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Kamepedia — The Turtle Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia of the world's ~370 living turtle species, and the culture they inspired in Japan and beyond.

367 species mapped

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Pond SliderTrachemys scriptaPainted TurtleChrysemys pictaCommon Snapping TurtleChelydra serpentinaCommon Box TurtleTerrapene carolinaGreen Sea TurtleChelonia mydasGopher TortoiseGopherus polyphemusThree-toed Box TurtleTerrapene triunguisSpiny SoftshellApalone spiniferaNorthern Map TurtleGraptemys geographicaRiver CooterPseudemys concinnaBlanding's TurtleEmydoidea blandingiiDiamondback TerrapinMalaclemys terrapinFlorida Softshell TurtleApalone feroxEastern Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratusEuropean Pond TurtleEmys orbicularisHermann's TortoiseTestudo hermanniOrnate Box TurtleTerrapene ornataGreek TortoiseTestudo graecaNorthern Red-bellied CooterPseudemys rubriventrisLeopard TortoiseStigmochelys pardalisHawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataLoggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta carettaFlorida Red-bellied CooterPseudemys nelsoniAngulate TortoiseChersina angulataNorthwestern Pond TurtleActinemys marmorataEastern Mud TurtleKinosternon subrubrumTexas CooterPseudemys texanaPeninsular CooterPseudemys peninsularisEastern Short-necked TurtleEmydura macquariiCommon thread turtleMauremys sinensisSpotted TurtleClemmys guttataRed-footed TortoiseChelonoidis carbonariusMediterranean TurtleMauremys leprosaOlive Ridley Sea TurtleLepidochelys olivaceaGalápagos Giant TortoiseChelonoidis nigerTexas TortoiseGopherus berlandieriEastern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollisWood TurtleGlyptemys insculptaMesoamerican SliderTrachemys venustaFalse Map TurtleGraptemys pseudogeographicaAfrican Spurred TortoiseCentrochelys sulcataMojave Desert TortoiseGopherus agassiziiMexican Mud TurtleKinosternon integrumStriped Mud TurtleKinosternon bauriiHilaire’s Side-necked TurtlePhrynops hilariiMarginated TortoiseTestudo marginataYellow-headed SideneckPodocnemis unifilisEastern Saw-shelled TurtleMyuchelys latisternumWestern Caspian TurtleMauremys rivulataBlack-bellied SliderTrachemys dorbigniSonoran Desert TortoiseGopherus morafkaiBrazilian Giant TortoiseChelonoidis denticulatusWhite-lipped Mud TurtleKinosternon leucostomumOuachita Map TurtleGraptemys ouachitensisChinese Softshell TurtlePelodiscus sinensisIndian Black TurtleMelanochelys trijugaLeatherback Sea TurtleDermochelys coriaceaSerrated Hinged TerrapinPelusios sinuatusAfghan TortoiseTestudo horsfieldiiBlack River TurtleRhinoclemmys funereaChinese Pond TurtleMauremys reevesiiYellow Mud TurtleKinosternon flavescensAldabra Giant TortoiseAldabrachelys giganteaCape TerrapinPelomedusa galeataIndian Flapshell TurtleLissemys punctataParrot-beaked TortoiseHomopus areolatusCoastal Plain CooterPseudemys floridanaSouthwestern Pond TurtleActinemys pallidaFurrowed Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys areolataGeoffroy’s Side-necked TurtlePhrynops geoffroanusNicaraguan SliderTrachemys grayiPainted Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys pulcherrimaAlligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckiiSunda Box TurtleCuora couroOrnate SliderTrachemys ornataChicken TurtleDeirochelys reticulariaRazor-backed Musk TurtleSternotherus carinatusSonoran Mud TurtleKinosternon sonorienseCentral Antillean sliderTrachemys stejnegeriKemp's Ridley Sea TurtleLepidochelys kempiiHelmeted TurtlePelomedusa subrufaYellow-headed Temple TurtleHeosemys annandaliiYellow Pond TurtleMauremys muticaTexas Map TurtleGraptemys versaSouth American sliderTrachemys callirostrisRio Grande CooterPseudemys gorzugiSpeke's Hinge-back TortoiseKinixys spekiiScorpion Mud TurtleKinosternon scorpioidesRadiated TortoiseAstrochelys radiataIndian Star TortoiseGeochelone elegansStripe-necked Musk TurtleSternotherus peltiferWhite-throated Mud TurtleKinosternon albogulareLoggerhead Musk TurtleSternotherus minorSouthwestern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina oblongaGiant South American TurtlePodocnemis expansaRed-cheeked Mud TurtleKinosternon cruentatumNazas SliderTrachemys hartwegiMalayan Snail-eating TurtleMalayemys macrocephalaSouthern Painted TurtleChrysemys dorsalisChinese Box TurtleCuora flavomarginataCaspian TurtleMauremys caspicaSmooth SoftshellApalone muticaEastern Hinged-Back TortoiseKinixys zombensisSouth American Snapping TurtleChelydra acutirostrisElongated TortoiseIndotestudo elongataBroad-shelled TurtleChelodina expansaBig Bend SliderTrachemys gaigeaeChaco TortoiseChelonoidis chilensisWilliams' Side-necked