Turtle Species
A growing catalog of every living turtle species, built on observation data.
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus
Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene triunguis
Spiny Softshell
Apalone spinifera
Northern Map Turtle
Graptemys geographica
River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna
Blanding's Turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin
Florida Softshell Turtle
Apalone ferox
Eastern Musk Turtle
Sternotherus odoratus
European Pond Turtle
Emys orbicularis
Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo hermanni
Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata
Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca
Northern Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys rubriventris
Leopard Tortoise
Stigmochelys pardalis
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys nelsoni
Angulate Tortoise
Chersina angulata
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorata
Eastern Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
Texas Cooter
Pseudemys texana
Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
Eastern Short-necked Turtle
Emydura macquarii
Common thread turtle
Mauremys sinensis
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata
Red-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius
Mediterranean Turtle
Mauremys leprosa
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis niger
Texas Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina longicollis
Wood Turtle
Glyptemys insculpta
Mesoamerican Slider
Trachemys venusta
False Map Turtle
Graptemys pseudogeographica
African Spurred Tortoise
Centrochelys sulcata
Mojave Desert Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii
Mexican Mud Turtle
Kinosternon integrum
Striped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon baurii
Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle
Phrynops hilarii
Marginated Tortoise
Testudo marginata
Yellow-headed Sideneck
Podocnemis unifilis
Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle
Myuchelys latisternum
Western Caspian Turtle
Mauremys rivulata
Black-bellied Slider
Trachemys dorbigni
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai
Brazilian Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis denticulatus
White-lipped Mud Turtle
Kinosternon leucostomum
Ouachita Map Turtle
Graptemys ouachitensis
Chinese Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus sinensis
Indian Black Turtle
Melanochelys trijuga
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios sinuatus
Afghan Tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii
Black River Turtle
Rhinoclemmys funerea
Chinese Pond Turtle
Mauremys reevesii
Yellow Mud Turtle
Kinosternon flavescens
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea
Cape Terrapin
Pelomedusa galeata
Indian Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys punctata
Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Homopus areolatus
Coastal Plain Cooter
Pseudemys floridana
Southwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys pallida
Furrowed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys areolata
Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle
Phrynops geoffroanus
Nicaraguan Slider
Trachemys grayi
Painted Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Sunda Box Turtle
Cuora couro
Ornate Slider
Trachemys ornata
Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia
Razor-backed Musk Turtle
Sternotherus carinatus
Sonoran Mud Turtle
Kinosternon sonoriense
Central Antillean slider
Trachemys stejnegeri
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa subrufa
Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
Heosemys annandalii
Yellow Pond Turtle
Mauremys mutica
Texas Map Turtle
Graptemys versa
South American slider
Trachemys callirostris
Rio Grande Cooter
Pseudemys gorzugi
Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys spekii
Scorpion Mud Turtle
Kinosternon scorpioides
Radiated Tortoise
Astrochelys radiata
Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone elegans
Stripe-necked Musk Turtle
Sternotherus peltifer
White-throated Mud Turtle
Kinosternon albogulare
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Sternotherus minor
Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina oblonga
Giant South American Turtle
Podocnemis expansa
Red-cheeked Mud Turtle
Kinosternon cruentatum
Nazas Slider
Trachemys hartwegi
Malayan Snail-eating Turtle
Malayemys macrocephala
