- Acanthochelys radiolata (Mikan 1820) – Brazilian Radiolated Swamp Turtle
- Mesoclemmys perplexa Bour and Zaher 2005 – Cerrado Side-necked Turtle, Piaui Side-necked Turtle
- Mesoclemmys wermuthi (Mertens 1969) – Wermuth’s Toad-headed Turtle
- Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger 1812) – Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle, Cágado de Barbicha
- Phrynops hilarii (Duméril and Bibron 1835) – Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle, Saint-Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle
- Phrynops tuberosus (Peters 1870) – Guianan Shield Side-necked Turtle, Cotingo River Side-necked Turtle
- Phrynops williamsi Rhodin and Mittermeier 1983 – Williams’ Side-necked Turtle
- Ranacephala hogei (Mertens 1967) – Hoge's Sideneck Turtle
- Chelodina kuchlingi Cann 1997 – Kuchling’s Snake-necked Turtle, Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina novaeguineae Boulenger 1888 – New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 – Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina parkeri Rhodin and Mittermeier 1976 – Parker’s Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina pritchardi Rhodin 1994 – Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle
- Chelodina steindachneri (Siebenrock 1914) – Plate-shelled Turtle, Steindachner's Turtle, Dinner-plate Turtle
- Elseya albagula Thomson, Georges, and Limpus 2006 – Southern Snapping Turtle
- Elseya branderhorsti (Ouwens 1914) – White-bellied Snapping Turtle, Branderhorst’s Snapping Turtle
- Elseya dentata (Gray 1863) – Northern Snapping Turtle, North Australian Snapping Turtle
- Elseya flaviventralis Thomson and Georges 2016 – Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle
- Elseya irwini Cann 1997 – Irwin’s Snapping Turtle, Burdekin River Snapping Turtle, Johnstone River Snapping Turtle
- Elseya novaeguineae (Meyer 1874) – Western New Guinea Stream Turtle, New Guinea Snapping Turtle
- Elseya rhodini Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato, and Georges 2015 – Southern New Guinea Stream Turtle; Rhodin’s Stream Turtle
- Elseya schultzei (Vogt 1911) – Northern New Guinea Stream Turtle, Schultze’s Snapping Turtle
- Elusor macrurus Cann and Legler 1994 – Mary River Turtle
- Emydura australis (Gray 1841) – Northern Red-faced Turtle
- Emydura macquarii (Gray 1830) – Eastern Short-necked Turtle, Southern River Turtle
- Emydura subglobosa (Krefft 1876) – Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
- Emydura tanybaraga Cann 1997 – Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
- Myuchelys purvisi (Wells and Wellington 1985) – Manning River Sawshelled Turtle
- Rheodytes leukops Legler and Cann 1980 – Fitzroy River Turtle
- Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock 1901 – Western Swamp Turtle, Western Swamp Tortoise
- Pelomedusa galeata (Schoepff 1792) – South African Helmeted Turtle, Cape Terrapin
- Pelomedusa gehafie (Rüppell 1835) – Eritrean Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa kobe Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroký, and Fritz 2014 – Tanzanian Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa neumanni Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroký, and Fritz 2014 – East African Helmeted Turtle, Neumann’s Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa olivacea (Schweigger 1812) – Sahelian Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa schweinfurthi Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroký, and Fritz 2014 – Central African Helmeted Turtle, Schweinfurth’s Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa somalica Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroký, and Fritz 2014 – West Somalian Helmeted Turtle
- Pelomedusa variabilis Petzold, Vargas-Ramírez, Kehlmaier, Vamberger, Branch, Du Preez, Hofmeyr, Meyer, Schleicher, Siroký, and Fritz 2014 – West African Helmeted Turtle
- Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons 1932 – Okavango Hinged Terrapin, Big-Headed Hinged Terrapin
- Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986 – Turkana Mud Turtle
- Pelusios carinatus Laurent 1956 – African Keeled Mud Turtle
- Pelusios castanoides castanoides Hewitt 1931 – Yellow-Bellied Mud Turtle, Yellow-Bellied Hinged Terrapin
- Pelusios chapini Laurent 1965 – Central African Mud Turtle
- Pelusios cupulatta Bour and Maran 2003 – Ivory Coast Mud Turtle
- Pelusios gabonensis (Duméril 1856) – African Forest Turtle
- Pelusios marani Bour 2000 – Gabon Mud Turtle
- Pelusios nanus Laurent 1956 – African Dwarf Mud Turtle
- Pelusios subniger subniger (Bonnaterre 1789) – Pan Hinged Terrapin
- Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981 – Upemba Mud Turtle
- Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965 – Williams’ Mud Turtle
- Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier 1867) – Madagascan Big-Headed Turtle, Rere
