Freshwater Turtles

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

Mata mata — Chelus fimbriatus

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

Asian giant softshell turtle — Pelochelys cantorii

Chinese softshell turtle — Pelodiscus sinensis