Leopard Tortoise
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Madagascan Big-headed Turtle
Magdalena River Turtle
Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
Malayan Snail-eating Turtle
Malayan Softshell Turtle
Malaysian Giant Turtle
Maracaibo Wood Turtle
Marginated Tortoise
Mary River Turtle
Matamata Turtle
McCord's Box Turtle
Mediterranean Turtle
Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
Mexican Mud Turtle
Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle
Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle
Murray River Turtle
Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle
Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle
Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
New Guinea Snapping Turtle
North Antillean Slider
Northern Australian Snake-necked Turtle
Northern Australian Snapping Turtle
Nubian Flapshell Turtle
Oaxaca Mud Turtle
Okavango Mud Turtle
Orbigny's Slider
Ornate Box Turtle
Ornate Slider
Ouachita Map Turtle
Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
Pacific Pond Turtle
Painted Turtle
Painted Wood Turtle
Painted terrapin
Pan's Box Turtle
Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Peninsula Cooter
Philippine Pond Turtle
Pig-nose Turtle
Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle
Radiated Tortoise
Razor-backed Musk Turtle
Red Side-necked Turtle
Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
Red-footed Tortoise
Red-headed River Turtle
Red-necked Pond Turtle
Reeves' Turtle
Reimann's Snake-necked Turtle
Ringed Map Turtle
Rio Grande Cooter
River Cooter
River Terrapin
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle
Ryuku Leaf Turtle
Savanna Side-necked Turtle
Scorpion Mud Turtle
Senegal Flapshell Turtle
Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise
Serrated Snapping Turtle
Serrated Tortoise
Seychelles Mud Turtle
Shanghai Softshell Turtle
Siebenrock's Snake-necked Turtle
Six-tubercled River Turtle
Smooth Softshell Turtle
Sonora Mud Turtle
South African Bowsprit Tortoise
South American River Turtle
South American Snake-necked Turtle
South American Yellow-footed Tortoise
Southeast Asian Box Turtle
Speckled Cape Tortoise
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Spiny Turtle
Spiny-neck Turtle
Spot-legged Turtle
Spotted Box Turtle
Spotted Pond Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Spur-thighed Tortoise
Steindachner's Snake-necked Turtle
Stripe-necked Leaf Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Suwannee Cooter
Tabasco mud turtle
Tent Tortoise
Texas Cooter
Texas Map Turtle
Three-striped Roofed Turtle
Travancore Tortoise
Tricarinate Hill Turtle
Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle
Turkana Mud Turtle
Twist-necked Turtle
Upemba Mud Turtle
Vanderhaege's Toad-headed Turtle
Variable Mud Turtle
Victoria Short-necked Turtle
Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
West African Black Turtle
West African Mud Turtle
Western Swamp Turtle
White-lipped Mud Turtle
Williams' Mud Turtle
Williams' Side-necked Turtle
Wood Turtle
Yellow Mud Turtle
Yellow Pond Turtle
Yellow-bellied Mud Turtle
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
Yellow-margined Box Turtle
Yellow-spotted River Turtle
Yunnan Box Turtle
Zambezi Flapshell Turtle
Zhuo's Box Turtle
Zulia Toad-headed Turtle
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