Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
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, and John B. Iverson
Chelonian Research Monographs – Number 5
Published by Chelonian Research Foundation
Published to date: 21 accounts
Adanson’s Mud Turtle (Pelusios adansonii, 017)
Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis, 019)
Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis, 019)
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys cantorii, 011)
Black Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Black-Knobbed Sawback (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Black Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii, 015)
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Common African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Cuatrociénegas Softshell (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Eastern Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Eastern Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Florida Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus, 013)
Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, 009)
Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Japanese Pond Turtle (Mauremys japonica, 003)
Kura-Kura Rote (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Matamata Turtle (Chelus fimbriata, 020)
McCord’s Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
North African Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Northern Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Northern Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Okinawa Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica, 002)
Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Pig-Nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, 009)
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Ryukyu Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica, 002)
Seychelles Black Mud Turtle (Pelusios subniger parietalis, 016)
Seychelles Chestnut-Bellied Terrapin (Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010)
Seychelles Mud Turtle (Pelusios seychellensis, 018)
Seychelles Yellow-Bellied Mud Turtle (Pelusios castanoides intergularis, 010)
Siamese Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)
Southern Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Southern Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Tortuga Concha Blanda (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Tortuga Negra de Cuatrociénegas (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Variable Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Variable Mud Turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Western Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)