Complete List of All Turtle Species


How Many Species of Turtles are There ?

This is a compete list of all the turtle species that exist at the moment, the list is ordered alphabetically, and also contains the family to which the species belongs, their common name and the location where they can be found.

Tip: If you are on a computer and you are searching for a specific species you can press Ctrl / Cmd  and the the key F to bring up the search bar.

This following taxonomic classification of families and species is structured after the IUCN ” Turtles of the World” checklist ( Rhodin, VAn Dijk, and Parham 2008 ), with modifications based on Ernest and Bourbour ( 1989 ); Ernest; Lovich, and Barbour ( 1994 ): Bonin, Deuvaux, and Dupre ( 2006 ); and Buhlmann, Tuberville, and Gibbons ( 2008 ); and Ernst and Lovich ( 2009 ).

FamilySpeciesCommon Name
General Location
ChelidaeAcanthochelys
macrocephala
Pantanal swamp turtle
South America
ChelidaeAcanthochelys
pallidipectoris
Chaco swamp turtle
South America
ChelidaeAcanthochelys
radiolata
Coastal swamp turtle
South America
Chelidae
Acanthochelys
spixii
Spix’s swamp turtle
South America
TestudinidaeActinemys marmorata
Pacific pond turtle
North America
TestudinidaeAgrionemys
horsfieldii
Horsfield’s tortoise
Asia
TestudinidaeAldabrachelys arnoldi
Arnold’s tortoiseSeychelles Islands
Testudinidae
Aldabrachelys dussumieri
Giant Aldabra tortoise
Seychelles Islands
Testudinidae
Aldabrachelys hololissa
Holoissa tortoise
Seychelles Islands
TrionychidaeAmyda cartilagineaAsiatic softshell turtle
Southeast Asia, India
TrionychidaeApalone ferox
Florida softshell turtle
North America
TrionychidaeApalone mutica
Smooth softshell turtle
North America
TrionychidaeApalone spinifera
Spiny softshell turtle
North America
TrionychidaeAspideretes gangeticus
Indian softshell turtle
India
TrionychidaeAspideretes hurum
Indian peacock softshell turtle
India, Nepal
TrionychidaeAspideretes leithii
Leith softshell turtle
India
TrionychidaeAspideretes nigricans
Black softshell turtle
India, Bangladesh
Testudinidae
Astrochelys radiata
Radiated tortoise
Madagascar
TestudinidaeAstrochelys yniphora
Ploughshare tortoiseMadagascar
GeoemydidaeBatagur affinis
Southern mangrove terrapin
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeBatagur baska
Mangrove terrapin
India
ChelidaeBatrachemys dahli
Dahl’s toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBatrachemys
heliostemma
Yellow toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBatrachemys nasutus
Guianan toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBatrachemys ranicepsAmazon toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBatrachemys
tuberculatus
Tuberculate toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBatrachemys zuliae
Zulia toad-headed turtle
South America
ChelidaeBufocephala
vanderhaegei
Vanderhage’s toad-headed turtle
South America
GeoemydidaeCallagur borneoensis
Painted terrapin
Southeast Asia
CheloniidaeCaretta caretta
Loggerhead sea turtle
Pantropical and temperate oceans
Carettochelyidae   
Carettochelys insculpta
Pig-nosed turtle
Australia, New Guinea
TestudinidaeCentrochely  sulcata
African spurred tortoise
Africa
ChelidaeChelodina longicollis
Easternlong-necked turtle
Australia
ChelidaeChelodina canni
Cann’s long-necked turtle
Australia
ChelidaeChelodina mccordi
Rote Island long-necked turtle
Indonesia
ChelidaeChelodina novaeguineae
New Guinea snake-necked turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeChelodina pritchardi
Pritchard’s long necked turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeChelodina reimanni
Reimann’s snake-necked turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeChelodina steindachneriSteindachner’s snake-necked turtle
Australia
CheloniidaeChelonia mydas
Green sea turtle
Tropical to temperate seas
TestudinidaeChelonidis carbonaria
Red-footed tortoise
South America
TestudinidaeChelonidis chilensis
Patagonian tortoise
South America
TestudinidaeChelonoidis
denticulata   
Yellowfoot tortoise
South America
TestudinidaeChelonoidis nigra
Galapagos giant tortoise
South America
TestudinidaeChelonoidis petersi
Chaco tortoise
South America
ChelidaeChelus fimbriata
MatamataSouth America
ChelydridaeChelydra acutirostris
South American snapping turtle
Central and South America
ChelydridaeChelydra rossignonii
Central American snapping turtle
Central America
ChelydridaeChelydra serpentina
