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216 species — temperatures, size, lifespan, diet, CITES. Click any species for its care page.

Turtles (169)

Adanson's Mud TurtlePelusios adansonii African Helmeted TurtlePelomedusa subrufa African Sideneck TurtlePelusios castaneus African Softshell TurtleTrionyx triunguis Alabama Map TurtleGraptemys pulchra Alabama Red-bellied CooterPseudemys alabamensis Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckii Annam Pond TurtleMauremys annamensis Arakan Forest TurtleHeosemys depressa Argentine Snake-necked TurtleHydromedusa tectifera Arizona Mud TurtleKinosternon arizonense Arrau TurtlePodocnemis expansa Asian Giant Softshell TurtlePelochelys cantorii Asian Leaf TurtleCyclemys dentata Asiatic Softshell TurtleAmyda cartilaginea Balkan Pond TurtleMauremys rivulata Barbour's Map TurtleGraptemys barbouri Beale's Eyed TurtleSacalia bealei Big Bend SliderTrachemys gaigeae Big-headed Amazon River TurtlePeltocephalus dumerilianus Big-headed TurtlePlatysternon megacephalum Black Marsh TurtleSiebenrockiella crassicollis Black Softshell TurtleNilssonia nigricans Black Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys funerea Black-breasted Leaf TurtleGeoemyda spengleri Black-knobbed Map TurtleGraptemys nigrinoda Blanding's TurtleEmydoidea blandingii Bog TurtleGlyptemys muhlenbergii Bourret's Box TurtleCuora bourreti Brahminy River TurtleHardella thurjii Broad-shelled TurtleChelodina expansa Brown Roofed TurtlePangshura smithii Brown Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys annulata Burmese Roofed TurtleBatagur trivittata Cagle's Map TurtleGraptemys caglei Caspian Pond TurtleMauremys caspica Central American River TurtleDermatemys mawii Central American Snapping TurtleChelydra rossignonii Chiapas Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus salvinii Chicken TurtleDeirochelys reticularia Chinese Softshell TurtlePelodiscus sinensis Chinese Stripe-necked TurtleMauremys sinensis Coahuilan Box TurtleTerrapene coahuila Common Map TurtleGraptemys geographica Common Musk Turtle (Stinkpot)Sternotherus odoratus Common Snapping TurtleChelydra serpentina Cuban SliderTrachemys decussata D'Orbigny's SliderTrachemys dorbigni East African Black Mud TurtlePelusios subniger Eastern Box TurtleTerrapene carolina carolina Eastern Long-necked TurtleChelodina longicollis Eastern Mud TurtleKinosternon subrubrum Eastern Painted TurtleChrysemys picta picta Escambia Map TurtleGraptemys ernsti European Pond TurtleEmys orbicularis False Map TurtleGraptemys pseudogeographica Flattened Musk TurtleSternotherus depressus Florida CooterPseudemys floridana Florida Red-bellied CooterPseudemys nelsoni Florida Softshell TurtleApalone ferox Four-eyed TurtleSacalia quadriocellata Furrowed Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys areolata Geoffroy's Side-necked TurtlePhrynops geoffroanus Giant Asian Pond TurtleHeosemys grandis Gibba TurtleMesoclemmys gibba Golden Coin TurtleCuora trifasciata Gulf Coast Box TurtleTerrapene carolina major Indian Black TurtleMelanochelys trijuga Indian Eyed TurtleMorenia petersi Indian Flapshell TurtleLissemys punctata Indian Narrow-headed SoftshellChitra indica Indian Peacock SoftshellNilssonia hurum Indian Roofed TurtlePangshura tecta Indian Softshell TurtleNilssonia gangetica Indian Tent TurtlePangshura tentoria Indochinese Box TurtleCuora galbinifrons Japanese Pond TurtleMauremys japonica Keeled Box TurtleCuora mouhotii Loggerhead Musk TurtleSternotherus minor Madagascan Big-headed TurtleErymnochelys madagascariensis Magdalena River TurtlePodocnemis lewyana Malayan Box TurtleCuora amboinensis Malayan Flat-shelled TurtleNotochelys platynota Malayan Snail-eating TurtleMalayemys subtrijuga Malayan Softshell TurtleDogania subplana Malaysian Giant TurtleOrlitia borneensis Mary River TurtleElusor macrurus Mata MataChelus fimbriata McCord's Box TurtleCuora mccordi Mekong Snail-eating TurtleMalayemys macrocephala Meso-American SliderTrachemys venusta Mexican Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus triporcatus Mexican Mud TurtleKinosternon integrum Midland Painted TurtleChrysemys picta marginata Mississippi Map TurtleGraptemys pseudogeographica kohnii Murray River TurtleEmydura macquarii Narrow-bridged Musk TurtleClaudius angustatus Northern Red-bellied CooterPseudemys rubriventris Northern River TerrapinBatagur baska Oldham's Leaf TurtleCyclemys oldhamii Ornate Box TurtleTerrapene ornata Ouachita Map TurtleGraptemys ouachitensis Painted TerrapinBatagur borneoensis Painted TurtleChrysemys picta Painted Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys pulcherrima Pan's Box TurtleCuora pani Pascagoula Map TurtleGraptemys gibbonsi Pearl River Map TurtleGraptemys pearlensis Peninsula CooterPseudemys peninsularis Pig-nosed TurtleCarettochelys insculpta Pink-Bellied Sideneck TurtleEmydura subglobosa Razorback Musk TurtleSternotherus carinatus Red-crowned Roofed TurtleBatagur kachuga Red-Eared SliderTrachemys scripta elegans Red-headed Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis erythrocephala Red-headed Amazon Side-necked TurtleRhinemys rufipes Red-necked Pond TurtleMauremys nigricans Reeves Turtle (Chinese Pond Turtle)Mauremys reevesii Ringed Map TurtleGraptemys oculifera Rio Grande CooterPseudemys gorzugi River CooterPseudemys concinna Rough-footed Mud TurtleKinosternon hirtipes Sabine Map TurtleGraptemys sabinensis Savanna Side-necked TurtlePodocnemis vogli Scorpion Mud TurtleKinosternon scorpioides Serrated Hinged TerrapinPelusios sinuatus Sicilian Pond TurtleEmys trinacris Six-tubercled Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis sextuberculata Sonora Mud TurtleKinosternon sonoriense South American Snapping TurtleChelydra acutirostris Southern Painted TurtleChrysemys dorsalis Southern Vietnamese Box TurtleCuora picturata Spanish Pond TurtleMauremys leprosa Spiny Softshell TurtleApalone spinifera Spiny TurtleHeosemys spinosa Spot-bellied Side-necked TurtlePhrynops hilarii Spot-legged Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys punctularia Spotted Box TurtleTerrapene nelsoni Spotted Pond TurtleGeoclemys hamiltonii Spotted TurtleClemmys guttata Stripe-necked Musk TurtleSternotherus peltifer Striped Mud TurtleKinosternon baurii Suwannee CooterPseudemys suwanniensis Suwannee Snapping TurtleMacrochelys suwanniensis Tabasco Mud TurtleKinosternon acutum Texas CooterPseudemys texana Texas Map TurtleGraptemys versa Three-striped Roofed TurtleBatagur dhongoka Three-toed Box TurtleTerrapene carolina triunguis Tricarinate Hill TurtleMelanochelys tricarinata Twist-necked TurtlePlatemys platycephala Wattle-necked SoftshellPalea steindachneri West African Black TurtlePelusios niger Western Painted TurtleChrysemys picta bellii Western Pond TurtleActinemys marmorata White-lipped Mud TurtleKinosternon leucostomum White-throated Snapping TurtleElseya albagula Wood TurtleGlyptemys insculpta Yellow Mud TurtleKinosternon flavescens Yellow Pond TurtleMauremys mutica Yellow-bellied Mud TurtlePelusios castanoides Yellow-Bellied SliderTrachemys scripta scripta Yellow-blotched Map TurtleGraptemys flavimaculata Yellow-headed Box TurtleCuora aurocapitata Yellow-headed Temple TurtleHeosemys annandalii Yellow-margined Box TurtleCuora flavomarginata Yellow-spotted Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis unifilis Yunnan Box TurtleCuora yunnanensis Zhou's Box TurtleCuora zhoui

