Chelonian Archives – common names

A — D

African spurred tortoise, Geochelone (=Centrochelys) sulcata

• A Sulcata Here, a Sulcata There, a Sulcata Everywhere
• Living with sulcata (I)
• Living with sulcata (II)
• Living with sulcata (III)
• Last Week... (On feeding sulcata)
• Bob & Barbara Jamison interviewed

• Alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii
• Angonoka, Astrochelys (=Geochelone) yniphora
• Argentine snake-necked turtle, Hydromedusa tectifera

Asian or Burmese brown tortoise, Manouria emys

• Management and Breeding in Captivity
• Manouria emys, Asian brown tortoise

• Australian red-bellied short-necked turtle, Emydura subglobosa
• Australian snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis
• Barbour's map turtle, Graptemys barbouri
• Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii

Bog turtle, Glyptemys (=Clemmys) muhlenbergii

• The bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergii
• Captive husbandry at Zoo Atlanta

Box turtles, North American Terrapene

• Box turtle care-sheet
• Exploitation in the pet trade
• U. S. box turtles

• Cagle's map turtle, Graptemys caglei
• Central American wood turtle, Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima
• Chinese box turtle, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata

Desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii

• Desert tortoise care-sheet
• Desert tortoise conservation
• Desert tortoise registration program
• Molecular biology and the turtle - the desert tortoise and its relatives
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease - Mycoplasma Specialist Professor Mary Brown Interviewed
• Native plants for desert tortoises
• Saving The Tortoise - Desert Tortoise Conservation
• Twinning in desert tortoises
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

• Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin

E — M

• Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina

Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni

• An Annotated Bibliography of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet 1883
• Testudo kleinmanni, Notes on Captive Husbandry
• The plight of the Egyptian tortoise
• What's In a Name - Testudo kleinmanni

• Elongated tortoise, Indotestudo elongata
• European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis
• Florida box turtle,Terrapene carolina bauri
• Fly River turtle, Carettochelys insculpta

Galápagos tortoise, Geochelone nigra

• Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Program: the Plight and Future for the Pinzón Island Tortoise
• Kathy Nevins, Galápagos Tortoise Keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo
• Husbandry of Giants: Interview with Jeff Gee, Captive Bred Wildlife Foundation

• Giant Asian river turtle,Batagur baska

Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus

• Gopherus polyphemus, Gopher tortoise
• Upper Respiratory Tract Disease - Mycoplasma Specialist Professor Mary Brown Interviewed
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

• Chelonia mydas, Green sea turtle
• Joanne Pettigrew & Malama na Honu
• HiwaHiwa's Journey

• Gulf Coast box turtle,Terrapene carolina major
• Hermann's tortoise,Testudo hermanni
• Hinge-backed tortoise,Kinixys belliana nogueyi
• Impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa
• Leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis
• Map turtles, Graptemys sp.
• Matamata, Chelus fimbriatus
• Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca

O — Z

• Ornate box turtle,Terrapene ornata
• Pacific pond turtle, Actinemys (= Emys, Clemmys) marmorata
• Painted batagur, Callagur borneoensis
• Painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

Pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri

• The pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri
• What's In a Name - Malacochersus

• Pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta
• Ploughshare tortoise, Astrochelys (=Geochelone) yniphora
• Radiated tortoise, Astrochelys (=Geochelone) radiata
• Red-eared slider,Trachemys scripta elegans

Red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria

• Red-footed tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria
• Differentiating red- and yellow-footed tortoises

• Reeves' turtle, Chinemys reevesii
• Ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera
• River cooter, Pseudemys concinna
• River cooter, Pseudemys concinna
• Russian tortoise, Testudo horsfieldii
• Softshell turtles, Apalone (=Trionyx) species

Snapping turtle species

• Alligator snapping turtle, Macroclemys temminckii
• Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

• Speckled tortoise, Homopus signatus
• Spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

Texas tortoise, Gopherus berlandieri

• Differentiating Desert and Texas Tortoises
• What's In a Name - Gopherus

• Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis
• Twist-necked turtle, Platemys platycephala
• Western pond turtle, Actinemys (= Emys, Clemmys) marmorata
• Wood turtle, Glyptemys (=Clemmys) insculpta
• Yellow-blotched map turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata
• Yellow-footed tortoise, Geochelone denticulata
• Yucatan box turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana