Index of Common Names

Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises:
A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Edited by
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter C.H. Pritchard, Peter Paul van Dijk,
Raymond A. Saumure, Kurt A. Buhlmann, John B. Iverson,
and Russell A. Mittermeier

Chelonian Research Monographs – Number 5
Published by Chelonian Research Foundation

Published to date:
  71 accounts covering 91 taxa

Adanson's Mud Turtle (Pelusios adansonii, 017)
African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis, 019)
Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis, 019)
Angulate Tortoise (Chersina angulata, 030)
Arnold's Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys arnoldi, 028)
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys cantorii, 011)
Assam Roofed Turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis, 046)
Bengal Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Big Bend Slider (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Big-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle (Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040)
Black Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043)
Black Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Black-Bellied Turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022)
Black-Necked Pond Turtle (Mauremys nigricans, 068)
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri, 047)
Black Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Black-Knobbed Sawback (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii, 015)
Brazilian Snake-Necked Turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani, 026)
Broad-Shelled Turtle (Chelodina expansa, 071)
Burmese Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Burmese Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Burmese Eyed Turtle (Morenia ocellata, 044)
Burmese Star Tortoise (Geochelone platynota, 057)
Cabeza de Trozo (Kinosternon dunni, 067)
Carranchina (Mesoclemmys dahli, 069)
Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii, 058)
Central Chiapas Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides, 063)
Chaco Side-Necked Turtle (Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065)
Chechagua de Monte (Kinosternon acutum, 062)
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Chinese Red-Necked Turtle (Mauremys nigricans, 068)
Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtle (Mauremys reevesii, 050)
Chocoan River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034)
Coahuilan Box Turtle (Terrapene coahuila, 049)
Cochin Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Colombian Slider (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Common African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Common Long-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis, 031)
Common Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis, 031)
Common Yellow-Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata, 035)
Crowned River Turtle (Hardella thurjii, 023)
Cuatrociénegas Softshell (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Dahl’s Toad-Headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli, 069)
Dunn's Mud Turtle (Kinosternon dunni, 067)
East Indian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Eastern Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni, 059)
Eastern Long-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis, 031)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Eastern Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Escambia Map Turtle (Graptemys ernsti, 051)
Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus, 013)
Florida Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Florida Red-Bellied Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni, 041)
Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, 009)
Furrowed Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022)
Galapago (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Giant Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina expansa, 071)
Gibbons' Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi, 029)
Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni, 059)
Hickatee (Dermatemys mawii, 058)
Hicotea (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Home’s Hinge-Back Tortoise (Kinixys homeana, 070)
Indian Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Indian Eyed Turtle (Morenia petersi, 045)
Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia hurum, 048)
Indonesian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Japanese Pond Turtle (Mauremys japonica, 003)
Jicotea (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Jicotea de Gaige (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Jicotea de la Meseta Mexicana (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Jicotea del Nazas (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Kura-Kura Rote (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Kura-Kura Sulawesi (Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039)
Kwangtung River Turtle (Mauremys nigricans, 068)
Kye Leik (Geochelone platynota, 057)
Large-Nosed Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034)
Magdalena River Turtle (Podocnemis lewyana, 024)
Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Matamata Turtle (Chelus fimbriata, 020)
Maximilian’s Snake-Necked Turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani, 026)
McCord's Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Mexican Plateau Slider (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Mojena (Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022)
Montera (Kinosternon acutum, 062)
Morrocoy de Agua (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra indica, 027)
Nazas Slider (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
Nkhasi (Cycloderma frenatum, 055)
North African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Northern Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Northern Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska, 037)
Northern Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni, 060)
Okinawa Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica, 002)
Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Palawan Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiellla leytensis, 066)
Pantanal Swamp Turtle (Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040)
Parker's Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi, 029)
Pearl River Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi, 029)
Philippine Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiellla leytensis, 066)
Pig-Nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, 009)
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
Red-Cheeked Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides, 063)
Red-Necked Pond Turtle (Mauremys nigricans, 068)
Reeves' Turtle (Mauremys reevesii, 050)
Ringed Map Turtle (Graptemys oculifera, 033)
Ringed Sawback (Graptemys oculifera, 033)
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Ryukyu Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica, 002)
Ryukyu Yellow-Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata, 035)
Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina burrungandjii, 056)
Scorpion Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides, 063)
Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus, 036)
Seychelles Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger parietalis, 016)
Seychelles Chestnut-Bellied Terrapin (Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010)
Seychelles Giant Tortoise (Aldabrachelys hololissa, 061)
Seychelles Mud Turtle (Pelusios seychellensis, 018)
Seychelles Yellow-Bellied Mud Turtle (Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010)
South African Bowsprit Tortoise (Chersina angulata, 030)
Southeast Asian Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Southern Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Southern Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Southern Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni, 060)
Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni, 060)
Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043)
Sri Lanka Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039)
Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Swanka Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare, 064)
Tabasco Mud Turtle (Kinosternon acutum, 062)
Three-Keeled Land Turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata, 025)
Tortuga Blanca (Dermatemys mawii, 058)
Tortuga Concha Blanda (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Tortuga de Chispitas (Terrapene nelsoni, 060)
Tortuga de Monte (Terrapene nelsoni, 060)
Tortuga Montañera (Mesoclemmys dahli, 069)
Tortuga Negra de Cuatrociénegas (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Travancore Tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica, 054)
Tricarinate Hill Turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata, 025)
Variable Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Variable Mud Turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Venezuelan Slider (Trachemys callirostris chichiriviche, 042)
Wallacean Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis, 053)
Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Western Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni, 059)
Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Western Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
White-Throated Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides, 063)
White-Throated Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare, 064)
Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata, 052)
Yellow-Blotched Sawback (Graptemys flavimaculata, 052)
Yellow-Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata, 035)
Zambezi Flapshell Turtle (Cycloderma frenatum, 055)