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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 Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle) Genus Carettochelys (Pig-nosed Turtle)   Carettochelys insculpta Pig-nosed Turtle Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Georges & Rose 1993 Georges, Doody, Eisemberg, Alacs & Rose 2008 Iverson 1992 Loveridge 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rompp 2006 Samedi & Iskandar 2000  Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles) Genus Chelodina (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)   * Chelodina gunaleni Mimika Snake-necked Turtle McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Chelodina mccordi Rote Island Snake-necked Turtle Georges & Thomson 2010 Kuchling, Rhodin, Ibarrondo & Trainor 2007 McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Hagen 2007 Rhodin 1994 Rhodin, Ibarrondo & Kuchling 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Chelodina novaeguineae Papuan Snake-necked Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina parkeri Mawa Snake-necked Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina reimanni Merauke Snake-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Philippen & Grossmann 1990 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina rugosa Northern Australian Snake-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 [as siebenrocki] Kennett, Fordham, Alacs, Corey & Georges 2014 [as oblonga] Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 [as oblonga] Samedi & Iskandar 2000 [as siebenrocki] Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)   Elseya branderhorsti White-bellied Snapping Turtle Allison 2006 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   * Elseya nabire Nabire Snapping Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022   * Elseya novaeguineae Doberai Snapping Turtle Allison 2007 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Boulenger 1914 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2019 [as E. caelatus] Loveridge 1948 Mulyadi 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Samedi & Iskandar 2000 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015 Wermuth & Mertens 1977   * Elseya papua Merauke Snapping Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022   Elseya rhodini Southern Papuan Snapping Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   Elseya schultzei Northern Papuan Snapping Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2019 [as orestiad] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015 Genus Emydura (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)   * Emydura gunaleni Kais Short-necked Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smales, McCord, Cann & Joseph-Ouni 2019   Emydura subglobosa Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Boulenger 1914 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Jong 1926 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 McKay 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Somaweera 2017 Suwelo, Nuitja & Soetrisno in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Adnyana, Soede, Gearheart & Halim 2008 Allison 2007 Auffenberg 1980 Jong 1926 King & Burke 1989 Koch, Arida, Riyanto & Boehme 2009 Kopstein 1926 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Maturbongs 1995 McKay 2006 Mertens 1930 Milto & Lukin 2020 Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Nuitja & Lazell 1982 Obermeier 2002 Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Smedley 1928 Somaweera 2017 Stringell, Bangkaru, Steeman & Bateman 2000 Suwelo, Nuitja & Soetrisno in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tapley & Muurmans 2011 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Winata, Nadina & Rofik 2008 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Auffenberg 1980 Forcart 1953 Jong 1926 Kopstein 1926 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Loveridge 1948 Maturbongs 1995 McKay 2006 Mertens 1927 Mertens 1930 Milto & Lukin 2020 Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Nuitja & Lazell 1982 Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Somaweera 2017 Suwelo, Nuitja & Soetrisno in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tapley & Muurmans 2011 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Winata, Nadina & Rofik 2008 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Maturbongs 1995 McKay 2006 Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Somaweera 2017 Suwelo, Nuitja & Soetrisno in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Genus Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)   Natator depressus Flatback Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Limpus, Couper & Couper 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Betz & Welch 1992 King & Burke 1989 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Maturbongs 1995 McKay 2006 Milto & Lukin 2020 Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Nuitja & Lazell 1982 Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Somaweera 2017 Starbird & Suarez 1994 Suarez & Starbird 1996 Suwelo, Nuitja & Soetrisno in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tapilatu & Tiwari 2007 Tapley & Muurmans 2011 Whitten & McCarthy 1993  Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles) Genus Batagur (River Terrapins)   Batagur affinis Southern River Terrapin Fritz & Gaulke 1997 [as baska] Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 [as baska] Moll, Platt, Chan, Horne, Platt, Praschag, Chen & Dijk 2015 Praschag, Sommer, McCarthy, Gemel & Fritz 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 [as baska]   Batagur borneoensis Red-crowned Terrapin Das 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 