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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Testudinidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Testudinidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, ReptileDB, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Croatia Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, Gabon Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kosovo Species List, Lebanon Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Macedonia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritius Species List, Montenegro Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palestine Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Slovenia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Syria Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, United States Species List, and Renous et al 2007
Testudinidae Batsch 1788

Alternative Names

? ammon Andrews, 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? amphithorax Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angusticeps Matthew, 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? annae Hay, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? arenivaga Hay, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? atascosae Hay, 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? australis Moreno, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bacharidisi Vlachos et al., 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? beadnelli Andrews, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bolivari Hernandez-Pacheco, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brontops Marsh, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? canetotiana Lartet, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? canyonensis Johnston, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cassouleti Claude & Tong, 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? castrensis Bergounioux, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? comptoni Owen & Bell, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? copei Koerner, 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? corsoni Leidy, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? costaricensis Segura, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassa Andrews, 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassiscutata Leidy, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? culbertsonii Leidy, 1852
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cultrata Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dehiscus DesLauriers, 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ducateli Collins & Lynn, 1936
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? edae Hay, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? emiliae Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? eocaenica Hummel, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? equicomes Hay, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? exornata Lambe, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? farri Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? francisi Hay, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? frizaciana Lartet, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gilbertii Hay, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gringorum Simpson, 1942
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gymnesicus Bate, 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hamiltoni Gray, 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hayi Sellards, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hemispherica Leidy, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hesterna Auffenberg, 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hollandi Hay, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? impensa Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? incisa Hay, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? insolitus Matthew & Granger, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? inusitata Hay, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? kalganensis Gilmore, 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? klettiana Cope, 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laticaudata Cope, 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laticuneus Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ligonia Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? luciae Hay, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lunellensis Almera & Bofill, 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? majusculus Hay, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mohavetus Merriam, 1919
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? monensis Williams, 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? namaquensis Stromer, 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nanus Hay, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nebrascensis Leidy, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? neglectus Brattstrom, 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? niobrarensis Leidy, 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ocalana Hay, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? osborniana Hay, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? oweni Leidy, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pansus Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? peragrans Hay, 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? perpiniana Deperet, 1885
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pertenius Cope, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? phosphoritarum Rage, 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? primaeva Oelrich, 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pygmea Lartet, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rexroadensis Oelrich, 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? richardi Bergounioux, 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? riggsi Hibbard, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? schafferi Szalai, 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scutella Meyer, 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sellardsi Hay, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? snoviana Cope, 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sombrerensis Leidy, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tedwhitei Williams, 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? thompsoni Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tumidus Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? turgida Cope, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? uintensis Gilmore, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? undabuna Loomis, 1909
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? undata Cope, 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vagus Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vialovi Ckhikvadze, 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? williamsi Auffenberg, 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? wilsoni Milstead, 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Achilemys Hay 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Asterochelys Gray 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Damonia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dysmydae Ritgen 1828
Eurotestudo de Lapparent de Broin, Bour, Parham & Perala 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Germanemyda Chkhikvadze 2010
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megalochelys Falconer & Cautley 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nicoria
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paleotestudo Lartet 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Peltastes Gray 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protestudo Chkhikvadze 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teleopus Leconte 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Testudinidae Batsch 1788
Authority according to NCBI
Wilburemys Martin & Mallory 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

tortoises preferred

Afrikaans

Landskilpad preferred
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Akan

Akyekyedeɛ preferred
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Amharic

ኤሊ preferred
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Arabic

سلاحف برية preferred
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Armenian

ցամաքային կրիաներ preferred
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Assamese

কাছ preferred
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Azerbaijani

Quru tısbağaları preferred
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Belarusian

сухапутныя чарапахі preferred
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Bengali

কচ্ছপ preferred
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Bislama

Totel preferred
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Bulgarian

Сухоземни костенурки preferred
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Burmese

ကုန်းလိပ် preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Testudínid preferred
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Chinese

陸龜科 preferred
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Cornish

Melhwioges preferred
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Croatian

Kopnice preferred
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Czech

želvovití preferred
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Danish

landskildpadde preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

landschildpadden preferred
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Esperanto

Teraj testudoj preferred
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Estonian

Kumerkilpkonlased preferred
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Ewe

ehclo preferred
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Faroese

Landskjaldbøkur preferred
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Galician

Testudínidos preferred
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Georgian

ხმელეთის კუები preferred
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German

Landschildkröten preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χελώνα preferred
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Hausa

Kunkuru preferred
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Hebrew

צבים יבשתיים preferred
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Hindi

कछुआ preferred
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Hungarian

szárazfölditeknős-félék preferred
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Indonesian

Kura-kura darat sejati preferred
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Irish

toirtís preferred
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Japanese

リクガメ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kashmiri

کٔچھوٕ preferred
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Kazakh

Құрлық тасбақалары preferred
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Korean

땅거북과 preferred
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Kurdish

Kûsî preferred
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Latvian

sauszemes bruņurupuču dzimta preferred
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Lithuanian

Sausumos vėžliai preferred
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Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Landdeckelsmouken preferred
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Macedonian

сувоземни желки preferred
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Maithili

कछुवा preferred
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Malagasy

Fano preferred
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Malay

Kura-kura preferred
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Malayalam

ആമ preferred
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Mongolian

Газрын яст мэлхий preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Chʼééh digháhii íiyisígíí preferred
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Nepali

कछुवा preferred
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Norwegian

landskilpadder preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Уæртджын хæфс preferred
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Persian

لاک‌پشت زمینی preferred
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Polish

żółwie lądowe preferred
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Punjabi

ਕੱਛੂਕੁੰਮਾ preferred
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Russian

сухопутные черепахи preferred
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Sanskrit

कूर्मः preferred
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Santali

ᱦᱚᱨᱚ preferred
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Scots

tortoise preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Crùban-coille preferred
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Shambala

Kornjača preferred
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Shona

Kamba preferred
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Sinhalese

කැස්බෑවා preferred
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Slovak

Korytnačkovité preferred
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Somali

Diin preferred
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Swedish

landsköldpadda preferred
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Tagalog

Pagong na panlupa preferred
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Tamil

ஆமை preferred
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Telugu

తాబేలు preferred
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Thai

เต่าบก preferred
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Tibetan

རུས་སྦལ། preferred
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Turkish

Kara kaplumbağası preferred
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Ukrainian

сухопутні черепахи preferred
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Unspecified

Byrdling preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
काउले preferred
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Upper Sorbian

nopawy preferred
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Vietnamese

Họ Rùa cạn preferred
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Welsh

Crwban tir preferred
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Wu

陸龜 preferred
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Xhosa

Ufudo preferred
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Yoruba

Ìjàpá preferred
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Arz

فكرونه preferred
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Ckb

کیسەڵ preferred
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Pnb

کچھو کما preferred
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Tcy

ಏಮೆ preferred
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Yue

陸龜 preferred
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Zh Cn

陆龟科 preferred
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Zh Tw

陸龜科 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Testudinidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
56 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae (this page)