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We are pleased to be able to present the Tewksbury Herpetological Institute's Complete Chelonian Taxonomy List with links to our galleries.
Please note: People searching the internet for help with a species are not likely to know of recent taxonomic shifts or every name their animal is known by. Because of the above reasoning there are animals listed under more than one name on this web site in the galleries and occasionally in the articles section as well. Whenever possible we will make a note of the currently accepted name where ever we use an older one. For more information on this policy please see Taxonomic Confusion.
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Total turtle and tortoise species/subspecies pictured
June 7, 2007 = 1713 photos - 314 species or subspecies - 95 Genera
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Cuora yunnanensis - Yunnan Box Turtle (extinct)
Acanthochelys macrocephala - Large-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys pallidipectoris - Chaco Sideneck Turtle
Acanthochelys radiolata - Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys spixii - Spiny Neck Turtle
Actinemys marmorata - Western Pond Turtle
Amyda cartilaginea - Asian Softshelled Turtle
Annamemys annamensis - Vietnamese Leaf Turtle
Apalone mutica mutica -
Smooth Softshell TurtleApalone spinifera spinifera - Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone ferox - Florida Softshell Turtle
Aspideretes gangeticus - Indian Soft-shelled Turtle
Batagur baska - River Terrapin / Tuntong
Batrachemys heliostemma - Amazon Toad-headed Turtle
Batrachemys nasuta - Toad-headed Turtle
Batrachemys tuberculatus - Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle
Batrachemys zuliae - Zulia Toad-headed Turtle
Calemys insculpta - Wood Turtle (please look under Glyptemys)
Calemys muhlenbergii - Bog Turtle (please look under Glyptemys)
Callagur borneoensis - Painted Terrapin
Caretta caretta -
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Carettochelys insculpta - Pig-nosed Fly River Turtle
Chelodina expansa - Broad-Shelled Turtle (now known as Macrochelodina expansa)
Chelodina longicollis - Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Chelodina mccordi - McCord's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina novaeguineae - New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina oblonga - Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina parkeri - Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina reimanni - Reimann's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina siebenrocki - Siebenrock's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelonia mydas -
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydas agassizii - Agassiz's Green Sea Turtle
Chelopus rubida rubida - Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle
Chelus fimbriatus - Matamata
Chelydra serpentina osceola - Florida Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina serpentina -
Common Snapping Turtle
Chersina angulata - Bowsprit Tortoise
Chinemys nigricans - Kwangtung river turtle, Redneck Pond Turtle
Chinemys reevesii - Reeve's Turtle
Chinemys reevesii megalocephala - Chinese Broad-headed Turtle
Chitra chitra - Striped Narrow Headed Soft Shell Turtle
Chitra indica - Narrow-headed Softshelled Turtle
Chitra vandijki - Van Dijk's Chitra
Chrysemys picta bellii - Western Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta dorsalis -
Southern Painted TurtleChrysemys picta marginata -
Midland Painted TurtleChrysemys picta picta - Eastern Painted Turtle
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata -
The Chinese Box Turtle 
Cistoclemmys galbinifrons bourreti - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cistoclemmys galbinifrons galbinifrons - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cistoclemmys galbinifrons picturata - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cistoclemmys serrata - Serrated Box Turtle (species in question)
Claudius angustatus - Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle
Clemmys gutatta - Spotted Turtle
Clemmys insculpta - Wood Turtle (please look under Glyptemys)
Clemmys marmorata - Western Pond Turtle (please look under Actinemys)
Clemmys muhlenbergii - Bog Turtle (please look under Glyptemys)
Cuora amboinensis - Malayan box turtle
Cuora amboinensis amboinensis - Malayan box turtle
Cuora amboinensis couro - Malayan box turtle
Cuora aurocapitata - Golden-headed Box Turtle
Cuora flavomarginata - The Chinese Box Turtle (also known as Cistoclemmys flavomarginata)
Cuora galbinifrons bourreti - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cuora galbinifrons galbinifrons - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cuora galbinifrons picturata - Flowerback Box Turtle
Cuora mccordi - Mccord's Box Turtle
Cuora pani - Pan's Box Turtle
Cuora serrata - Serrated Box Turtle (species in question)
Cuora trifasciata - Golden Coin turtle / Chinese three-striped box turtle
Cuora yunnanensis - Yunnan Box Turtle (extinct)