Tortoises (46)

African Tent TortoisePsammobates tentorius Aldabra Giant TortoiseAldabrachelys gigantea Angulate TortoiseChersina angulata Asian Giant TortoiseManouria emys Bell's Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys belliana Bolson TortoiseGopherus flavomarginatus Burmese Star TortoiseGeochelone platynota Chaco TortoiseChelonoidis chilensis Cherry Head Red-Foot TortoiseChelonoidis carbonarius (cherry head)Desert TortoiseGopherus agassizii Egyptian Tortoise (Kleinmann's)Testudo kleinmanni Elongated TortoiseIndotestudo elongata Flat-backed Spider TortoisePyxis planicauda Forest Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys erosa Forsten's TortoiseIndotestudo forstenii Galapagos Giant TortoiseChelonoidis nigra Geometric TortoisePsammobates geometricus Goode's Thornscrub TortoiseGopherus evgoodei Gopher TortoiseGopherus polyphemus Greater PadloperHomopus femoralis Greek Tortoise (Spur-Thighed)Testudo graeca Hermann's TortoiseTestudo hermanni Home's Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys homeana Impressed TortoiseManouria impressa Indian Star TortoiseGeochelone elegans Karoo PadloperChersobius boulengeri Leopard TortoiseStigmochelys pardalis Lobatse Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys lobatsiana Marginated TortoiseTestudo marginata Nama PadloperChersobius solus Natal Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys natalensis Pancake TortoiseMalacochersus tornieri Parrot-beaked PadloperHomopus areolatus Ploughshare TortoiseAstrochelys yniphora Radiated TortoiseAstrochelys radiata Red-Footed TortoiseChelonoidis carbonarius Russian Tortoise (Horsfield's)Testudo horsfieldii Serrated Tent TortoisePsammobates oculifer Sonoran Desert TortoiseGopherus morafkai Speckled PadloperChersobius signatus Speke's Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys spekii Spider TortoisePyxis arachnoides Sulcata Tortoise (African Spurred)Centrochelys sulcata Texas TortoiseGopherus berlandieri Travancore TortoiseIndotestudo travancorica Yellow-Footed TortoiseChelonoidis denticulatus

Terrapins (1)

Diamondback TerrapinMalaclemys terrapin