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Contributing Authors

Contributing Authors

Authorship of accounts is by invitation only, but we encourage any and all who have expertise on particular turtle or tortoise species or subspecies to contact us about volunteering to take on (as senior author) or join (as co-author) a new account or an account in preparation for which you may have information to provide, or eventually, assisting or leading on a revised account. See specific instructions for Contributing Authors. Thank you.

To date, the following individuals have contributed published accounts in this on-going project

Number of contributing authors published to date: 217
Number of accounts published to date: 111 plus 8 checklists

Godfrey C. Akani
• Pelusios niger, 105

Erika A. Alacs
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056
• Chelodina oblonga, 077

Ben Anders
• Mauremys nigricans, 068

Harald Artner
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040

Mehmet K. Atatür
• Rafetus euphraticus, 098

Mark Auliya
• Amyda cartilaginea, 092

Patrick J. Baker
• Cyclanorbis elegans, 089

Dhruvajyoti Basu
• Nilssonia hurum, 048

John Sebit Benansio
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Rafael Bernhard
• Podocnemis erythrocephala, 087

James F. Berry
• Kinosternon scorpioides, 063

Kristin H. Berry
• Gopherus agassizii, 109

Albert Bertolero
• Testudo hermanni, 059
• Mauremys leprosa, 102

S. Bhupathy
• Hardella thurjii, 023
• Melanochelys trijuga, 038
• Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043
• Indotestudo travancorica, 054
• Lissemys punctata, 076

Emmett L. Blankenship
• Graptemys nigrinoda, 005

Brian C. Bock
• Podocnemis lewyana, 024
• Trachemys callirostris, 042

Stephan Böhm
• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, 083

Roger Bour
• Pelusios adansonii, 017
• Pelusios seychellensis, 018
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v4
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v5
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v7
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1
• Pelusios castaneus, 095
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8
• Pelusios niger, 105

Jason R. Bourque
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Ortwin Bourquin
• Pelomedusa subrufa, 007

Deborah S. Bower
• Chelodina expansa, 071

Richard C. Boycott
• Pelusios rhodesianus, 004
• Pelomedusa subrufa, 007
• Pelusios sinuatus, 036

Bruce J. Brecke
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Elizângela S. Brito
• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, 083

Donald G. Broadley
• Pelusios rhodesianus, 004
• Pelusios sinuatus, 036
• Cycloderma frenatum, 055

Rafe M. Brown
• Siebenrockiella leytensis, 066

William S. Brown
• Terrapene coahuila, 049

Kurt A. Buhlmann
• Deirochelys reticularia, 014

Grégory Bulté
* Graptemys geographica, 104

R. Bruce Bury
• Actinemys marmorata, 001

Stephen D. Busack
• Mauremys leprosa, 102

James R. Buskirk
• Terrapene nelsoni, 060

Brian P. Butterfield
• Graptemys nigrinoda, 005

Mario R. Cabrera
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065
• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, 083

John Cann
• Myuchelys latisternum, 073
• Elseya lavarackorum, 082
• Myuchelys georgesi, 091

Gladys Cárdenas-Arevalo
• Mesoclemmys dahli, 069

John L. Carr
• Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034
• Kinosternon dunni, 067

Olga V. Castaño-Mora
• Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare, 064
• Kinosternon dunni, 067
• Mesoclemmys dahli, 069

Adrián Cerdá-Ardura
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Eng Heng Chan
• Batagur affinis, 090

Pelf Nyok Chen
• Batagur affinis, 090

Tien-Hsi Chen
• Cuora flavomarginata, 035

Bruce Chessman
• Myuchelys bellii, 088

Marc Cheylan
• Testudo hermanni, 059

Laurent Chirio
• Pelusios castaneus, 095

Justin D. Congdon
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Ben Corey
• Chelodina oblonga, 077

Igor G. Danilov
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Indraneil Das
• Pelochelys cantorii, 011
• Hardella thurjii, 023
• Melanochelys tricarinata, 025
• Chitra indica, 027
• Melanochelys trijuga, 038
• Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043
• Morenia ocellata, 044
• Morenia petersi, 045
• Pangshura sylhetensis, 046
• Nilssonia hurum, 048
• Cuora amboinensis, 053
• Nilssonia leithii, 075
• Cuora mouhotii, 099