Cuora zhoui - Zhou's Box Turtle
Cyclanorbis elegans - Nubian Flapshell Turtle
Cyclemys dentata - Asian Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys tcheponensis - Striped-neck Leaf Turtle
Cycloderma frenatum - Zambezi Flapshell Turtle
Cycloderma aubryi - Aubry's Flapshell Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia reticularia - Eastern Chicken Turtle
Dermatemys mawii - Central American River Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dogania subplana - Malayan Softshell Turtle
Elseya branderhorsti - Southern New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya dentata - Northern Australian Snapping Turtle
Elseya novaeguineae - New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya schultzei - Peachy Pink Belly, Northern New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii - Blanding's Turtle
Emydura krefftii - Krefft's River Turtle
Emydura macquarii macquarii - Murray Turtle
Emydura subglobosa - Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
Emydura tanybaraga - Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
Emydura worrelli - Diamond Head Turtle (Also known as Emydura subglobosa worrelli)
Emys blandingii - Blanding's Turtle
Emys orbicularis orbicularis - European Pond Turtle
Emys orbicularis orientalis - Suedkaspi Pond Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata - Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa - Pacific Hawksbill Turtle
Erymnochelys madagascariensis - Madagascan Big-headed Turtle
Geochelone carbonaria - Red-foot Tortoise
Geochelone chilensis - Chaco Tortoise
Geochelone denticulata - Yellow-foot Tortoise
Geochelone elegans - Star Tortoise (Indian)
Geochelone elegans - Star Tortoise (Sri Lankan)
Geochelone gigantea - Aldabran Tortoise
Geochelone nigra - Galapagos Tortoise - Gallery Dedicated to Galapagos Tortoises
Geochelone nigra abingdoni - Abingdon Island Tortoise
Geochelone nigra becki - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra chathamensis - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra darwini - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra duncanensis - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra ephippium - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra hoodensis - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra porteri - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra vandenburghi - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone nigra vicina - Galapagos Tortoise
Geochelone pardalis babcocki - Leopard Tortoise
Geochelone pardalis pardalis - Leopard Tortoise
Geochelone platynota - Burmese Star Tortoise
Geochelone (Astrochelys) radiata - Radiated Tortoise
Geochelone sulcata - African Spurred Tortoise
Geochelone yniphora - Madagascar Ploughshare Tortoise
Geoclemys hamiltoni - Indian Spotted Turtle / Black Pond Turtle
Geoemyda spengleri - Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Geoemyda japonica - Japanese Leaf Turtle
Glyptemys insculpta - Wood Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii - Bog Turtle
Gopherus agassizii - Desert Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri - Texas Tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus - Bolsen Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus - Gopher Tortoise
Graptemys barbouri - Barbour's Map Turtle
Graptemys caglei - Cagle's Map Turtle
Graptemys ernsti - Escambia Bay Map Turtle
Graptemys flavimaculata - Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle
Graptemys geographica - Map Turtle
Graptemys gibbonsi - Pearl River Map Turtle
Graptemys nigrinoda delticola - Southern Black-knob Sawback Map Turtle
Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda - Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Graptemys oculifera - Ringed Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis ouachitensis - Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis sabinensis - Sabine Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica - False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii - Mississippi Map Turtle
Graptemys pulchra - Alabama Map Turtle
Graptemys versa - Texas Map Turtle
Hardella thurjii indi - Crowned River Turtle
Heosemys depressa - Akaran Forest Turtle
Heosemys grandis - Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Heosemys leytensis - Leyte Pond Turtle
Heosemys spinosa - Spiny hill turtle
Hieremys annandalei - Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
Homopus aerolatus - Padloper - Parrot-beak Tortoise
Homopus bergeri - Nama Padloper
Homopus signatus cafer - The Southern Speckled Tortoise
Homopus signatus signatus - The Namaqualand Speckled Tortoise
Hydromedusa tectifera - Argentine Snake-necked Turtle
Indotestudo elongata - Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo forstenii - Forsten's Tortoise
Indotestudo travancorica - Travancore Tortoise
Kachuga dhongoka - Three Striped Roof Turtle
Kachuga smithii -
Brown Roof TurtleKachuga tecta - Indian Roofed Turtle
Kachuga tentoria circumdata - Circled Indian Tent Turtle