Ladiges 1939 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)   Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian Box Turtle Brongersma 1933 Brongersma in Dammerman 1929 Das 2006 Gaulke, Abel & Erdelen 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Gillespie, Howard, Lockie, Scroggie & Boeadi 2005 Iskandar & Tjan 1996 Iverson 1992 Jong 1926 King & Burke 1989 Koch 2012 Kopstein 1926 Kopstein 1927 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Ladiges 1939 Leo, Suherman, Permatasari, Suganda, Zulamri & Winarni 2020 Leong, Grismer & Mumpuni 2003 Mertens 1930 Milto & Lukin 2020 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Rooij 1922 Schoppe & Das 2011 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wanger, Motzke, Saleh & Iskandar 2011 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Genus Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)   Cyclemys dentata Common Leaf Turtle Das 2006 Dring, McCarthy & Whitten 1990 Farkas & Gyurjan 1998 Fritz & Havas 2006 Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr 1997 Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdoerfer 2008 Iverson 1992 Kopstein 1930 [as dhor] Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Leong, Grismer & Mumpuni 2003 McKay 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 [as dhor] Somaweera 2017 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Zhao & Adler 1993   Cyclemys enigmatica Sunda Leaf Turtle Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr 1997 [as oldhamii] Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdoerfer 2008 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 [as dhor] Genus Heosemys (Forest Turtles)   Heosemys spinosa Spiny Turtle Brongersma 1934 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das 2006 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Ladiges 1939 Leong, Grismer & Mumpuni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Leucocephalon (Sulawesi Forest Turtle)   * Leucocephalon yuwonoi Sulawesi Forest Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Hagen, Platt & Innis 2009 Koch 2012 McCord, Iverson & Boeadi 1995 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wanger, Motzke, Saleh & Iskandar 2011 Genus Notochelys (Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle)   Notochelys platynota Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle Brongersma in Dammerman 1929 Das 2006 Farkas & Gyurjan 1998 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Genus Orlitia (Malaysian Giant Turtle)   Orlitia borneensis Malaysian Giant Turtle Das 2006 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Genus Siebenrockiella (Black Marsh Turtle and Philippine Pond Turtle)   Siebenrockiella crassicollis Black Marsh Turtle Brongersma in Dammerman 1929 Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Das 2006 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iverson 1992 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Yasukawa & Kamezaki 1997  Family Testudinidae (Tortoises) Genus Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)   * Indotestudo forstenii Sulawesi Tortoise Fritz & Havas 2006 Iskandar & Tjan 1996 Iverson 1992 Koch 2012 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Wanger, Motzke, Saleh & Iskandar 2011 Genus Manouria (Indochinese Tortoises)   Manouria emys Asian Giant Tortoise Cox, Dijk, Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt 1998 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Ladiges 1939 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Stanford, Wanchai, Schaffer, Schaffer & Thirakhupt 2015 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Amyda (Southeast Asian Softshell Turtles)   Amyda cartilaginea Sunda Softshell Turtle Auliya 2000 Auliya, Dijk, Moll & Meylan 2016 Brongersma in Dammerman 1929 Das 2006 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag 2014 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Koch 2012 Koch, Ives, Arida & Iskandar 2008 Kopstein 1930 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Leong, Grismer & Mumpuni 2003 McKay 2006 Mertens 1929 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Somaweera 2017 Somaweera, Lilley, Putra, Ganz, Govendan, McKay & Milenkaya 2018 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wanger, Motzke, Saleh & Iskandar 2011 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Genus Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)   Chitra chitra Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 McCord & Pritchard 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Genus Dogania (Malayan Softshell Turtle)   Dogania subplana Malayan Softshell Turtle Brongersma 1934 Brongersma in Dammerman 1929 Das 2006 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Fritz & Havas 2006 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Iverson 1992 Kusrini, Hamidy, Prasetyo, Nugraha, Andriani, Fadhila, Hartanto & Afrianto 2021 Leong, Grismer & Mumpuni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Smedley 1931 Tapley & Muurmans 2011 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitten & McCarthy 1993 Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys bibroni Southern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Webb 1995   Pelochelys cantorii Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Das & Lakim 2006 Das 2006 Das 2008 Fritz & Gaulke 1997 Gaulke, Abel, Erdelen & Fritz 1998 Iskandar 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Teynie, David & Ohler 2010 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 [as bibroni]   Pelochelys signifera Northern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 [as cantorii] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 [as cantorii] Webb 1995 [as cantorii] Webb 2002