Jeffrey E. Dawson
• Mauremys annamensis, 081
• Indotestudo elongata, 096
• Malayemys macrocephala, 108
• Malayemys subtrijuga, 111

Juan M. Daza
• Trachemys callirostris, 042

Neil D’Cruze
• Geochelone elegans, 106

V. Deepak
• Indotestudo travancorica, 054
• Vijayachelys silvatica, 078

Marcelo S. de la Fuente
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Massimo Delfino
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Gift Simon Demaya
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Anslem de Silva
• Geochelone elegans, 106

Tomas Diagne
• Kinixys homeana, 070
• Kinixys erosa, 084
• Cyclanorbis elegans, 089
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Arvin C. Diesmos
• Siebenrockiella leytensis, 066

Mae Lowe L. Diesmos
• Siebenrockiella leytensis, 066

James L. Dobie
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
• Sternotherus  depressus,  013

J. Sean Doody
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Carla Eisemberg
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

David Emmett
• Geochelone platynota, 057

Edem A. Eniang
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Joshua R. Ennen
• Graptemys pearlensis, 094

Stephan Ettmar
• Malayemys macrocephala, 108

Michael A. Ewert
• Mauremys annamensis, 081

Renato G. Faria
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Phillipa Featherston
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056

Camila R. Ferrara
• Podocnemis erythrocephala, 087

Darren Fielder
• Myuchelys bellii, 088

Nancy N. FitzSimmons
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056

Peter S. Floyd
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Damien A. Fordham
• Chelodina oblonga, 077

Germán Forero-Medina
• Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare, 064
• Kinosternon dunni, 067
• Mesoclemmys dahli, 069

Alastair Freeman
• Myuchelys latisternum, 073
• Elseya lavarackorum, 082

Uwe Fritz
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8

Jinzhong Fu
• Cuora flavomarginata, 035

Carlos A. Galvis-Rizo
• Kinosternon dunni, 067

Georgios L. Georgalis
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Arthur Georges
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009
• Chelodina longicollis, 031
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056
• Chelodina oblonga, 077
• Myuchelys bellii, 088
• Myuchelys georgesi, 091
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8

Justin Gerlach
• Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010
• Pelusios subniger parietalis, 016
• Pelusios seychellensis, 018
• Aldabrachelys arnoldi, 028
• Aldabrachelys hololissa, 061

David J. Germano
• Actinemys marmorata, 001

Hanyeh Ghaffari
• Rafetus euphraticus, 098

J. Whitfield Gibbons
• Deirochelys reticularia, 014
• Kinosternon subrubrum, 101

Alan Giraldo
• Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034

James C. Godwin
• Graptemys nigrinoda, 005
• Graptemys ernsti, 051
• Graptemys pulchra, 072

Gracia Gonzalez-Porter
• Dermatemys mawii, 058

J. Michael Goode
• Mauremys annamensis, 081

Terry E. Graham
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Cris Hagen
• Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039

Adrian Hailey
• Testudo hermanni, 059

Timo Hartmann
• Indotestudo elongata, 096

Ronnie E. Hatcher
• Mauremys annamensis, 081

Douglas B. Hendrie
• Mauremys annamensis, 081

Emmanuel M. Hema
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Tom B. Herman
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Ha V. Hoang
• Cuora mouhotii, 099

Kate M. Hodges
• Chelodina longicollis, 031
• Chelodina expansa, 071

Margaretha D. Hofmeyr
• Chersina angulata, 030

Brian D. Horne
• Batagur affinis, 090

Jennifer G. Howeth
• Terrapene coahuila, 049

Daniel F. Hughes
• Kinosternon subrubrum, 101

Flora Ihlow
• Indotestudo elongata, 096
• Malayemys macrocephala, 108
• Malayemys subtrijuga, 111

Bonggi R. Ibarrondo
• Chelodina mccordi, 008

Charles J. Innis
• Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039

John B. Iverson
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v2
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v3
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v4
• Kinosternon acutum, 062
• Kinosternon scorpioides, 063
• Kinosternon dunni, 067
• Mauremys nigricans, 068
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v5
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v7
• Mauremys annamensis, 081
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8
• Kinosternon subrubrum, 101
* Graptemys geographica, 104

Dale R. Jackson
• Pseudemys concinna, 006
• Deirochelys reticularia, 014
• Pseudemys nelsoni, 041