Common snapping turtle
North America
TestudinidaeChersina angulata
Angulated tortoise
Africa
GeoemydidaeChinemys nigricans
Red-necked pond turtle
Asia
GeoemydidaeChinemys reevesii
Reeve’s turtle
Asia
TrionychidaeChitra chitra
SE Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Southeast Asia
TrionychidaeChitra indica
Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
TrionychidaeChitra vandijki
Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle
Myanmar
EmydidaeChrysemys picta
Painted turtle
North America
KinosternidaeClaudius angustatus
Narrow-bridged turtle
Mexico, Central America
EmydidaeClemmys guttata
Spotted turtle
North America
GeoemydidaeCuora amboinensis
SE Asian box turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCuora aurocapitata
Yellow-headed box turtle
China
GeoemydidaeCuora favomarginata
Common yellow-margined box turtle
China , Japan
GeoemydidaeCuora galbinifrons
Indochinese box turte
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCuora mccordi
McCord’s box turtle
China
GeoemydidaeCuora pani
Pan’s box turtleChina
GeoemydidaeCuora trifasciata
Chinese three-striped box turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCuora yunnanensis
Yunnan box turtle
China
GeoemydidaeCuora zhoui
Zhou’s box turtle
China
TrionychidaeCyclanorbis elegans
Nubian flap-shelled turtle
Africa
TrionychidaeCyclanorbis senegalensis
Senegal flap-shelled turtle
Africa
GeoemydidaeCyclemys atripons
Black-bridged leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys dentata
Asian leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys enigmatica
Enigmatic leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys fusca
Dusky leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys gemeliGemel leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys ovataBorneo leaf turtle
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeCyclemys oldhami
Oldham’s leaf turtle
Asia
TrionychidaeCycloderma aubryi
Aubry’s flap-shelled turtle
Africa
TrionychidaeCycloderma frenatum
Zambezi flap-shelled turtle
Africa
EmydidaeDeirochelys reticularia
Chicken turtle
North America
DermatemydidaeDermatemys mawii
Central American river turtle
Mexico, Central America
DermochelyidaeDermochelys coriacea
Leatherback sea turtle
World’s oceans
TrionychidaeDogania subplana
Malayan softshell turtle
Southeast Asia
ChelidaeElseya albagula
Southern snapping turtle
Australia
Chelidae
Elseya bellii
Bell’s saw-shelled turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya branderhorsti
Southern New Guinea snapping turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeElseya dentata
Northern snapping turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya georgesi
Bellingger river turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya irwini
Irwin’s turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya jukesi
Jukes’ snapping turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya latisternumSaw-shelled turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya lavarackorum
Lavarackor’s snapping turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElseya novaeguineae
New Guinea snapping turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeElseya purvisi
Manning River turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElsya schultzei
Schultz’s snapping turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeElsya strilingiStirling’s snapping turtle
Australia
ChelidaeElusor macrurus
Mary River turtle
Australia
EmydidaeEmydoidea blandingii
Blanding’s turtle
North America
ChelidaeEmydura australis
Australian big-headed turtle
Australia
ChelidaeEmydura macquarii
Murray River turtle
Australia
ChelidaeEmydura subglobosa
Red-bellied short-necked turtle
New Guinea
ChelidaeEmydura tanybaraga
Yellow-faced turtle
Australia
ChelidaeEmydura victoriae
Northern red-faced turtle
Australia
EmydidaeEmys orbicularis
Common European pond turtleEurope, Africa, Middle East
EmydidaeEmys trinacris
Sicilian pond turtle
Europe
CheloniidaeEretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
Tropical totemperate seas
PodocnemidaeErymnochelys madagascariensis
Madagascar big-headed turtle
Madagascar
TestudinidaeGeochelone elegans
Indian star tortoise
Asia
TestudinidaeGeochelone platynota
Burmese starred tortoise
Asia
GeoemydidaeGeoclemys hamiltonii
Spotted pond turtleAsia
GeoemydidaeGeoemyda japonica
Ryukyu leaf turtle
Japan
GeoemydidaeGeoemyda spengleri
