Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
Publication Chronology
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
2008 (Installment 1):
Published 21 accounts plus checklist, 181 pages
2009 (Installment 2):
Published 19 accounts plus checklist, 185 pages
2010 (Installment 3):
Published 8 accounts plus checklist, 131 pages
2011 (Installment 4):
Published 17 accounts plus checklist, 237 pages
Total 2008–2011 to date:
Published 65 accounts plus 4 checklists, 734 pages
2008:
CRM Number 5, Installment 1
21 accounts plus checklist, 181 pages
001. Actinemys marmorata (Baird and Girard 1852) – Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle.
R. Bruce Bury and David J. Germano.
15 May 2008. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.001.marmorata.v1.2008
002. Geoemyda japonica Fan 1931 – Ryukyu Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle, Okinawa Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle.
Yuichirou Yasukawa and Hidetoshi Ota.
15 May 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.002.japonica.v1.2008
003. Mauremys japonica (Temminck and Schlegel 1835) – Japanese Pond Turtle.
Yuichirou Yasukawa, Takashi Yabe, and Hidetoshi Ota.
15 May 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.003.japonica.v1.2008
004. Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927– Variable Mud Turtle, Variable Hinged Terrapin.
Donald G. Broadley and Richard C. Boycott.
15 May 2008. 3 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.004.rhodesianus.v1.2008
005. Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle 1954 – Black-Knobbed Map Turtle, Black-Knobbed Sawback.
Emmett L. Blankenship, Brian P. Butterfield, and James C. Godwin.
15 May 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.005.nigrinoda.v1.2008
006. Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte 1830) – River Cooter.
Joseph P. Ward and Dale R. Jackson.
15 May 2008. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.006.concinna.v1.2008
007. Pelomedusa subrufa (Lacépède 1788) – Helmeted Turtle, Helmeted Terrapin.
Richard C. Boycott and Ortwin Bourquin.
15 May 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.007.subrufa.v1.2008
008. Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994 – Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle, McCord's Snake-Necked Turtle, Kura-Kura Rote.
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Bonggi R. Ibarrondo, and Gerald Kuchling.
15 May 2008. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.008.mccordi.v1.2008
009. Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay 1886 – Pig-Nosed Turtle, Fly River Turtle.
Arthur Georges, J. Sean Doody, Carla Eisemberg, Erika A. Alacs, and Mark Rose.
13 Jun 2008. 17 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.009.insculpta.v1.2008
010. Pelusios castanoides intergularis Bour 1983 – Seychelles Yellow-Bellied Mud Turtle, Seychelles Chestnut-Bellied Terrapin.
Justin Gerlach.
20 Jun 2008. 4 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.010.intergularis.v1.2008
011. Pelochelys cantorii Gray 1864 – Asian Giant Softshell Turtle.
Indraneil Das.
21 Jun 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.011.cantorii.v1.2008
012. Sternotherus carinatus (Gray 1856) – Razorback Musk Turtle, Razor-Backed Musk Turtle.
Peter V. Lindeman.
21 Jun 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.012.carinatus.v1.2008
013. Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 – Flattened Musk Turtle.
C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
22 Jun 2008. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.013.depressus.v1.2008
014. Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille 1801) – Chicken Turtle.
Kurt A. Buhlmann, J. Whitfield Gibbons, and Dale R. Jackson.
26 Jun 2008. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.014.reticularia.v1.2008
015. Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838) – Blanding's Turtle.
Justin D. Congdon, Terry E. Graham, Tom B. Herman, Jeffrey W. Lang, Michael J. Pappas, and Bruce J. Brecke.
27 Jun 2008. 12 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.015.blandingii.v1.2008
016. Pelusios subniger parietalis Bour 1983 – Seychelles Black Mud Turtle.
Justin Gerlach.
30 Jun 2008. 4 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.016.parietalis.v1.2008
017. Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger 1812) – Adanson's Mud Turtle.
Roger Bour.
30 Jun 2008. 4 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.017.adansonii.v1.2008
018. Pelusios seychellensis (Siebenrock 1906) – Seychelles Mud Turtle.
Roger Bour and Justin Gerlach.
