Turtle And Tortoise Common Names

This is not a complete list of Turtles but should be a pretty good list. If you know of others

then please feel free to let us know and we will add it. If you happen to have a picture of one

of the turtles listed and would like to add it to our gallery please let us know too.

Common Names

Common Name	Picture	Care
Snapping Turtles
Florida Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina osceola)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)		Caresheet
Alligator snapping Turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)		Caresheet

Common Name	Picture	Care
Box Turtles		Family
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri)
Three-toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis)
Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina major)
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)
Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)

Chinese Box Turtle Cistoclemmys flavomarginata caresheet

Yucatan Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana caresheet

Common Name	Picture	Care
Map Turtles		Graptemys Family
Barbour’s Map Turtle (Graptemys barbouri)
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata)
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
Mississippi Map Turtle (Graptemys kohnii)
Black-knobbed Map Turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda)
Ringed Map Turtle (Graptemys oculifera)
False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica )
Ouachita Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis)
Sabine Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica sabinensis)
Texas Map Turtle (Graptemys versa)

Common Name	Picture	Care
Mud Turtles
Striped Mud Turtle (Kinosternon baurii)
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens)
Big Bend Mud Turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi)
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)
Mississippi Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis)
Sonoran Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense)

Common Name	Picture	Care
Musk Turtles
Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus)
Flattened Musk Turtle (Sternotherus depressus)
Loggerhead Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor minor)
Stripe Neck Musk Turtle (Sternotherus minor peltifer)
Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)

Common Name	Picture	Care
Sliders

(Trachemys decorata) Hispaniolan Slider

Trachemys decussata decussata Common Cuban Slider

Trachemys decussata angusta Taco River Slider

Trachemys dorbigni dorbigni Southern Orbigny or Brazilian Slider

Trachemys dorbigni brasiliensis Northern Orbigny or Brazilian Slider

Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans care sheet

Trachemys scripta elegans Red-Eared Slider

Trachemys scripta troostii Cumberland Slider

Trachemys scripta emolli Nicaraguan Slider

Trachemys scripta venusta Mesoamerican Slider

Trachemys scripta chichiriviche Venezuela Slider

Trachemys scripta scripta Yellow-bellied Slider

Trachemys scripta cataspila Huastecan Slider

Trachemys scripta callirostris Columbian Slider

Trachemys scripta gaigeae Big Bend Slider

Trachemys scripta grayi Gray’s Slider

Trachemys scripta hartwegi Nazas Slider

Trachemys scripta hiltoni Fuerte Slider

Trachemys scripta nebulosa Baja California Slider

Trachemys scripta ornata Ornate Slider

Trachemys scripta taylori Cuatrocienegas Slider

Trachemys scripta yaquia Yaqui Slider

Trachemys stejnegeri stejnegeri Puerto Rican Slider

Trachemys stejnegeri maloney Inagua Slider

Trachemys stejnegeri vivina Dominican Slider

Trachemys terrapen Jamaican Slider

Common Name	Picture	Care
Softshell Turtles
Florida Softshell (Apalone ferox)		caresheet
Smooth Softshell (Apalone mutica)		caresheet
Gulf coast Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera aspera)		caresheet
Guadalupe Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera guadalupensis)		caresheet
Western Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera hartwegi)		caresheet
Eastern Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera spinifera)		caresheet

Common Name	Picture	Care
Tortoises
Pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)		caresheet naming
Hermann Tortoise (Testudo hermanni hermanni – formerly known as T. h. robertmertensi) Hermann Tortoise (Testudo hermani boettgeri)	picture	caresheet
Greek Tortoise (Testudo gracea Gracea)
Greek Tortoise (Testudo gracea Ibera)		Caresheet
Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi)		Caresheet
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)		Lifestyle Aging my Tortoise Breeding Identify Names
Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)		Lifestyle Aging my Tortoise Breeding Identify Names
Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)		Lifestyle Aging my Tortoise Breeding Conservation Names
Speckled Tortoise, Homopus signatus		Caresheet
African spurred tortoises, Geochelone sulcata		Caresheet Caresheet Caresheet Caresheet Caresheet

Red-footed Tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria caresheet

Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata caresheet

Galapagos tortoise, caresheet

Giant tortoise caresheet

Galápagos Tortoise caresheet

Western Hinge-back Tortoise, Kinixys belliana nogueyi caresheet

Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni caresheet husbandry plight of name

Leopard Tortoise, Geochelone pardalis caresheet

Radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) caresheet

Madagascar Ploughshare Tortoise, Geochelone yniphora caresheet

Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin caresheet

Australian Snake-necked Turtle, Chelodina longicollis caresheet

Pig-nosed Turtle, Carettochelys insculpta caresheet

Twist-necked Turtle, Platemys platycephala caresheet

Mexican Wood Turtle, Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima caresheet

Reeves’ Turtle, Chinemys reevesii caresheet

Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle, Emydura subglobosa caresheet

Blanding’s Turtle, Emydoidea blandingii caresheet

Bog Turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergii caresheet

Argentine Snake-necked Turtle, Hydromedusa tectifera caresheet

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) caresheet

Pacific Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata caresheet

Impressed tortoise, Manouria impressa caresheet

Asian Forest Tortoise (Manouria emys) caresheet

Matamata Turtle, Chelus fimbriatus caresheet

Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta caresheet

Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta elegans caresheet

European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis caresheet

River Cooter, Pseudemys concinna caresheet

Many of the care sheets found are from the California Turtle & Tortoise Club. They have perhaps one of the best web sites on the Internet for reference to Turtle and Tortoises. That’s why they are considered an Essential Site here at Turtle Times.

Scientific Names Of Turtles

Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta
Red-Eared Slider	Trachemys scripta elegans
False Map Turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica
Mississippi Map Turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni
Common map Turtle	Graptemys geographica
Red-Bellied Turtle	Trachemys rubriventris
River Cooter	Pseudemys concinna
Cumberland Turtle	Trachemys scripta troostii
Diamondback Terrapin	Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
Revees’ Turtle	Chinemys reevesii
Mayalan Box Turtle	Cuora amboinensis amboinensis
Leaf Turtle	Cyclemys Dentata
Common Long-Necked Turtle	Chelodina Longicollis
Red-Bellied Side-Neck	Emydura subglobosa albertii
Common Musk Turte	Sternotherus odoratus
Western Pond Turtle	Clemmys marmorata
Alligator Snapping Turtle	Macroclemys temminckii
Stireneck Musk Turtle	Sternotherus minor peltifer
Razorback Musk Turtle	Sternotherus carinatus
Flattened Nose Turtle	Sternotherus depressus
Loggerhead Musk Turtle	Sternotherus minor minor
Striped Mud Turtle	Kinosternon Baurii
Missippi Mud Turtle	Kinosternon Subrubrum hippocrepis
Eastern Mud Turtle	Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
Yellow Mud Turtle	Kinosternon flavescens
Big Bend Mud Turtle	Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata ornata
Eastern Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina carolina
Florida Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina bauri
Three-toed Box Turtle	Terrapene carolina triunguis
Bog Turtle	Clemmys muhlenbergii
Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata
Blanding’s Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii
Wood Turtle	Clemmys insculpta
Texas Map Turtle	Graptemys versa
Black-nkobbed Map Turtle	Graptemys nigrinoda
Ringed Map Turtle	Graptemys oculifera
Alabama Map Turtle	Graptemys pulchra
Yellow-blotched Map Turtle	Graptemys flavimaculata
Barbour’s Map Turtle	Graptemys barbouri
Common Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica