Names List for TESTUDINES

• Order TESTUDINES
• Family CARETTOCHELYIDAE
• Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886
  • Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886
  • Carettocchelys Ramsay, 1886
  • Carretochelys Ramsay, 1886
• Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay, 1886
  • Carettocchelys [sic] insculptus Ramsay, 1886
  • Carettochelys insculpta Boulenger, 1889
  • Caretochelys insculpta canni Wells, 2002
• Family CHELIDAE
• Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826
• Chelodina (Chelodina) Fitzinger, 1826
  • Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826
  • Hydraspis Bell, 1828
  • Chelyodina Agassiz, 1846
  • Chelydura Oudemans, 1894
  • Chelidura Oudemans, 1894
  • Hesperochelodina Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Chelodina (Chelodina) canni McCord & Thomson, 2002
  • Chelodina rankini Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Chelodina canni McCord & Thomson, 2002
• Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis (Shaw, 1794)
  • Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1794
  • Chelodina novaehollandiae Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Chelodina sulcifera Gray, 1855
  • Chelodina sulcata Gray, 1856
• Chelodina (Chelodina) steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914
  • Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914
  • Chelodina millymillyensis Glauert, 1923
• Chelodina (Chelydera) Thomson & Georges, 2020
  • Chelydera Thomson & Georges, 2020
• Chelodina (Chelydera) burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000
  • Chelodina (Macrochelodina) burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000
  • Macrochelodina walloyarrina McCord & Ouni, 2007
• Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa Gray, 1857
  • Chelodina expansa Gray, 1857
• Chelodina (Chelydera) kuchlingi Cann, 1997
  • Chelodina kuchlingi Cann, 1997
• Chelodina (Chelydera) rugosa Ogilby, 1890
  • Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890
  • Chelodina siebenrocki Werner, 1901
  • Chelodina intergularis Fry, 1915
  • Macrochelodina billabong Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Chelodina (Macrochelodina) Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Macrochelodina Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Macrodiremys McCord & Ouni, 2007
• Chelodina (Macrochelodina) oblonga Gray, 1841
  • Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841
  • Chelodina colliei Gray, 1856
• Elseya Gray, 1867
• Elseya (Elseya) Gray, 1867
  • Elseya Gray, 1867
• Elseya (Elseya) dentata (Gray, 1863)
  • Chelymys dentata Gray, 1863
  • Chelymys elseyi Gray, 1864
  • Chelymys elseya Gray, 1870
  • Elseya intermedia Gray, 1872
  • Elseya stirlingi Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Elseya (Elseya) flaviventralis Thomson & Georges, 2016
  • Elseya flaviventralis Thomson & Georges, 2016
• Elseya (Pelocomastes) De Vis, 1897
  • Pelocomastes de Vis, 1897
• Elseya (Pelocomastes) albagula Thomson, Georges & Limpus, 2006
  • Elseya albagula Thomson, Georges & Limpus, 2006
• Elseya (Pelocomastes) irwini Cann, 1997
  • Elseya stirlingi Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Elseya irwini Cann, 1997
• Elseya (Pelocomastes) lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994)
  • Emydura lavarackorum White & Archer, 1994
• Elusor Cann & Legler, 1994
  • Elusor Cann & Legler, 1994
• Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994
  • Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994
• Emydura Bonaparte, 1836
  • Emydura Bonaparte, 1836
  • Chelymys Gray, 1844
  • Euchelymys [part.] Gray, 1871
  • Tropicochelymys Wells and Wellington, 1985
• Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830)
  • Emys macquaria Cuvier, 1829
  • Chelys (Hydraspis) macquarii Gray, 1831
  • Hydraspis macquarrii Gray, 1831
  • Hydraspis australis Gray, 1841
  • Euchelymys sulcifera Gray, 1871
  • Chelymys krefftii Gray, 1871
  • Chelymys victoriae marmorata Gray, 1872
  • Chelymys victoriae sulcata Gray, 1872