- Chelydra acutirostris Peters 1862 – South American Snapping Turtle
- Kinosternon chimalhuaca Berry, Seidel, and Iverson 1997 – Jalisco Mud Turtle, Casquito de Chamela
- Kinosternon cora Loc-Barragán, Reyes-Velasco, Woolrich-Piña, Grünwald, Venegas de Anaya, Rangel-Mendoza, and López-Luna 2020 – Cora Mud Turtle, Casquito Cora, Chacuanita Cora
- Kinosternon creaseri Hartweg 1934 – Creaser’s Mud Turtle, Yucatan Mud Turtle, Casquito de Creaser
- Kinosternon durangoense Iverson 1979 – Durango Mud Turtle, Casquito de Durango
- Kinosternon herrerai Stejneger 1925 – Herrera’s Mud Turtle, Casquito de Herrera
- Kinosternon leucostomum (Duméril and Bibron in Duméril and Duméril 1851) – White-lipped Mud Turtle, Pochitoque, Chechahua
- Kinosternon mexicanum (Le Conte 1854) – Pacific Red-cheeked Mud Turtle, Casquito Rojo, Pochitoque Rojo
- Kinosternon oaxacae Berry and Iverson 1980 – Oaxaca Mud Turtle, Casquito de Oaxaca
- Kinosternon steindachneri (Siebenrock 1906b) – Florida Mud Turtle
- Kinosternon stejnegeri Hartweg 1938 – Arizona Mud Turtle
- Sternotherus intermedius Scott, Glenn, and Rissler 2018 – Intermediate Musk Turtle
- Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand 1942 – Barbour’s Map Turtle
- Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown 1974 – Cagle’s Map Turtle, Guadalupe Map Turtle
- Pseudemys floridana (Le Conte 1830) – Coastal Plain Cooter, Pond Cooter, Florida Cooter
- Pseudemys rubriventris (LeConte 1830) – Red-Bellied Turtle, Redbelly Turtle
- Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini 1995 – Maranhao Slider Turtle
- Trachemys decorata (Barbour and Carr 1940) – Hispaniolan Slider
- Trachemys decussata (Bell in Griffith and Pidgeon 1830) – Cuban Slider, Jamao, Jicotea
- Trachemys dorbigni (Duméril and Bibron 1835) – D’Orbigny’s Slider, Black-bellied Slider
- Trachemys grayi (Bocourt 1868) – Western Central American Slider, Jicotea Negra
- Trachemys medemi Vargas-Ramírez, del Valle, Ceballos, and Fritz 2017 – Atrato Slider, Icotea del Atrato
- Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburgh 1895) – Baja California Slider
- Trachemys ornata (Gray in Griffith and Pidgeon 1830) – Ornate Slider, Jicotea
- Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff 1792) – Pond Slider, Common Slider
- Trachemys stejnegeri (Schmidt 1928) – Central Antillean Slider
- Trachemys taylori (Legler 1960) – Cuatro Cienegas Slider, Jicotea de Cuatro Ciénegas
- Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre 1789) – Jamaican Slider
- Trachemys venusta (Gray 1856) – Eastern Central American Slider
- Trachemys yaquia (Legler and Webb 1970) – Yaqui Slider, Jicotea del Yaqui
- Platysternon baiseensis Liang, Li, Ge, Ou, Yin, Suwannapoom, Le, Nguyen, Fritz, and Gong 2025 – Baise Big-headed Turtle, BÇŽi Sè Píng Xiǎng Guī
- Platysternon megacephalum Gray 1831 – Chinese Big-headed Turtle, Píng XiÅng GuÄ«
- Platysternon peguense Gray 1870 – Southeast Asian Big-headed Turtle, Burmese Big-headed Turtle
- Batagur borneoensis (Schlegel and Müller 1844) – Painted Terrapin
- Batagur dhongoka (Gray 1832) – Three-Striped Roofed Turtle
- Batagur kachuga (Gray 1831) – Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle
- Batagur trivittata (Duméril and Bibron 1835) – Burmese Roofed Turtle
- Orlitia borneensis Gray 1873 – Malaysian Giant Turtle
- Pangshura smithii (Gray 1863) – Brown Roofed Turtle
- Pangshura tecta (Gray 1830) – Indian Roofed Turtle
- Pangshura tentoria (Gray 1834) – Indian Tent Terrapin
- Siebenrockiella crassicollis (Gray 1830) – Black Marsh Turtle
- Cuora aurocapitata Luo and Zong 1988 – Yellow-headed Box Turtle
- Cuora bourreti Obst and Reimann 1994 – Bourret’s Box Turtle
- Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord, and Le 2006 – Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle
- Cuora galbinifrons (Bourret 1939) – Indochinese Box Turtle
- Cuora mccordi Ernst 1988 – McCord’s Box Turtle
- Cuora pani Song 1984 – Pan’s Box Turtle
- Cuora philippinensis Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray, and Anders 2023 – Philippine Box Turtle
- Cuora picturata Lehr, Fritz, and Obst 1998 – Southern Vietnam Box Turtle
- Cuora praschagi Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray, and Anders 2023 – Assam Box Turtle
- Cuora trifasciata (Bell 1825) – Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle
- Cyclemys atripons Iverson and McCord 1997 – Western Black-bridged Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys dentata (Gray 1831) – Asian Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys enigmatica Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink, and Hundsdörfer 2008 – Enigmatic Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys fusca Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink, and Hundsdörfer 2008 – Myanmar Brown Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys gemeli Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink, and Hundsdörfer 2008 – Assam Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys oldhamii Gray 1863 – Southeast Asian Leaf Turtle