Black-breasted leaf Turtle
Southeast Asia
EmydidaeGlyptemys insculptaWood turtle
North America
EmydidaeGlyptemys muhlenbergii
Bog turtle
North America
TestudinidaeGopherus agassizii
Desert tortoise
North America
TestudinidaeGopherus berlandieri
Texas tortoise
North America
TestudinidaeGopherus flavomarginatus
Mexican giant gopher tortoise
Mexico
TestudinidaeGopherus polyphemus
Gopher tortoise
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys barbouri
Barbour’s map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys caglei
Cagle’s map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys ernsti
Ernst’s map turtle
North America
Emydidae
Graptemys flavimaculataYellow-blotched map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys geographica
Common map turtle
North America, Canada
EmydidaeGraptemys gibbonsi
Gibbons’ map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys nigrinoda
Black-nobbed map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys oculifera
Ringed map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys ouachitensis
Ouachita map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys pseudogeographica
False map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys pulchra
Alabama map turtle
North America
EmydidaeGraptemys versa
Texas map turtle
North America
GeoemydidaeHardella thurjii
Crowned river turtle
Asia
GeoemydidaeHeosemys depressa
Arakan forest turtle
Asia
Geoemydidae
Heosemys grandisGiant Asian pond turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeHeosemys spinsosaSpiny turtel
Southeast Asia
GeoemydidaeHieremys annandaliiYellow-headed temple turtleSoutheast Asia
TestudinidaeHomopus areolatusBeaked Cape tortoiseAfrica
TestudinidaeHomopus boulengeriBoulenger’ padloperAfrica
TestudinidaeHomopus femoralisKaroo Cape tortoiseAfrica
TestudinidaeHomopus signatusSpeckled Cape tortoiseAfrica
TestudinidaeHomopus solusNama Cape tortoiseAfrica
ChelidaeHydromedusa maximilianiBrazilian snake-necked turtleSouth America
ChelidaeHydromedusa tectiferaSouth American snake-necked turtleSouth America
TestudinidaeIndotestudo elongataElongated tortoiseAsia
TestudinidaeIndotestudo forteniiForsten’ tortoiseIndonesia
TestudinidaeIndotestudo travancoricaTravancore tortoiseIndia
GeoemydidaeKachuga dhongokaThree-striped roof turtleAsia
eoemydidaeKachuga kachugaRed-crowned roof turtleAsia
GeoemydidaeKachuga trivittataBurmese roof turtleAsia
TestudinidaeKinixys bellianaBell’s eastern hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Kinixys erosaSerrated hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Kinixys homeanaHome’s hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Kinixys lobatsianaLobatse hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Kinixys natalensisNatal hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Kinixys spekiiSpeke’s hinge-back tortoiseAfrica
KinosternidaeKinosternon acutumTabasco mud turtleMexico,Central America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon alamosaeAlamos mud tgurtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon angustiponsNarrow-bridged mud turtleCentral America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon arizonenseArizona mud turtleNorth America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon bauriiStriped mud turtleNorth America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon chimalhuacaJalisco mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon creaseriCreaser’s mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon dunniDunn’s mud turtleSouth America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon durangoenseDurango mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon flavescensYellow mud turtleNorth America,Mexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon herreraiHerrera’s mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon hiriptipesMexican rough-footed mud turtleNorth America,Mexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon integrumMexican mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon leucostomumWhite-lipped mud turtleMexico,Central and South America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon oaxacaeOaxaca mud turtleMexico
Kinosternidae Kinosternon scorpioidesScorpion mud turtleMexico,Central and South America
Kinosternidae Kinosternon sonoriense
Sonoran mud turtleNorth America,Mexico
Kinosternidae
Kinosternon subrubrumEastern mud turtleNorth America

