Freshwater Turtles
This section contains the species and subspecies currently documented in Freshwater Turtles.
Carettochelyidae
Pig-nosed turtle — Carettochelys insculpta
Chelidae
Roti Island snake-necked turtle — Chelodina mccordi mccordi
New Guinea snapping turtle — Elseya branderhorsti
Western New Guinea stream turtle — Elseya novaeguineae
Chelydridae
Common snapping turtle — Chelydra serpentina
Alligator snapping turtle — Macrochelys temminckii
Emydidae
Spotted turtle — Clemmys guttata
Cagle’s map turtle — Graptemys caglei
Ouachita map turtle — Graptemys ouachitensis
Texas map turtle — Graptemys versa
Texas diamondback terrapin — Malaclemys terrapin littoralis
Eastern river cooter — Pseudemys concinna concinna
Rio Grande cooter — Pseudemys gorzugi
Texas cooter — Pseudemys texana
Mexican box turtle — Terrapene carolina mexicana
Coahuilan box turtle — Terrapene coahuila
Red-eared slider — Trachemys scripta elegans
Meso-American slider — Trachemys venusta venusta
Geoemydidae
Southern river terrapin — Batagur affinis affinis
Southern river terrapin — Batagur affinis edwardmolli
Northern terrapin — Batagur baska
Painted terrapin — Batagur borneoensis
Burmese roofed turtle — Batagur trivittata
Moluccan box turtle — Cuora amboinensis amboinensis
Bourret’s box turtle — Cuora bourreti
Indo-Malayan box turtle — Cuora couro couro
Indo-Malayan box turtle — Cuora couro kamaroma
Snake-eating turtle — Cuora flavomarginata flavomarginata
Indochinese box turtle — Cuora galbinifrons
Keeled box turtle — Cuora mouhotii mouhotii
Keeled box turtle — Cuora mouhotii obsti
South Vietnam box turtle — Cuora picturata
Chinese three-striped box turtle — Cuora trifasciata trifasciata
Asian leaf turtle — Cyclemys dentata
Oldham’s leaf turtle — Cyclemys oldhami
Black pond turtle — Geoclemys hamiltonii
Black-breasted leaf turtle — Geoemyda spengleri
Yellow-headed temple turtle — Heosemys annandalii
Arakan forest turtle — Heosemys depressa
Giant Asian pond turtle — Heosemys grandis
Spiny turtle — Heosemys spinosa
Sulawesi forest turtle — Leucocephalon yuwonoi
Khorat snail-eating turtle — Malayemys khoratensis
Mekong snail-eating turtle — Malayemys subtrijuga
Annam leaf turtle — Mauremys annamensis
Yellow pond turtle — Mauremys mutica mutica
Reeves’ turtle — Mauremys reevesii
Chinese stripe-necked turtle — Mauremys sinensis
Indian black turtle — Melanochelys trijuga parkeri
Malayan flat-shelled turtle — Notochelys platynota
Malaysian giant turtle — Orlitia borneensis
Philippine pond turtle — Siebenrockiella leytensis
Kinosternidae
Oaxaca mud turtle — Kinosternon oaxacae
Narrow-bridged musk turtle — Staurotypus triporcatus
Common musk turtle — Sternotherus odoratus
Podocnemididae
Madagascan big-headed turtle — Erymnochelys madagascariensis
Arrau river turtle — Podocnemis expansa
Savanna side-necked turtle — Podocnemis vogli
Trionychidae
Asiatic softshell turtle — Amyda cartilaginea cartilaginea
Ornate softshell turtle — Amyda ornata phayrei
Spiny softshell turtle — Apalone spinifera guadalupensis
Spiny softshell turtle — Apalone spinifera pallida
Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle — Chitra chitra chitra
Malayan softshell turtle — Dogania subplana
Sri Lankan flapshell turtle — Lissemys ceylonensis
Burmese flapshell turtle — Lissemys scutata