1 Jul 2008. 3 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.018.seychellensis.v1.2008
019. Pseudemys alabamensis (Baur 1893) – Alabama Red-Bellied Cooter, Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle.
Christopher J. Leary, James L. Dobie, Thomas M. Mann, Peter S. Floyd, and David H. Nelson.
16 Jul 2008. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.019.alabamensis.v1.2008
020. Chelus fimbriata (Schneider 1783) – Matamata Turtle.
Peter C.H. Pritchard.
4 Aug 2008. 10 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.020.fimbriata.v1.2008
021. Apalone spinifera atra (Webb and Legler 1960) – Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatrociénegas Softshell, Tortuga Concha Blanda, Tortuga Negra de Cuatrociénegas.
Adrián Cerdá-Ardura, Francisco Soberón-Mobarak, Suzanne E. McGaugh, and Richard C. Vogt.
9 Aug 2008. 4 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.021.atra.v1.2008
000.v1. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy .
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, and James F. Parham.
8 Dec 2008. 38 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v1.2008
2009:
CRM Number 5, Installment 2
19 accounts plus checklist, 185 pages
022. Rhinoclemmys areolata (Duméril and Bibron 1851) – Furrowed Wood Turtle, Black-Bellied Turtle, Mojena.
Richard C. Vogt, Steven G. Platt, and Thomas R. Rainwater.
24 Feb 2009. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.022.areolata.v1.2009
023. Hardella thurjii (Gray 1831) – Crowned River Turtle.
Indraneil Das and S. Bhupathy.
10 Apr 2009. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.023.thurjii.v1.2009
024. Podocnemis lewyana Duméril 1852 – Magdalena River Turtle.
Vivian P. Páez, Adriana Restrepo, Mario Vargas-Ramirez, and Brian C. Bock.
13 Apr 2009. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.024.lewyana.v1.2009
025. Melanochelys tricarinata (Blyth 1856) – Tricarinate Hill Turtle, Three-Keeled Land Turtle.
Indraneil Das.
22 Sep 2009. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.025.tricarinata.v1.2009
026. Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan 1825) – Maximilian’s Snake-Necked Turtle, Brazilian Snake-Necked Turtle.
Franco L. Souza and Fernando I. Martins.
6 Oct 2009. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.026.maximiliani.v1.2009
027. Chitra indica (Gray 1830) – Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle.
Indraneil Das and Shailendra Singh.
16 Oct 2009. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.027.indica.v1.2009
028. Aldabrachelys arnoldi (Bour 1982) – Arnold's Giant Tortoise.
Justin Gerlach.
18 Oct 2009. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.028.arnoldi.v1.2009
029. Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich and McCoy 1992 – Pascagoula Map Turtle, Pearl River Map Turtle, Gibbons' Map Turtle.
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Will Selman, and C.J. McCoy.
26 Oct 2009. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.029.gibbonsi.v1.2009
030. Chersina angulata (Schweigger 1812) – Angulate Tortoise, South African Bowsprit Tortoise.
Margaretha D. Hofmeyr.
28 Oct 2009. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.030.angulata.v1.2009
031. Chelodina longicollis (Shaw 1794) – Eastern Long-Necked Turtle, Common Long-Necked Turtle,
Common Snake-Necked Turtle.
Rod Kennett, John Roe, Kate Hodges, and Arthur Georges.
13 Nov 2009. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.031.longicollis.v1.2009
032. Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg 1939) – Big Bend Slider, Mexican Plateau Slider, Jicotea de la Meseta Mexicana.
James N. Stuart and Joseph P. Ward.
16 Nov 2009. 12 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.032.gaigeae.v1.2009
033. Graptemys oculifera (Baur 1890) – Ringed Map Turtle, Ringed Sawback.
Robert L. Jones and Will Selman.
20 Nov 2009. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.033.oculifera.v1.2009
034. Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Boulenger 1902) – Large-Nosed Wood Turtle, Chocoan River Turtle.
John L. Carr and Alan Giraldo.