Cheloniidae
Lepidochelys kempiiKemp’s ridley sea turtleNorth America Atlantic Ocean and Gulf
Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivaceaOlive ridley sea turtleSouth Atlantic,Pacific,Indian oceans
GeoemydidaeLeucocephalon yuwonoiSulawesi forest turtleIndonesia

Trionychidae
Lissemys punctata
Indian flapshell turtleIndia


Trionychidae
Lissemys scutataBurmese flap-shelled turtlrAsia
ChelidaeMacrochelodina burrungandjiiArnhem Land snake-necked turtleAustralia
ChelidaeMacrochelodina expansaBroad-shelled snake-necked turtleAustralia
ChelidaeMacrochelodina kuchlingiKuchling’s long-necked turtleAustralia
ChelidaeMacrochelodina parkeriParker’s long-necked turtleNew Guinea
ChelidaeMacrochelodina rugosaNorthern snaked-necked turtleAustralia, New Guinea
ChelidTestudinidaeaeMacrochelodina walloyarrinaKimberley long-necked turtleAustralia
ChelydridaeMacrochelysAlligator snapping turtleNorth America
ChelidaeMacrodiremys oblongaNarrow-brested snake-neccked turtleAustralia
EmydidaeMalacemys terrapinDiamondback terrapinNorth America
TestudinidaeMalacocbersusAfrican pancake tortoiseAfrica
GeoemydidaeMalayemys macrocepbalsaMalayan snail-eating turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeMalayemys subtrijugaMekong snail-eating turtleSoutheast Asia
TestudinidaeManouria emysAsian brown tortoiseSoutheast Asia
TestudinidaeManouria impressaImpressed tortoiseSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeMauremys annamensisJapanese pond turtle nnam pond turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeMauremys caspicaCaspian terrapinAfrica, Asia
GeoemydidaeMauremys japonicaJapanese pond turtleJapan
Geoemydidae Mauremys leprosaSpanish terrapinEurope,Africa
Geoemydidae Mauremys muticaYallow pond turtleSoutheast Asia
Geoemydidae Mauremys rivulataEastern Mediterranean pond turtleEurope,Middle East
GeoemydidaeMelanochelys tricarinataTricarinate hill turtleAsia
GeoemydidaeMelanochelys trijugaIndian black turtleAsia
ChelidaeMesoclemmys gibbaCommon toad-headed turtleSouth America
ChelidaeMesoclemmys perplexaBrazilian toad-headed turtleSouth America
GeoemydidaeMorenia ocellataBurmese eyed turtleAsia
GeoemydidaeMorenia petersiIndian eyed turtleAsia
CheloniidaeNatator depressusFlatback sea turtleAustralia
TrionychidadeNilssonia formosaBurmese peacock softshell turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeNotochelys platynotaMalaysian flat-shelled turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeOcadia sinensisChinese stripe-necked turtleSoutheast Asia
GeoemydidaeOrlitia borneensisMalayan giant river turtleSoutheast Asia
TrionychidaePalea steindachneriWattle-neckedshell turtleSoutheast Asia
GeomydidadePangshura lentoriaIndian tent turtleAsia
GeomydidaePangshura smithiiBrown roofed
turtle
India
GeomydidaePangshura sylhetensisAssam roofed turlteAsia
GeomydidaePangshura tectaIndian roofed turtleAsia
TrionychidaePelochelys bibroniNew Guinea giant softshell turtleNew Guinea
TrionychidaePelochelys cantoriiAsian giant softshell turteIndia, Southeast Asia
Trionychidae Pelochelys signiferaWebb’s giant softshell turtleNew Guinea
TrionychidaePelodiscus axenaria Hunan softshell tutleChina
TrionychidaePelodiscus maackiiAmur softshell turtleChina
TrionychidaePelodiscus parviformisSouthern Chinese softshell turtleChina
TrionychidaePelodiscus sinensisChinese softshell turtleChina
PelomedusidaePelomedusa subrufaCommon African helmeted turtleAfrica
PodocnemidaePeltocephalus dumerilisnusDumeril’s big-headed river turtleSouth America
PelomedusidaePelusios adansoniiAdanson’s mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios bechuanicusOkavango mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios broadleyuLake Turkana mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios carinatusAfrican keeled mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios castaneusWest African mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios castanoidesEast African yellow-bellied mud turtleAfrica Seychelles, Madagascar
PelomedusidaePelusios chapiniChapin’s mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios cupulattaCupulatta’s mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios gabonensisAfrican forest turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios marani Maran’s sideneck turtle Africa
PelomedusidaePelusios nanusAfrican dwarf mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePrludiod nigerWest African black turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios rhodesianusVariable mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios sinuatusEast African serrated mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios subnigerEast African black mud turtleAfrica
PelomedusidaePelusios upembaeUpemba mud turtleAfrica, Seychelles, Madagascar