Southern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys dorsalis
Chinese Box Turtle
Cuora flavomarginata
Caspian Turtle
Mauremys caspica
Smooth Softshell
Apalone mutica
Eastern Hinged-Back Tortoise
Kinixys zombensis
South American Snapping Turtle
Chelydra acutirostris
Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo elongata
Broad-shelled Turtle
Chelodina expansa
Big Bend Slider
Trachemys gaigeae
Chaco Tortoise
Chelonoidis chilensis
Williams' Side-necked Turtle
Phrynops williamsi
Spiny Terrapin
Heosemys spinosa
Chihuahuan Mud Turtle
Kinosternon hirtipes
Pig-nosed Turtle
Carettochelys insculpta
Amur Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus maackii
Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius
Savanna Side-necked Turtle
Podocnemis vogli
South-American Snake-headed Turtle
Hydromedusa tectifera
Brown Land Turtle
Rhinoclemmys annulata
Malayan Softshell Turtle
Dogania subplana
Colombian Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys melanosterna
Spotted-legged Turtle
Rhinoclemmys punctularia
Asian Forest Tortoise
Manouria emys
Ganges Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia gangetica
Cuban Slider
Trachemys decussata
Japanese pond turtle
Mauremys japonica
Intermediate Musk Turtle
Sternotherus intermedius
Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Heosemys grandis
Matamata
Chelus fimbriata
Twist-neck Turtle
Platemys platycephala
Cagle's Map Turtle
Graptemys caglei
Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana
Southeast Asian Softshell Turtle
Amyda cartilaginea
Alabama Map Turtle
Graptemys pulchra
big-headed turtle
Platysternon megacephalum
Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides
Indian Roofed Turtle
Pangshura tecta
Mexican Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus triporcatus
Ringed Map Turtle
Graptemys oculifera
Mexican Spotted Terrapin
Rhinoclemmys rubida
Black Marsh Turtle
Siebenrockiella crassicollis
Sabine Map Turtle
Graptemys sabinensis
African Softshell Turtle
Trionyx triunguis
Serrated Tortoise
Psammobates oculifer
Creaser's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon creaseri
Sri Lankan Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys ceylonensis
Oldham’s Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys oldhamii
Philippine Box Turtle
Cuora philippinensis
Gibba Toad-headed Turtle
Mesoclemmys gibba
Asian Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys dentata
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Graptemys nigrinoda
Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
Notochelys platynota
Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
Gopherus evgoodei
Flatback Sea Turtle
Natator depressus
Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
Emydura subglobosa
Indian Tent Turtle
Pangshura tentoria
Herrera's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon herrerai
Barbour's Map Turtle
Graptemys barbouri
Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle
Mesoclemmys tuberculata
Eroded Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys erosa
Bolson Tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus
Crevice Tortoise
Malacochersus tornieri
Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle
Hydromedusa maximiliani
Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle
Claudius angustatus
Pearl River Map Turtle
Graptemys pearlensis
Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
Emydura tanybaraga
Tabasco Mud Turtle
Kinosternon acutum
Magdalena River Turtle
Podocnemis lewyana
Impressed Tortoise
Manouria impressa
Yucatán Box Turtle
Terrapene yucatana
Escambia Map Turtle
Graptemys ernsti
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Geoemyda japonica
Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys spixii
Assam Roofed Turtle
Pangshura sylhetensis
Central American Snapping Turtle
Chelydra rossignonii
Black Pond Turtle
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Florida Mud Turtle
Kinosternon steindachneri
Karoo Tortoise
Homopus femoralis
Aquatic Box Turtle
Terrapene coahuila
Oaxaca Mud Turtle
Kinosternon oaxacae
Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys belliana
Jagged-shelled Turtle
Cuora mouhotii
Egyptian Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
Graptemys flavimaculata
Cann's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina canni
West African Mud Turtle
Pelusios castaneus
Jalisco Mud Turtle
Kinosternon chimalhuaca
Cat Island Slider
Trachemys terrapen
Yaqui Slider
Trachemys yaquia
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Graptemys gibbonsi