24 Nov 2009. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.034.nasuta.v1.2009
035. Cuora flavomarginata (Gray 1863) – Yellow-Margined Box Turtle.
Hidetoshi Ota, Yuichirou Yasukawa, Jinzhong Fu, and Tien-Hsi Chen.
27 Nov 2009. 10 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.035.flavomarginata.v1.2009
036. Pelusios sinuatus (Smith 1838) – Serrated Hinged Terrapin.
Donald G. Broadley and Richard C. Boycott.
8 Dec 2009. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.036.sinuatus.v1.2009
037. Batagur baska (Gray 1830) – Northern River Terrapin.
Edward O. Moll, Kalyar Platt, Steven G. Platt, Peter Praschag, and Peter Paul van Dijk.
8 Dec 2009. 10 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.037.baska.v1.2009
038. Melanochelys trijuga (Schweigger 1812) – Indian Black Turtle.
Indraneil Das and S. Bhupathy.
8 Dec 2009. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.038.trijuga.v1.2009
039. Leucocephalon yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson, and Boeadi 1995) – Sulawesi Forest Turtle, Kura-Kura Sulawesi.
Cris Hagen, Steven G. Platt, and Charles J. Innis.
9 Dec 2009. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.039.yuwonoi.v1.2009
040. Acanthochelys macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris 1984) – Big-Headed Pantanal Swamp Turtle, Pantanal Swamp Turtle.
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Sébastien Métrailler, Thomas Vinke, Sabine Vinke, Harald Artner, and Russell A. Mittermeier.
9 Dec 2009. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.040.macrocephala.v1.2009
000.v2. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, 2009 Update, with Conservation Status Summary.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group.
[Anders G.J. Rhodin, James F. Parham, Peter Paul van Dijk, and John B. Iverson].
9 Dec 2009. 46 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v2.2009
2010:
CRM Number 5, Installment 3
8 accounts plus checklist, 131 pages
041. Pseudemys nelsoni Carr 1938 – Florida Red-Bellied Turtle.
Dale R. Jackson.
7 Aug 2010. 8 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.041.nelsoni.v1.2010
042. Trachemys callirostris (Gray 1856) – Colombian Slider, Jicotea, Hicotea, Galapago, Morrocoy de Agua.
Brian C. Bock, Vivian P. Páez, and Juan M. Daza.
7 Aug 2010. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.042.callirostris.v1.2010
043. Geoclemys hamiltonii (Gray 1830) – Spotted Pond Turtle, Black Pond Turtle.
Indraneil Das and S. Bhupathy.
9 Aug 2010. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.043.hamiltonii.v1.2010
044. Morenia ocellata (Duméril and Bibron 1835) – Burmese Eyed Turtle.
Indraneil Das.
9 Aug 2010. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.044.ocellata.v1.2010
045. Morenia petersi Anderson 1879 – Indian Eyed Turtle.
Indraneil Das and Saibal Sengupta.
9 Aug 2010. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.045.petersi.v1.2010
000.v3. Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group.
[Anders G.J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, and H. Bradley Shaffer].
14 Dec 2010. 80 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010
046. Pangshura sylhetensis Jerdon 1870 – Assam Roofed Turtle.
Indraneil Das, Saibal Sengupta, and Peter Praschag.
14 Dec 2010. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.046.sylhetensis.v1.2010
047. Geoemyda spengleri (Gmelin 1789) – Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle.
Yuichirou Yasukawa and Hidetoshi Ota.
14 Dec 2010. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.047.spengleri.v1.2010
048. Nilssonia hurum (Gray 1830) – Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle.
Indraneil Das, Dhruvajyoti Basu, and Shailendra Singh.
14 Dec 2010. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.048.hurum.v1.2010
2011:
CRM Number 5, Installment 4
17 accounts plus checklist, 237 pages
000.v4. Turtles of the World, 2011 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group.
[Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin].
31 Dec 2011. 78 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v4.2011 (Download pdf)
049. Terrapene coahuila Schmidt and Owens 1944 – Coahuilan Box Turtle.
Jennifer G. Howeth and William S. Brown.