Pelomedusidae
Pelusios williamsiWilililiam’s mud turtleAfrica
ChelidaePhrynops geoffroanusGeoffrony’s side-necked turtleSouth America
ChelidaePhrynops hilariiSpot-bellied toad-headed turtleSouth America
ChelidaePhrynops tuberosusNorthern toad-headed turtle South America
Chelidae Phrynops williamisiWilliam’s toad-heade turtle South America
ChelidaePlatemys platycephalaTwist-necked turtle South America
PlatysternidaePlatysternon megacephalumBig-heade turtleSoutheast Asia
PodocnemidaePodocnemis erythrocephalaRed-heade Amazon River turtle South America
PodocnemidaePodocnemis expansaArrau river turtle South America
PodocnemidaePodocnemis lewyanaMagdalena River turtle South America
PodocnemidaePodocnemis sextuberculataSix-tubercled river turtle South America
PodocnemidaePodocnemis unifilisYellow-sotted river turtle South America
PodocnemidaePodocnemis vogliSavanna side-necked turtle South America
TestudinidaePsammobates geometricusGeometric tortoiseAfrica
Testudinidae Psammobates oculiferSerrated tortoise Africa
TestudinidaePsammobates tentoriusSouth African tent tortoise Africa
ChelidaePseudemydura umbrinaWestern swamp turtleAustralia
EmydidaePseudemys alabamensisAlabama red-bellied cooterNorth America
Emydidae Pseudemys concinnaRiver cooterNorth America
Emydidae Pseudemys floridanaPond cooter North America
Emydidae Pseudemys gorzugiRio Grande cooter North America, Mexico
Emydidae Pseudemys nelsoniFlorida red-bellied cooter North America
Emydidae
Pseudemys rubriventris
Northern red-bellied cooter North America
EmydidaePseudemys texanaTexas cooter North America
GeoemydidaePyxidea mouhotiiKeeled box turtleSoutheast Asia
TestudinidaePyxis arachnoidesCommon spider tortoiseMadagascar
TestudinidaePyxis planicaudaFlat-shelled spider tortoiseMadagascar
TrionychidaeRafetus euphraticusEuphrates softshell turtleMiddle East
TrionychidaeRafetus swinhoeiYangtze softshell turtleChina
ChelidaeRanacephala hogeiHoge’s toad-headed turtleSouth America

