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:
48 accounts (covering 61 recognized 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-Bellied Turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata, 022)
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)
Black Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043)
Black Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii, 015)
Brazilian Snake-Necked Turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani, 026)
Burmese Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Burmese Eyed Turtle (Morenia ocellata, 044)
Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Chocoan River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034)
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)
Eastern Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Eastern Long-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis, 031)
Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Eastern Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
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)
Gibbons' Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi, 029)
Helmeted Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Helmeted Turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa, 007)
Hicotea (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Indian Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Indian Eyed Turtle (Morenia petersi, 045)
Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia hurum, 048)
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)
Large-Nosed Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys nasuta, 034)
Magdalena River Turtle (Podocnemis lewyana, 024 )
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)
Morrocoy de Agua (Trachemys callirostris callirostris, 042)
Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra indica, 027)
Nazas Slider (Trachemys gaigeae, 032)
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)
Okinawa Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda japonica, 002)
Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
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)
Pig-Nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, 009)
Razor-Backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus, 012)
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)
Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus, 036)
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)
South African Bowsprit Tortoise (Chersina angulata, 030)
Southern Black-Knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda, 005)
Southern Pacific Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Spotted Pond Turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii, 043)
Sri Lanka Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga, 038)
Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi, 039)
Suwannee Cooter (Pseudemys concinna, 006)
Three-Keeled Land Turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata, 025)
Tortuga Concha Blanda (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Tortuga Negra de Cuatrociénegas (Apalone spinifera atra, 021)
Tricarinate Hill Turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata, 025)
Variable Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Variable Mud Turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus, 004)
Venezuelan Slider (Trachemys callirostris chichiriviche, 042)
Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia, 014)
Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata, 001)
Western Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi, 008)
Yellow-Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata, 035)