31 Dec 2011. 13 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.049.coahuila.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
050. Mauremys reevesii (Gray 1831) – Reeves' Turtle, Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtle.
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Yuichirou Yasukawa, and Hidetoshi Ota.
31 Dec 2011. 10 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.050.reevesii.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
051. Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy 1992 – Escambia Map Turtle.
Jeffrey E. Lovich, James C. Godwin, and C.J. McCoy.
31 Dec 2011. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.051.ernsti.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
052. Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle 1954 – Yellow-Blotched Sawback, Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle.
Will Selman and Robert L. Jones.
31 Dec 2011. 11 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.052.flavimaculata.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
053. Cuora amboinensis (Riche in Daudin 1801) – Southeast Asian Box Turtle.
(includes C. a. amboinensis, C. a. couro, C. a. kamaroma, and C. a. lineata)
Sabine Schoppe and Indraneil Das.
31 Dec 2011. 13 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.053.amboinensis.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
054. Indotestudo travancorica (Boulenger 1907) – Travancore Tortoise.
V. Deepak, Madhuri Ramesh, S. Bhupathy, and Karthikeyan Vasudevan.
31 Dec 2011. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.054.travancorica.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
055. Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854 – Zambezi Flapshell Turtle, Nkhasi.
Donald G. Broadley and Walter Sachsse.
31 Dec 2011. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.055.frenatum.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
056. Chelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett, and Georges 2000 – Sandstone Snake-Necked Turtle.
Scott Thomson, Rod Kennett, Anton Tucker, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Phillipa Featherston, Erika A. Alacs, and Arthur Georges.
31 Dec 2011. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.056.burrungandjii.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
057. Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863) – Burmese Star Tortoise, Kye Leik.
Steven G. Platt, Thanda Swe, Win Ko Ko, Kalyar Platt, Khin Myo Myo, Thomas R. Rainwater, and David Emmett.
31 Dec 2011. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.057.platynota.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
058. Dermatemys mawii Gray 1847 – Central American River Turtle, Tortuga Blanca, Hickatee.
Richard C. Vogt, John R. Polisar, Don Moll, and Gracia Gonzalez-Porter.
31 Dec 2011. 12 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.058.mawii.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
059. Testudo hermanni (Gmelin 1789) – Hermann’s Tortoise.
(includes T. h. hermanni and T. h. boettgeri)
Albert Bertolero, Marc Cheylan, Adrian Hailey, Barbara Livoreil, and Ronald E. Willemsen
31 Dec 2011. 20 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.059.hermanni.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
060. Terrapene nelsoni Stejneger 1925 – Spotted Box Turtle, Tortuga de Chispitas, Tortuga de Monte.
(includes T. n. nelsoni and T. n. klauberi)
James R. Buskirk and Paulino Ponce-Campos.
31 Dec 2011. 9 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.060.nelsoni.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
061. Aldabrachelys hololissa (Günther 1877) – Seychelles Giant Tortoise.
Justiin Gerlach.
31 Dec 2011. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.061.hololissa.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
062. Kinosternon acutum (Gray 1831) – Tabasco Mud Turtle, Montera, Chechagua de Monte.
John B. Iverson and Richard C. Vogt.
31 Dec 2011. 6 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.062.acutum.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
063. Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus 1766) – Scorpion Mud Turtle.
(includes K. s. scorpioides, K. s. abaxillare, K. s. albogulare, and K. s. cruentatum)
James F. Berry and John B. Iverson.
31 Dec 2011. 15 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.063.scorpioides.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
064. Kinosternon scorpioides albogulare (Duméril and Bocourt 1870) – White-Throated Mud Turtle, Swanka Turtle.
German Forero-Medina and Olga V. Castaño-Mora.
31 Dec 2011. 5 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.064.albogulare.v1.2011 (Download pdf)
065. Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Freiberg 1945) – Chaco Side-Necked Turtle.
Thomas Vinke, Sabine Vinke, Enrique Richard, Mario R. Cabrera, Lorena Paszko, Pablo Marano, and Sébastien Métrailler.
31 Dec 2011. 7 pp. doi:10.3854/crm.5.065.pallidipectoris.v1.2011 (Download pdf)