  • Emydura signata Ahl, 1932
  • Emydura canni Worrell, 1970
  • Emydura macquarrii signata Wermuth & Mertens, 1977
  • Chelymys cooki Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Tropicochelymys insularis Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Chelymys windorah Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Chelymys johncanni Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Emydura macquarii signata Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
  • Emydura macquarii binjing Cann, 1998
  • Emydura macquarii gunabarra Cann, 1998
  • Emydura macquarii dharuk Cann, 1998
  • Emydura macquarii dharra Cann, 1998
  • Emydura macquarii emmotti Cann, McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2003
  • Emydura macquarii nigra McCord, Cann & Joseph-Ouni, 2003
• Emydura subglobosa (Krefft, 1876)
• Emydura subglobosa subglobosa (Krefft, 1876)
  • Euchelymys subglobosa Krefft, 1876
  • Emydura albertisii Boulenger, 1888
  • Tropicochelymys goodei Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Emydura subglobosa worrelli (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
  • Tropicochelymys worrelli Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Tropicochelymys leichhardti Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Emydura tanybaraga Cann, 1997
  • Emydura tanybaraga Cann, 1997
• Emydura victoriae (Gray, 1842)
  • Hydraspis victoriae Gray, 1842
• Myuchelys Thompson & Georges, 2009
  • Wollumbinia Wells, 2007
  • Myuchelys Thomson & Georges, 2009
  • Flaviemys Le, Reid, McCaord, Naro-Maciel, Raxworthy, Amato & Georges, 2013
• Myuchelys bellii (Gray, 1844)
  • Phrynops bellii Gray, 1844
• Myuchelys georgesi (Cann, 1997)
  • Elseya georgesi Cann, 1997
• Myuchelys latisternum (Gray, 1867)
  • Elseya latisternum Gray, 1867
  • Euchelymys spinosa Gray, 1871
  • Elseya latisternon Gray, 1871
• Myuchelys purvisi (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
  • Elseya purvisi Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Pseudemydura Siebenrock, 1901
  • Pseudemydura Siebenrock, 1901
• Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock, 1901
  • Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock, 1901
  • Emydura inspectata Glauert, 1954
• Rheodytes Legler & Cann, 1980
  • Rheodytes Legler & Cann, 1980
• Rheodytes leukops Legler & Cann, 1980
  • Rheodytes leukops Legler & Cann, 1980
• Family EMYDIDAE
• Trachemys Agassiz, 1857
  • Trachemys Agassiz, 1857
• Trachemys scripta (Schoepff, 1792)
  • Pseudemys scripta Schoepff, 1792
• Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839)
  • Emys elegans Wied-Neuwied, 1839
• Family CHELONIIDAE
• Caretta Rafinesque, 1814
  • Caretta Rafinesque, 1814
  • Thalassochelys Fitzinger, 1835
  • Caouana Cocteau, 1838
  • Halichelys Fitzinger, 1843
  • Caouana [part.] Gray, 1844
  • Thalassiochelis Nardo, 1864
  • Eremonia Gray, 1873
  • Thalassiochelys Philippi, 1887
  • Thallasochelys Barbour & Cole, 1906
• Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758
  • Testudo cephalo Schneider, 1783
  • Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788
  • Testudo nasicornis Lacépède, 1788
  • Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814
  • Chelonia cavanna Oken, 1816
  • Caretta atra Merrem, 1820
  • Testudo corianna Gray, 1831
  • Chelonia pelasgorum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833
  • Caouana elongata Gray, 1844
  • Thalassochelys corticata Girard, 1858
  • Chelonia cahuano Tamayo, 1962
  • Caretta careta Tamayo, 1962
• Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933
  • Caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933
• Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
  • Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
  • Chelonia Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
  • Chelone Brongniart, 1805
  • Chelona Burmeister, 1807
  • Chelonias Rafinesque, 1814
  • Mydas Cocteau, 1838
  • Mydas Cocteau, 1838
  • Mydasea Gervais, 1843
  • Euchelonia Tschudi, 1846
  • Megemys Gistel, 1848