Kachuga tentoria flaviventer - Yellow-bellied Tent Turtle
Kachuga tentoria tentoria- Indian Tent Turtle
Kachuga trivittata - Burmese Roofed Turtle
Kinixys belliana belliana - Bell's Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys belliana nogueyi - Western Bell's Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys belliana zombensis – Southeastern Bell's Hingeback
Kinixys erosa - Forest Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys homeana - Home's Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana – Lobatse hingeback
Kinixys spekii - Speke's Hinge-Back Tortoise
Kinosternon acutum - Tabasco Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii - Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon creaseri - Creaser's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens - Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon leucostomum - White-lipped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides - Scorpion Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare - White-throated Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum - Red-Cheeked Mud Turtle
Kinosternon sonoriense sonoriense - Sonoran Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis - Mississippi Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum - Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri - Florida Mud Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii - Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea - Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Leucocephalon yuwonoi - Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Lissemys punctata andersoni - Anderson's Flap-shelled Turtle
Lissemys punctata scutata - Burmese Flap-shelled Turtle
Macrochelodina expansa - Broad-Shelled Turtle (was known as Chelodina expansa)
Macrochelodina parkeri - Parker's Snake-necked Turtle (was known as Chelodina parkeri)
Macrochelys temminckii - Alligator snapping turtle
Malaclemys terrapin centrata - Carolina Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin littoralis - Texas Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota - Ornate Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin pileata - Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin tequesta - Florida East Coast Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin terrapin - Northern Diamondback Terrapin
Malacochersus tornieri - Pancake tortoise
Malayemys
Malayemys subtrijuga - Malayan
Snail-eating Turtle
Manouria emys emys - Burmese Brown Tortoise
Manouria emys phayrei - Burmese Brown Tortoise
Manouria impressa - Impressed Tortoise
Mauremys annamensis - Annam Pond Turtle
Mauremys caspica - Caspian Pond Turtle
Mauremys iversoni - Iverson's Pond Turtle
Mauremys leprosa - Mediterranean Pond Turtle
Mauremys mutica - Asian Yellow Pond Turtle
Mauremys mutica kami - Ryukyu Yellow Pond Turtle
Mauremys pritchardi - Pritchard's Pond Turtle
Mauremys japonica - Japanese Pond Turtle
Melanochelys tricarinata - Tricarinate Hill Turtle, Asian Three-keeled Turtle
Melanochelys trijuga - Indian Black Turtle
Melanochelys trijuga thermalis - Sri Lanka Black Turtle
Mesoclemmys gibba - Gibba turtle
Morenia ocellata - Burmese Eyed Turtle
Morenia petersi - Indian Eyed Turtle
Nilssonia formosa - Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Notochelys platynota - Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
Ocadia glyphistoma - Guangxi Stripe-necked Turtle
Ocadia philippeni - Philippen's Stripe-necked Turtle
Ocadia sinensis - Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle, Golden Thread Turtle
Orlitia borneensis - Malayasin Giant Turtle
Palea steindachneri - Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
Pangshura smithii -
Brown Roof Turtle
Pangshura tecta - Indian Roofed Turtle
Pangshura tentoria circumdata - Circled Indian Tent Turtle
Pangshura tentoria flaviventer - Yellow-bellied Tent Turtle
Pangshura tentoria tentoria- Indian Tent Turtle
Pelochelys bibroni - Asian Giant Softshelled Turtle
Pelochelys cantori - New Guinea Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys signifera
Pelodiscus sinensis - Chinese Softshell Turtle
Pelomedusa subrufa - African Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa subrufa nigra - Black African Helmeted Turtle
Peltocephalus dumeriliana - Big headed Amazon River Turtle
Pelusios bechuanicus - Okavango Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios castaneus - African Mud Turtle
Pelusios niger - West African Black Forest Turtle
Pelusios sinuatus - Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios subniger - East African Black Mud Turtle
Phrynops (see also Batrachemys)
Phrynops geoffroanus - Geoffrory's Side-necked Turtle
Phrynops gibbus - Gibba turtle
Phrynops hilarii - Hilaire's Side-necked Turtle
Phrynops nasutus - Toad-headed Turtle
Phrynops tuberosus
Phrynops williamsi - Williams' South American Side-necked Turtle
Platemys platycephala - Twist-necked Turtle
Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum - Big-headed Turtle
Platysternon megacephalum peguense - Big-headed Turtle