- Cyclemys pulchristriata Fritz, Gaulke, and Lehr 1997 – Eastern Black-bridged Leaf Turtle
- Heosemys annandalii (Boulenger 1903) – Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
- Heosemys depressa (Anderson 1875) – Arakan Forest Turtle
- Heosemys grandis (Gray 1860) – Giant Asian Pond Turtle
- Heosemys spinosa (Gray 1830) – Spiny Turtle
- Mauremys mutica (Cantor 1842) – Asian Yellow Pond Turtle
- Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834) – Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle
- Notochelys platynota (Gray 1834) – Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
- Rhinoclemmys diademata (Mertens 1954) – Maracaibo Wood Turtle
- Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin 1801) – Eastern Spot-legged Turtle, Perema, Aperema
- Gopherus evgoodei Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Meléndez Torres, and Murphy 2016 – Sinaloan Thornscrub Tortoise, Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
- Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger 1812) – Aldabra Giant Tortoise
- Astrochelys radiata (Shaw 1802) – Radiated Tortoise, Sokake
- Astrochelys yniphora (Vaillant 1885) – Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka
- Chelonoidis niger (Quoy and Gaimard 1824) – Galápagos Giant Tortoise
- Chersobius boulengeri (Duerden 1906) – Karoo Dwarf Tortoise, Karoo Padloper
- Chersobius signatus (Gmelin 1789) – Speckled Dwarf Tortoise, Speckled Tortoise, Speckled Padloper
- Chersobius solus (Branch 2007) – Nama Tortoise, Nama Padloper
- Homopus areolatus (Thunberg 1787) – Parrot-beaked Dwarf Tortoise, Parrot-beaked Tortoise, Common Padloper
- Homopus femoralis Boulenger 1888 – Greater Padloper, Greater Dwarf Tortoise
- Indotestudo forstenii (Schlegel and Müller 1845) – Sulawesi Tortoise, Forsten’s Tortoise
- Kinixys belliana (Gray 1830) – Bell’s Hinge-back Tortoise
- Kinixys lobatsiana Power 1927 – Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise
- Kinixys natalensis Hewitt 1935 – Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
- Kinixys zombensis Hewitt 1931 – Southeastern Hinge-back Tortoise
- Psammobates geometricus (Linnaeus 1758) – Geometric Tortoise
- Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl 1820) – Serrated Tent Tortoise, Kalahari Tent Tortoise
- Psammobates tentorius (Bell 1828) – Tent Tortoise
- Pyxis arachnoides Bell 1827 – Spider Tortoise, Kapila
- Pyxis planicauda (Grandidier 1867) – Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise, Kapidolo
- Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell 1828) – Leopard Tortoise
- Testudo horsfieldii Gray 1844 – Central Asian Tortoise, Steppe Tortoise, Horsfield’s Tortoise
- Testudo kleinmanni Lortet 1883 – Egyptian Tortoise
- Cycloderma aubryi (Duméril 1856) – Aubry’s Flapshell Turtle
- Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray 1856) – Sri Lankan Flapshell Turtle
- Lissemys scutata (Peters 1868) – Burmese Flapshell Turtle, Myanmar Flapshell Turtle
- Amyda ornata (Gray 1861) – Southeast Asian Softshell Turtle
- Chitra chitra Nutaphand 1986 – Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
- Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809) – Malayan Softshell Turtle
- Nilssonia formosa (Gray 1869) – Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle, Myanmar Peacock Softshell Turtle
- Nilssonia nigricans (Anderson 1875) – Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Turtle
- Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock 1906) – Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
- Pelochelys bibroni (Owen 1853) – Striped New Guinea Giant Softshell Turtle
- Pelochelys signifera Webb 2003 – Northern New Guinea Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus axenaria (Zhou, Zhang, and Fang 1991) – Hunan Softshell Turtle, Sand Softshell Turtle, Central Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus huangshanensis Gong, Peng, Huang, and Nie in Gong, Peng, Huang, Lin, Huang, Xu, Yang, and Nie 2021 – Huangshan Softshell Turtle, Horse-hoof Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt 1857) – Amur Softshell Turtle, Northern Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus parviformis Tang 1997 – Lesser Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus shipian Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao, and Farkas 2022 – Chinese Stone Slab Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann 1834) – Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Pelodiscus variegatus Farkas, Ziegler, Pham, Ong, and Fritz 2019 – Vietnamese Softshell Turtle, Spotted Softshell Turtle
- Rafetus swinhoei (Gray 1873) – Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle, Con Giai
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