Robert L. Jones
• Graptemys oculifera, 033
• Graptemys flavimaculata, 052
• Graptemys pearlensis, 094

Hans-Volker Karl
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Rod Kennett
• Chelodina longicollis, 031
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056
• Chelodina oblonga, 077

Khin Myo Myo
• Geochelone platynota, 057

A. Ross Kiester
• Terrapene carolina, 085

Flavius C. Killebrew
• Graptemys versa, 093

Michael W. Klemens
• Kinosternon subrubrum, 101

Gerald Kuchling
• Chelodina mccordi, 008

Jeffrey W. Lang
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

Christopher J. Leary
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Peter V. Lindeman
• Sternotherus carinatus, 012
• Graptemys versa, 093

Barbara Livoreil
• Testudo hermanni, 059

Jeffrey E. Lovich
• Graptemys gibbonsi, 029
• Mauremys reevesii, 050
• Graptemys ernsti, 051
• Graptemys pulchra, 072
• Graptemys pearlensis, 094

Luca Luiselli
• Kinixys homeana, 070
• Kinixys erosa, 084
• Cyclanorbis elegans, 089
• Pelusios castaneus, 095
• Pelusios niger, 105
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

David W. Macdonald
• Geochelone elegans, 106

William E. Magnusson
• Rhinemys rufipes, 079

Patrick Kinyatta Malonza
• Malacochersus tornieri, 107

Thomas M. Mann
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Georgia Mantziou
• Mauremys rivulata, 080

Pablo Marano
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Thiago S. Marques
• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, 083
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Fernando I. Martins
• Hydromedusa maximiliani, 026

Timothy E.M. McCormack
• Mauremys annamensis, 081
• Cuora mouhotii, 099

C.J. McCoy
• Graptemys gibbonsi, 029
• Graptemys ernsti, 051
• Graptemys pulchra, 072

Suzanne E. McGaugh
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Guido Fabián Medina-Rangel
• Mesoclemmys dahli, 069

Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.
• Kinosternon subrubrum, 101

Daniel O. Mesquita
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Sébastien Métrailler
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Peter A. Meylan
• Amyda cartilaginea, 092
• Rafetus euphraticus, 098

Russell A. Mittermeier
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040
• Podocnemis erythrocephala, 087

Don Moll
• Dermatemys mawii, 058
• Malacochersus tornieri, 107

Edward O. Moll
• Batagur baska, 037
• Batagur affinis, 090
• Amyda cartilaginea, 092

Anirhuddha Mookerjee
• Geochelone elegans, 106

Geraldo J.B. Moura
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Robert W. Murphy
• Gopherus agassizii, 109

B.H.C.K. Murthy
• Nilssonia leithii, 075

Reginald T. Mwaya
• Malacochersus tornieri, 107

David H. Nelson
• Pseudemys alabamensis, 019

Jacob Mueti Ngwava
• Malacochersus tornieri, 107

Hidetoshi Ota
• Geoemyda japonica, 002
• Mauremys japonica, 003
• Cuora flavomarginata, 035
• Geoemyda spengleri, 047
• Mauremys reevesii, 050

Vivian P. Páez
• Podocnemis lewyana, 024
• Trachemys callirostris, 042

Charles W. Painter
• Pseudemys gorzugi, 100

Michael J. Pappas
• Emydoidea blandingii, 015

James F. Parham
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v1
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v2

Lorena Paszko
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Fabio Petrozzi
• Pelusios castaneus, 095
• Pelusios niger, 105
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Leland J.S. Pierce
• Pseudemys gorzugi, 100

Kalyar Platt
• Batagur baska, 037
• Geochelone platynota, 057
• Chitra vandijki, 074
• Batagur affinis, 090

Steven G. Platt
• Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022
• Batagur baska, 037
• Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039
• Geochelone platynota, 057
• Chitra vandijki, 074
• Batagur affinis, 090
• Malayemys subtrijuga, 111

John R. Polisar
• Dermatemys mawii, 058

Paulino Ponce-Campos
• Terrapene nelsoni, 060

Peter Praschag
• Batagur baska, 037
• Pangshura sylhetensis, 046
• Lissemys punctata, 076
• Vijayachelys silvatica, 078
• Batagur affinis, 090

Peter C.H. Pritchard
• Chelus fimbriata, 020

Thomas R. Rainwater
• Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022
• Geochelone platynota, 057
• Chitra vandijki, 074