  • Euchelys Girard, 1858
  • Midas Herrera, 1901
• Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758
  • Testudo macropus Walbaum, 1782
  • Testudo viridis Schneider, 1783
  • Testudo marina vulgaris Lacépède, 1788
  • Testudo viridisquamosa Lacépède, 1788
  • Testudo chloronotus Bechstein, 1800
  • Testudo cepediana Daudin, 1802
  • Testudo rugosa Daudin, 1802
  • Chelonia virgata Schweigger, 1812
  • Caretta cepedii Merrem, 1820
  • Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820
  • Caretta thunbergii Merrem, 1820
  • Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier, 1829
  • Chelonia maculosa Cuvier, 1829
  • Chelonia bicarinata Lesson, 1834
  • Chelonia marmorata Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Chelonia formosa Girard, 1858
  • Chelonia tenuis Girard, 1858
  • Chelonia albiventer Nardo, 1864
  • Chelonia midas Bocage, 1866
  • Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868
  • Chelonia depressa Garman, 1880
  • Chelonia lata Philippi, 1887
  • Chelonia mydas carrinegra Caldwell, 1962
  • Testudo nigrita Tamayo, 1962
• Chelonia mydas japonica (Thunberg, 1787)
  • Testudo japonica Thunberg, 1787
• Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
  • Caretta Ritgen, 1828
  • Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
  • Eretmochelis Tschudi, 1846
  • Eritmochelys Tschudi, 1846
  • Herpysmostes Gistel, 1868
  • Onychochelys Gray, 1873
  • Erethmochelys Maldonado-Koerdell, 1953
• Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766
  • Chelonia radiata Cuvier, 1829
  • Chelonia pseudomydas Lesson, 1834
  • Chelonia pseudocaretta Lesson, 1834
  • Caretta squamosa Girard, 1858
  • Caretta rostrata Girard, 1858
  • Onychochelys kraussi Gray, 1873
  • Eretmochelys squammata Dugès, 1884
  • Eretmochelys imbricata bibba Pritchard, 1967
• Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Caretta bissa Rüppell, 1835
• Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz, 1857
  • Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz, 1857
• Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843
  • Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843
  • Caouana Gray, 1844
  • Cephalochelys Gray, 1873
  • Colpochelys Garman, 1880
• Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
  • Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798
  • Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, 1820
  • Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Chelonia subcarinata Gray, 1844
  • Caouana ruppellii Gray, 1844
  • Caouana dessumierii Smith, 1849
  • Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker, 1857
  • Chelonia dubia Gray, 1864
  • Cephalochelys oceanica Gray, 1873
  • Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi, 1887
  • Chelonia olivaccea Velasco, 1892
  • Thalassochelys tarapacana Philippi, 1899
  • Thalassochelys controversa Philippi, 1899
  • Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908
• Natator McCulloch, 1908
  • Natator McCulloch, 1908
• Natator depressus (Garman, 1880)
  • Chelonia depressa (part.) Garman, 1880
  • Natator tessellatus McCulloch, 1908
• Family DERMOCHELYIDAE
• Dermochelys Blainville, 1816
  • Dermochelys Blainville, 1816
  • Sphargis Merrem, 1820
  • Coriudo Fleming, 1822
  • Siphargis Risso, 1827
  • Scytina Wagler, 1828
  • Dermochelis Cuvier, 1829
  • Dermatochelys Wagler, 1830
  • Chelyra Rafinesque, 1832
  • Scytena Gray, 1844
  • Sphragis Agassiz, 1846
  • Seytinia Neave, 1940
  • Seytina Romer, 1956
  • Scytine Romer, 1956
  • Dermatochelis Romer, 1956
  • Dermotochelys Battersby, 1959
• Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
  • Testudo coriacea Vandelli, 1761
  • Testudo arcuata Catesby, 1771
  • Testudo lyra Lacépède, 1788
  • Testudo tuberculata Pennant, 1801
  • Chelonias lutaria Rafinesque, 1814
  • Sphargis mercurialis Merrem, 1820
  • Dermochelis atlantica Cuvier, 1829
  • Dermatochelys porcata Wagler, 1830
  • Sphargis coriacea schlegelii Garman, 1884
  • Sphargis angusta Philippi, 1899

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