World Chelonian Trust Turtle and Tortoise Care Sheets

Turtle and Tortoise Care Sheets Organized by Species Name (below)

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Turtle and Tortoise Care Sheets Organized by Common Name

Sexually Differentiating Male and Female - by Species

Turtle and Tortoise Care Sheets Organized by Common Name

For assistance in determining the proper name to call up below a table listing the names of many species in Spanish, English and Taxonomic designation is presented here. Spanish, English and Taxonomic Designation Reference Table

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Apalone ferox La tortue molle de Floride. Par Vincent NOËL

Geochelone (Astrochelys) radiata - Radiated Tortoises - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke ,

Chelus fimbriatus – Mata Mata - Ben Forrest , ( Mendoza)

Chelodina longicollis - Eastern Long Neck Turtle - - Scott Thomson

Chelydra serpentina - Snapping Turtles - Darrell Senneke , , , ( Mendoza) ,

Chersina angulata - Angulate Tortoises - Misty Corton

Chinemys reevesii - Reeve's Turtle – Darrell Senneke , , , ,

Chinemys nigricans - Kwangtung River Turtle - Darrell Senneke , ,

Chrysemys picta - Painted Turtles - Darrell Senneke , ,

Cistoclemmys galbinifrons – The Flowerback Box Turtle – Sharon Chancellor ,

Clemmys guttata - Spotted Turtles - Darrell Senneke and Andy Snider (Curator of Reptiles - Detroit Zoo) , , ,

Clemmys insculpta - Wood Turtle Hatchling Care - Darrell Senneke ,

Cuora amboinensis – Malayan Box Turtle - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM , ,

Cuora galbinifrons – The Flowerback Box Turtle – Sharon Chancellor ,

Cuora galbinifrons: A humbling experience - Sharon Chancellor

Cuora galbinifrons Update - Sharon Chancellor

Cyclemys - Asian Leaf Turtles© - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke , ,

Geochelone carbonaria - Red-foot Tortoises - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM , ,

Geochelone chilensis - Chaco Tortoise - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke ,

Geochelone denticulata - Yellow-foot Tortoises – Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke , ,

Geochelone elegans - Star Tortoise - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke , , , , ,

Geochelone pardalis - Leopard Tortoises – Misty Corton

Geochelone pardalis - Leopard Tortoises - Darrell Senneke , ,

Geochelone (Astrochelys) radiata - Radiated Tortoises - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke,

Geochelone sulcata - African Spurred Tortoises - Darrell Senneke , , ,

Geoemyda spengleri - Black-breasted Leaf Turtle – Paula Morris and Chris Tabaka DVM ,

Glyptemys insculpta - Wood Turtle Hatchling Care - Darrell Senneke , ,

Gopherus agassizii - Desert Tortoises - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke

Gopherus berlandieri - Texas Tortoise - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM

Gopherus polyphemus - Gopher Tortoise - Darrell Senneke, Sharon Chancellor and Chris Tabaka DVM

Graptemys - Map Turtles - Darrell Senneke , , ,

Heosemys spinosa - Spiny Turtles - Dennis W. Herman ,

Homopus - Padloper Tortoises – Misty Corton

Homopus areolatus - Common Padloper – Victor Loehr

Homopus s. signatus - Namaqualand Speckled Padloper - Victor Loehr

Indotestudo elongata - Elongated Tortoises Hatchling Care Sheet - Darrell Senneke

Indotestudo elongata - Elongated Tortoises - Darrell Senneke

Indotestudo forstenii ^© - Forsten’s Tortoise – Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM ,

Kinixys - Hinged Tortoises – Misty Corton

Kinosternon - Mud Turtles - Darrell Senneke , , ,

Macrochelys temminckii - La tortuga aligator o tortuga caimán - Jesús Mendoza (Spanish only)

Malaclemys terrapin - Diamondback terrapins Care – Jonathan Helms , ,

Malacochersus tornieri - Pancake Tortoises - Paula Morris

Manouria emys - Burmese Mountain Tortoises - Glen Jacobsen and Chris Tabaka DVM

Ocadia sinensis - Chinese Striped-neck turtle - Darrell Senneke , ,

Podocnemis unifilis - Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle Care - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM , ,

Psammobates - Geometric and Tent Tortoises – Misty Corton

Pseudemys - Cooter and Redbelly Turtles - Darrell Senneke , ,

Pyxis planicauda - Flat-tailed Tortoise – Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM , ,

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima - Ornate Wood Turtle – Lisa Weiss, ,

Sternotherus - Musk Turtles - Darrell Senneke , , ,

Terrapene - North American Box Turtles , ,

Terrapene - North American Box Turtles - Steve Zuppa

Testudo graeca ibera / Testudo ibera - Mediterranean Spur Thigh "Greek" Tortoises - Darrell Senneke

Testudo graeca terrestris - “Golden Greek” Tortoise - Darrell Senneke , , ,

Testudo hermanni - Hermann’s Tortoises - Darrell Senneke ,

Testudo (Agrionemys) horsfieldii - Russian Tortoises - - Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM , , ,

Testudo kleinmanni - Egyptian tortoise - Chris Tabaka DVM and Darrell Senneke ,

Testudo marginata (Schoepff, 1792) The Marginated Tortoise - Lisa Weiss , ,

Trachemys scripta - Sliders - Darrell Senneke , , , , , ,

Trionychidae - Soft-shelled Turtles - Darrell Senneke , , , ,

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