Madhuri Ramesh
• Indotestudo travancorica, 054

Luis E. Rentería-Moreno
• Kinosternon dunni, 067

Adriana Restrepo
• Podocnemis lewyana, 024

Anders G.J. Rhodin
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v1
• Chelodina mccordi, 008
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v2
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v3
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v4
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v5
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v7
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8

Enrique Richard
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Lina Rifai
• Mauremys rivulata, 080

John Roe
• Chelodina longicollis, 031

Mark Rose
• Carettochelys insculpta, 009

Walter Sachsse
• Cycloderma frenatum, 055

Daniel O. Santana
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Chuck Schaffer
• Manouria emys, 086

Rick Schaffer
• Manouria emys, 086

Sabine Schoppe
• Cuora amboinensis, 053

Gabriel H. Segniagbeto
• Pelusios castaneus, 095
• Pelusios niger, 105
• Centrochelys sulcata, 110

Will Selman
• Graptemys gibbonsi, 029
• Graptemys oculifera, 033
• Graptemys flavimaculata, 052

Saibal Sengupta
• Morenia petersi, 045
• Pangshura sylhetensis, 046

H. Bradley Shaffer
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v3
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v4
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v5
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v7
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8

Shailendra Singh
• Chitra indica, 027
• Nilssonia hurum, 048

Shashwat Sirsi
• Nilssonia leithii, 075

Francisco Soberón-Mobarak
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021

Sitha Som
• Indotestudo elongata, 096

Franco L. Souza
• Hydromedusa maximiliani, 026

Ricky-J. Spencer
• Myuchelys georgesi, 091

Craig B. Stanford
• Manouria emys, 086

Richard P.J.H. Struijk
• Cuora mouhotii, 099

James N. Stuart
• Trachemys gaigeae, 032
• Graptemys versa, 093
• Pseudemys gorzugi, 100

Thanda Swe
• Geochelone platynota, 057

Emerson Y. Sy
• Siebenrockiella leytensis, 066

Akio Takahashi
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Ertan Taskavak
• Rafetus euphraticus, 098

Kumthorn Thirakhupt
• Manouria emys, 086
• Malayemys macrocephala, 108

Scott Thomson
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056
• Elseya lavarackorum, 082
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1

Anton Tucker
• Chelodina burrungandjii, 056

Peter Paul van Dijk
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v1
• Batagur baska, 037
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v2
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v3
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v4
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v5
• Turtle Checklist, 000.v7
• Fossil Checklist, 000e.v1
• Batagur affinis, 090
• Amyda cartilaginea, 092
• Cuora mouhotii, 099
• Turtle Checklist and Atlas, 000.v8
• Malayemys macrocephala, 108

Mario Vargas-Ramirez
• Podocnemis lewyana, 024

Karthikeyan Vasudevan
• Indotestudo travancorica, 054
• Nilssonia leithii, 075
• Vijayachelys silvatica, 078

Luciano M. Verdade
• Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei, 083

Gustavo H.C. Vieira
• Mesoclemmys tuberculata, 097

Sabine Vinke
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Thomas Vinke
• Acanthochelys macrocephala, 040
• Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, 065

Richard C. Vogt
• Apalone spinifera atra, 021
• Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022
• Dermatemys mawii, 058
• Kinosternon acutum, 062
• Rhinemys rufipes, 079
• Podocnemis erythrocephala, 087
• Graptemys ouachitensis, 103
* Graptemys geographica, 104

Raju Vyas
• Geochelone elegans, 106

Pratyaporn Wanchai
• Manouria emys, 086

Joseph P. Ward
• Pseudemys concinna, 006
• Trachemys gaigeae, 032
• Pseudemys gorzugi, 100

Robert G. Webb
• Lissemys punctata, 076

Michael Welsh
• Myuchelys georgesi, 091

Ronald E. Willemsen
• Testudo hermanni, 059

Lisabeth L. Willey
• Terrapene carolina, 085

Win Ko Ko
• Geochelone platynota, 057
• Chitra vandijki, 074

Takashi Yabe
• Mauremys japonica, 003

Yuichirou Yasukawa
• Geoemyda japonica, 002
• Mauremys japonica, 003
• Cuora flavomarginata, 035
• Geoemyda spengleri, 047
• Mauremys reevesii, 050