Chelidae
Rheodytes leukopsFitzroy River turtle
Australia

Chelidae

Rheodytes rufapes

Red toad-headed turtle

South America

Geomydidae
Rhinoclemmys annulataBrown wood turtleCentral and south America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys areolata
Furrowed wood turtle
Mexico, Central America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys diademata
Maracaibo wood turtleSouth America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys funerea
Black wood turtleCentral America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys melanosterna
Colombian wood turtle

Central America South America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys nasuta
Large-nose wood turtleSouth America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Painted wood turtleMexico, Central America

Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys punctularia
Spot-legged wood turtle South America


Geomydidae

Rhinoclemmys rubiada
Mexican spotted wood turtleMexico

Geomydidae
Sacalia bealeiBeale’s eyed-turtle
Southeast Asia

Geomydidae
Sacalia quadricellataFour-eyed turtle
Southeast Asia

Geomydidae
Siebenrockiella craissicollisBlack marsh turtleSoutheast Asia

Geomydidae

Siebenrockiella leytensis
Philippine pond turtlePhilippines
KinosternidaeStaurotypus salviniiPacific Coast giant musk turtle
Mexico, Central America

Kinosternidae

Staurotypus triporcatus
Mexican giant musk turtleMexico, Central America

Kinosternidae
Sternotherus carinatusRaor-back musk turtle
North America

Kinosternidae

Sternotherus depressus
Flattend musk turtle
North America

Kinosternidae

Sternotherus minor
Loggerhead musk turtle
North America

Kinosternidae

Sternotherus odoratus
Common musk turtle
North America
TestunididaeStigmochelys pardalisLeopard tortoiseAfrica
Emydidae
Terrapene carolina
Common box turtleNorth America

Emydidae

Terrapene coahuila
Coahuila box turtle

Mexico

Emydidae

Terrapene nelsoni
Southern spotted box turtleMexico

Emydidae
Terrapene ornataOrnate box turtle
North America

Testunididae

Testudo graeca
Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoiseAfrica, Europe

Testunididae

Testudo harmanni
Hermann’s tortoiseEurope

Testunididae

Testudo kazachstanica
Kazachstan steppe tortoiseAsia

Testunididae

Testudo kleinmanni
Klenmann’s tortoiseAfrica

Testunididae

Testudo marginata
Marginaed tortoiseEurope

Testunididae
Testudo rustamoviTurkmenian stepped tortoise
Asia

Emydidae

Trachemys adiutrix
Brazilian slider turtle
South American

Emydidae

Trachemys callirostris
Colombian slider turtle
South American

Emydidae

Trachemys decorata
Hispaniolan slider turtle
Caribbean

Emydidae

Trachemys decussata
Cuban slider turtle

Caribbean

Emydidae

Trachemys dorbigni
Orbigny’s slider turtle
South American

Emydidae

Trachemys emolli
Nicaraguan slider turtleCentral America
Emydidae
Trachemys gaigeae
Plateau slider turtle
North America, Mexico

Emydidae

Trachemys nebulosa
Northweast Mexican slider turtle
North America, Mexico

Emydidae

Trachemys ornata
Ornate slider turtleMexico, Central and South America

Emydidae

Trachemys scripta
Slider turtleNorth America
Emydidae
Trachemys stejnegeri
Central Antillean slider Turtle
Caribbean
EmydidaeTrachemys tayloriCuatro Cienegas slider turtleMexico
EmydidaeTrachemys terrapenJamaican slider turtleCaribbean
EmydidaeTrachemys ventusaMeso-american slider turtleMexico, Central America
EmydidaeTrachemys yaquiaYaqui slider turtleMexico
TrinychidaeTrionyx triuguisNile softshell turtleAfrica, Middle East
GeomydidaeVijayachelys silvaticaCochin cane forest turtleIndia

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