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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Long & Azmi 2017 Phu & Palaniappan 2019 Pilcher 2010 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Silva in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Siow & Moll in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Long & Azmi 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Silva in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Siow & Moll in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Silva in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Siow & Moll in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Chua 1988 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Silva in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Siow & Moll in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Batagur (River Terrapins)   Batagur affinis Southern River Terrapin Das & Yaakob 2007 [as baska] Moll, Platt, Chan, Horne, Platt, Praschag, Chen & Dijk 2015 Praschag, Holloway, Georges, Packert, Hundsdoerfer & Fritz 2009 Praschag, Sommer, McCarthy, Gemel & Fritz 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Batagur borneoensis Red-crowned Terrapin Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian Box Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Grismer 2008 Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin & Grismer 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Schoppe & Das 2011 Genus Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)   Cyclemys dentata Common Leaf Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr 1997 Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdoerfer 2008 Grismer & Aun 2008 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Cyclemys enigmatica Sunda Leaf Turtle Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdoerfer 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Heosemys (Forest Turtles)   Heosemys annandalii Yellow-headed Temple Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer 2008 Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Heosemys grandis Giant Asian Pond Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Heosemys spinosa Spiny Turtle Asad, Mathai, Laird, Ong & Buckingham 2015 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Iverson 1992 Jaafar, Shahrudin, Ibrahim & Ahmad 2015 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann & Kosuch 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Malayemys (Southeast Asian Snail-eating Turtles)   Malayemys macrocephala Malayan Snail-eating Turtle Brophy 2005 Das & Yaakob 2007 Dawson, Ihlow, Ettmar, Dijk & Thirakhupt 2018 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Notochelys (Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle)   Notochelys platynota Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle Asad, Mathai, Laird, Ong & Buckingham 2015 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fukuyama, Fukuyama, Kurita, Kojima, Hossman, Noda & Nishikawa 2021 Grismer & Aun 2008 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Orlitia (Malaysian Giant Turtle)   Orlitia borneensis Malaysian Giant Turtle Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Siebenrockiella (Black Marsh Turtle and Philippine Pond Turtle)   Siebenrockiella crassicollis Black Marsh Turtle Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Grismer 2008 Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 Quah, Wood, Anuar, Muin & Grismer 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)   Indotestudo elongata Elongated Tortoise Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer 2008 Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 Ihlow, Dawson, Hartmann & Som 2016 Iverson 1992 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Manouria (Indochinese Tortoises)   Manouria emys Asian Giant Tortoise Chan, Muin, Anuar, Andam, Razak & Aziz 2019 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Dring 1979 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Stanford, Wanchai, Schaffer, Schaffer & Thirakhupt 2015   Manouria impressa Impressed Tortoise Chan, Muin, Anuar, Andam, Razak & Aziz 2019 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Amyda (Southeast Asian Softshell Turtles)   Amyda cartilaginea Sunda Softshell Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag 2014   Amyda ornata Black-rayed Softshell Turtle Das & Yaakob 2007 [as A. cartilaginea] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as A. cartilaginea] Grismer & Aun 2008 [as A. cartilaginea] Grismer 2008 [as A. cartilaginea] Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 [as A. cartilaginea] Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 [as A. cartilaginea] Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 [as A. cartilaginea] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra chitra Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Das & Yaakob 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 McCord & Pritchard 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Dogania (Malayan Softshell Turtle)   Dogania subplana Malayan Softshell Turtle Chan, Muin, Anuar, Andam, Razak & Aziz 2019 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Dring 1979 Fritz & Havas 2006 Grismer & Aun 2008 Grismer 2008 Grismer 2011 Grismer, Grismer, Das, Yaakob, Liat, Leong, Youmans & Kaiser 2004 Grismer, Youmans, Wood, Ponce, Wright, Jones, Johnson, Sanders, Gower, Yaakob & Lim 2006 Hong, Anuar, Grismer & Quah 2021 Iverson 1992 Kiew, Lim & Lambert 1996 Lim & Lim 1999 Lim, Wira, Chan, Daicus & Norhayati 2010 Malkmus, Manthey, Vogel, Hoffmann & Kosuch 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shabrani, Pui, Grinang & Das 2019 Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys cantorii Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Das & Lakim 2006 Das & Yaakob 2007 Das 2006 Das 2008 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 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