Black-breasted Hill Turtle
Geoemyda spengleri
Mexican Box Turtle
Terrapene mexicana
Enigmatic Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys enigmatica
Amboina Box Turtle
Cuora amboinensis
Durango Mud Turtle
Kinosternon durangoense
Khorat Snail-eating Turtle
Malayemys khoratensis
Malayan Giant Turtle
Orlitia borneensis
Manning River Saw-shelled Turtle
Myuchelys purvisi
Baja California Slider
Trachemys nebulosa
Northern Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina rugosa
Namoi River Saw-shelled Turtle
Myuchelys bellii
Sierra Box Turtle
Terrapene nelsoni
Central American River Turtle
Dermatemys mawii
Geometric Tortoise
Psammobates geometricus
Speckled Tortoise
Chersobius signatus
Travancore Tortoise
Indotestudo travancorica
Western hinge-back tortoise
Kinixys nogueyi
Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina mccordi
Narrow-headed Asian Softshell Turtle
Amyda ornata
Home's Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys homeana
Alabama Red-bellied Cooter
Pseudemys alabamensis
Painted Batagur
Batagur borneoensis
Sicilian Pond Turtle
Emys trinacris
Senegal Flapshell Turtle
Cyclanorbis senegalensis
Three-keeled Land Turtle
Melanochelys tricarinata
Bog Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
East African Black Mud Turtle
Pelusios subniger
Arizona Mud Turtle
Kinosternon stejnegeri
Irwin's Snapping Turtle
Elseya irwini
Darwin Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina kurrichalpongo
Mekong Snail-eating Turtle
Malayemys subtrijuga
Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle
Cuora trifasciata
Chiapas Giant Musk Turtle
Staurotypus salvinii
Beal's Four-eyed turtle
Sacalia bealei
Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys radiolata
Yellowbelly Mud Turtle
Pelusios castanoides
Big-headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle
Acanthochelys macrocephala
Burmese Starred Tortoise
Geochelone platynota
Southern River Terrapin
Batagur affinis
White-throated Snapping Turtle
Elseya albagula
Red-headed Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis erythrocephala
Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
Palea steindachneri
Central Chiapas Mud Turtle
Kinosternon abaxillare
Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Rafetus swinhoei
Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Macrochelys suwanniensis
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle
Erymnochelys madagascariensis
Guyanan Toad-headed Turtle
Mesoclemmys nasuta
Striped Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys atripons
Vietnamese Leaf Turtle
Cyclemys pulchristriata
Large-nosed Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys nasuta
Mary River Turtle
Elusor macrurus
Neumann's Marsh Terrapin
Pelomedusa neumanni
Cuatro Cienegas Slider
Trachemys taylori
Black Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia nigricans
Vanderhaege's Toad-headed Turtle
Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei
Alamos Mud Turtle
Kinosternon alamosae
Zambezi Flapshell Turtle
Cycloderma frenatum
Mashona Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios rhodesianus
Annam Leaf Turtle
Mauremys annamensis
Flat-shelled Turtle
Chelodina steindachneri
Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
Burmese Flapshell Turtle
Lissemys scutata
Chaco Side-necked Turtle
Acanthochelys pallidipectoris
Ploughshare Tortoise
Astrochelys yniphora
Northern River Terrapin
Batagur baska
Crowned River Turtle
Hardella thurjii
Flat-tailed Tortoise
Pyxis planicauda
Okavango Mud Turtle
Pelusios bechuanicus
Burmese Big-headed Turtle
Platysternon peguense
Orinoco Mata Mata
Chelus orinocensis
Indochinese Box Turtle
Cuora galbinifrons
Euphrates Softshell Turtle
Rafetus euphraticus
Natal Hinge-backed Tortoise
Kinixys natalensis
Four-eyed Turtle
Sacalia quadriocellata
Maracaibo Wood Turtle
Rhinoclemmys diademata
Assam leaf turtle
Cyclemys gemeli
Boulenger's Cape tortoise
Chersobius boulengeri
Gabon hinged terrapin
Pelusios gabonensis
Brown Roofed Turtle
Pangshura smithii
Big-headed Amazon River Turtle
Peltocephalus dumerilianus
Western New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya novaeguineae
Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
Batagur kachuga
Haitian Slider
Trachemys decorata
Black-lined Toadhead Turtle
Mesoclemmys raniceps
Bengal Eyed Terrapin
Morenia ocellata
Aubry's Flapshell Turtle
Cycloderma aubryi
McCord's box turtle
Cuora mccordi
Leith's Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia leithii
Atrato Slider
Trachemys medemi
Six-tubercled Amazon River Turtle
Podocnemis sextuberculata
Celebes Tortoise
Indotestudo forstenii
Northern Australian Snapping Turtle
Elseya dentata
Northern Red-faced Turtle
Emydura australis
Parker's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina parkeri
Coastal Terrapin
Pelomedusa olivacea
Victoria Short-necked Turtle
Emydura victoriae
Flattened Musk Turtle
Sternotherus depressus
Bourret’s Box Turtle
Cuora bourreti
Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle
Kinosternon angustipons
Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia hurum
Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys cantorii
Gulf Snapping Turtle
Elseya lavarackorum
Maranhao Slider
Trachemys adiutrix
Arakan Forest Turtle
Heosemys depressa
Dahl's Toad-headed Turtle
Mesoclemmys dahli
Southern New Guinea Snapping Turtle
Elseya rhodini
Mesoclemmys wermuthi
Mesoclemmys wermuthi
Vallarta mud turtle
Kinosternon vogti
Kuchling's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina kuchlingi
Red-necked Pond Turtle
Mauremys nigricans
Myanmar brown leaf turtle
Cyclemys fusca
Cora Mud Turtle
Kinosternon cora
West African Black Forest Turtle
Pelusios niger
Adanson’s Turtle
Pelusios adansonii
Bellinger River Saw-shelled Turtle
Myuchelys georgesi
Red-footed Sideneck Turtle
Rhinemys rufipes
Cane Turtle
Vijayachelys silvatica
Spotted Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus variegatus
African Dwarf Mud Turtle
Pelusios nanus
Branderhorst's Snapping Turtle
Elseya branderhorsti
Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Nilssonia formosa
Piaui Side-necked Turtle
Mesoclemmys perplexa
Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Chitra indica
Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Chitra chitra
Nubian Flapshell Turtle
Cyclanorbis elegans
Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle
Elseya flaviventralis
West African Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa variabilis
Williams’ African Mud Turtle
Pelusios williamsi
Schultze's Snapping Turtle
Elseya schultzei
Burmese Roofed Turtle
Batagur trivittata
Central African Mud Turtle
Pelusios chapini
Pan's Box Turtle
Cuora pani
Philippine Pond Turtle
Siebenrockiella leytensis
Western Swamp Turtle
Pseudemydura umbrina
New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina novaeguineae
Three-striped Roofed Turtle
Batagur dhongoka
Dunn's Mud Turtle
Kinosternon dunni
Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Cuora aurocapitata
Zhou's Box Turtle
Cuora zhoui
Assam Box Turtle
Cuora praschagi
Tanzanian Helmeted Terrapin
Pelomedusa kobe
Berger's Cape Tortoise
Chersobius solus
Cotinga River Toadhead Turtle
Phrynops tuberosus
Burmese Box Turtle
Cuora lineata
Hoge's Sideneck Turtle
Ranacephala hogei
Somalian Helmeted Terrapin
Pelomedusa somalica
Central African Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa schweinfurthi
African Keeled Mud Turtle
Pelusios carinatus
Vietnamese Box Turtle
Cuora picturata
Reimann's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina reimanni
Lake Turkana Hinged Terrapin
Pelusios broadleyi
Ivory Coast Mud Turtle
Pelusios cupulatta
Arabian Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa barbata
Zulia Toad Headed Sideneck
Mesoclemmys zuliae
Hunan Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus axenaria
Arnhem Land Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina burrungandjii
Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle
Cuora cyclornata
Eritrean Helmeted Turtle
Pelomedusa gehafie
Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Chitra vandijki
Indian Eyed Turtle
Morenia petersi
Lesser Chinese Softshell Turtle
Pelodiscus parviformis
Gunalen's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina gunaleni
Yunnan Box Turtle
Cuora yunnanensis
Gabon Mud Turtle
Pelusios marani
New Guinea Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys bibroni
Upemba Mud Turtle
Pelusios upembae
Emydura gunaleni
Emydura gunaleni
Elseya caelatus
Elseya caelatus
Pelodiscus huangshanensis
Pelodiscus huangshanensis
Pelodiscus shipian
Pelodiscus shipian
Elseya nabire
Elseya nabire
Kalumburu Snapping Turtle
Elseya kalumburu
Fitzroy River Turtle
Rheodytes leukops
Variegated Giant Softshell Turtle
Pelochelys signifera
Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina pritchardi
Aramia Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina ipudinapi
Guadalcanal Snapping Turtle
Elseya auramemoria
Elseya eidolon
Elseya eidolon
Merauke Snapping Turtle
Elseya papua