Platysternon megacephalum shui - Big-headed Turtle
Podocnemis erythrocephala - Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis expansa - Giant Amazonian River Turtle
Podocnemis unifilis - Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis vogli - Savanna Side-necked Turtle
Psammobates geometricus - Geometric Tortoise
Psammobates oculiferus - Kalahari Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius tentorius - Karoo Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius trimeni - Namaqualand Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius verroxii - Bushmandland Tent Tortoise
Pseudemys alabamensis - Alabama Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys concinna concinna - Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna gorzugi - Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis - Suwannee River Cooter
Pseudemys floridana - Florida Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni - Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis - Peninsula Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris - Red-bellied Turtle
Pseudemys texana - Texas Cooter
Pyxidea (Cuora)
Pyxidea mouhotii mouhotii - Jagged Shell or Keeled Box Turtle
Pyxidea mouhotii obsti - Jagged Shell or Keeled Box Turtle
Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides - Malagasy Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides brygooi - Malagasy Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides oblonga - Malagasy Spider Tortoise
Pyxis planicauda - Malagasy Flat-tailed Tortoise
Rafetus euphraticus - Mesopotamian Softshell Turtle
Rafetus swinhoei - Shanghai Softshell Turtle
Rheodytes leukops - Fitzroy River Turtle
Rhinoclemmys areolata - Furrowed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys diademata - Diadem Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys funerea - Black Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna - Columbian Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni - Central American Wood Turtle / Painted Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa - Honduran Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys punctularia - Spot-legged Turtle
Rhinoclemmys rubida - Mexican Spotted Wood Turtle* (Now known as Chelopus rubida)
Sacalia bealei - Beal's Eyed Turtle
Sacalia quadriocellata - Four-eyed Turtle
Siebenrockiella crassicollis - Smiling Terrapin, Black Terrapin, Black Mud Turtle, or Malaysian Black Mud Turtle
Staurotypus salvinii - Central American Musk Turtle, Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus triporcatus - Three-keeled Musk Turtle, Giant Musk Turtle, Mexican Cross-breasted Turtle
Sternotherus carinatus - Razorback Musk Turtle
Sternotherus depressus - Flattened Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor minor - Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor peltifer - Stripped-necked Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus - Common Musk Turtle
Terrapene carolina bauri - Florida Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina - Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina mexicana - Mexican Box Turtle
Terrapene
carolina triunguis - Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina major - Gulf Coast Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina yucatana - Yucatan Box Turtle
Terrapene coahuila - Coahuila Box Turtle
Terrapene nelsoni - Mexican Spotted Box Turtle
Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni - Nelson's Mexican Spotted Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata luteola - Desert Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata ornata - Ornate Box Turtle
Testudo graeca anamurensis (also known as T. ibera anamurensis) - Anamur Tortoise
Testudo graeca cyrenicae - Libyan Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca graeca - "Greek" Tortoise
Testudo graeca ibera - Mediterranean Spur Thigh Tortoise / Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca terrestris - Golden Greek Tortoise - Specialty Gallery
Testudo hermanni boettgeri - Hermann's Tortoise (Eastern Race)
Testudo hermanni hermanni - Hermann's Tortoise (Western Race)
Testudo horsfieldii - Russian Tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii horsfieldii - Russian Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni - Egyptian Tortoise
Testudo marginata - Marginated Tortoise
Trachemys decorata - Hispaniola Slider
Trachemys decussata - Cuban Slider
Trachemys gaigeae - Big Bend Slider
Trachemys ornata - Nicaraguan Slider
Trachemys scripta cataspilla - Veracruz Slider
Trachemys scripta chichiriviche - Venezuelan Slider
Trachemys scripta dorbignyi - D'Orbigny's Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans - Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta emolli - Nicaraguan Slider
Trachemys scripta grayi - Guatemalan Slider
Trachemys scripta scripta - Yellow-bellied Slider
Trachemys scripta troosti - Cumberland Slider
Trachemys scripta venusta - Meso-American Slider
Trachemys stejnegeri - Puerto Rican Slider
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