TurtlePhrynops williamsiSpiny TerrapinHeosemys spinosaChihuahuan Mud TurtleKinosternon hirtipesPig-nosed TurtleCarettochelys insculptaAmur Softshell TurtlePelodiscus maackiiTent TortoisePsammobates tentoriusSavanna Side-necked TurtlePodocnemis vogliSouth-American Snake-headed TurtleHydromedusa tectiferaBrown Land TurtleRhinoclemmys annulataMalayan Softshell TurtleDogania subplanaColombian Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys melanosternaSpotted-legged TurtleRhinoclemmys punctulariaAsian Forest TortoiseManouria emysGanges Softshell TurtleNilssonia gangeticaCuban SliderTrachemys decussataJapanese pond turtleMauremys japonicaIntermediate Musk TurtleSternotherus intermediusGiant Asian Pond TurtleHeosemys grandisMatamataChelus fimbriataTwist-neck TurtlePlatemys platycephalaCagle's Map TurtleGraptemys cagleiLobatse Hingeback TortoiseKinixys lobatsianaSoutheast Asian Softshell TurtleAmyda cartilagineaAlabama Map TurtleGraptemys pulchrabig-headed turtlePlatysternon megacephalumSpider TortoisePyxis arachnoidesIndian Roofed TurtlePangshura tectaMexican Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus triporcatusRinged Map TurtleGraptemys oculiferaMexican Spotted TerrapinRhinoclemmys rubidaBlack Marsh TurtleSiebenrockiella crassicollisSabine Map TurtleGraptemys sabinensisAfrican Softshell TurtleTrionyx triunguisSerrated TortoisePsammobates oculiferCreaser's Mud TurtleKinosternon creaseriSri Lankan Flapshell TurtleLissemys ceylonensisOldham’s Leaf TurtleCyclemys oldhamiiPhilippine Box TurtleCuora philippinensisGibba Toad-headed TurtleMesoclemmys gibbaAsian Leaf TurtleCyclemys dentataBlack-knobbed Map TurtleGraptemys nigrinodaMalayan Flat-shelled TurtleNotochelys platynotaGoode’s Thornscrub TortoiseGopherus evgoodeiFlatback Sea TurtleNatator depressusRed-bellied Short-necked TurtleEmydura subglobosaIndian Tent TurtlePangshura tentoriaHerrera's Mud TurtleKinosternon herreraiBarbour's Map TurtleGraptemys barbouriTuberculate Toad-headed TurtleMesoclemmys tuberculataEroded Hingeback TortoiseKinixys erosaBolson TortoiseGopherus flavomarginatusCrevice TortoiseMalacochersus tornieriBrazilian Snake-necked TurtleHydromedusa maximilianiNarrow-bridged Musk TurtleClaudius angustatusPearl River Map TurtleGraptemys pearlensisNorthern Yellow-faced TurtleEmydura tanybaragaTabasco Mud TurtleKinosternon acutumMagdalena River TurtlePodocnemis lewyanaImpressed TortoiseManouria impressaYucatán Box TurtleTerrapene yucatanaEscambia Map TurtleGraptemys ernstiRyukyu black-breasted leaf turtleGeoemyda japonicaBlack Spine-necked Swamp TurtleAcanthochelys spixiiAssam Roofed TurtlePangshura sylhetensisCentral American Snapping TurtleChelydra rossignoniiBlack Pond TurtleGeoclemys hamiltoniiFlorida Mud TurtleKinosternon steindachneriKaroo TortoiseHomopus femoralisAquatic Box TurtleTerrapene coahuilaOaxaca Mud TurtleKinosternon oaxacaeBell’s Hingeback TortoiseKinixys bellianaJagged-shelled TurtleCuora mouhotiiEgyptian TortoiseTestudo kleinmanniYellow-blotched Map TurtleGraptemys flavimaculataCann's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina canniWest African Mud TurtlePelusios castaneusJalisco Mud TurtleKinosternon chimalhuacaCat Island SliderTrachemys terrapenYaqui SliderTrachemys yaquiaPascagoula Map TurtleGraptemys gibbonsiBlack-breasted Hill TurtleGeoemyda spengleriMexican Box TurtleTerrapene mexicanaEnigmatic Leaf TurtleCyclemys enigmaticaAmboina Box TurtleCuora amboinensisDurango Mud TurtleKinosternon durangoenseKhorat Snail-eating TurtleMalayemys khoratensisMalayan Giant TurtleOrlitia borneensisManning River Saw-shelled TurtleMyuchelys purvisiBaja California SliderTrachemys nebulosaNorthern Snake-necked TurtleChelodina rugosaNamoi River Saw-shelled TurtleMyuchelys belliiSierra Box TurtleTerrapene nelsoniCentral American River TurtleDermatemys mawiiGeometric TortoisePsammobates geometricusSpeckled TortoiseChersobius signatusTravancore TortoiseIndotestudo travancoricaWestern hinge-back tortoiseKinixys nogueyiRoti Island Snake-necked TurtleChelodina mccordiNarrow-headed Asian Softshell TurtleAmyda ornataHome's Hingeback TortoiseKinixys homeanaAlabama Red-bellied CooterPseudemys alabamensisPainted BatagurBatagur borneoensisSicilian Pond TurtleEmys trinacrisSenegal Flapshell TurtleCyclanorbis senegalensisThree-keeled Land TurtleMelanochelys tricarinataBog TurtleGlyptemys muhlenbergiiEast African Black Mud TurtlePelusios subnigerArizona Mud TurtleKinosternon stejnegeriIrwin's Snapping TurtleElseya irwiniDarwin Snake-necked TurtleChelodina kurrichalpongoMekong Snail-eating TurtleMalayemys subtrijugaChinese Three-striped Box TurtleCuora trifasciataChiapas Giant Musk TurtleStaurotypus salviniiBeal's Four-eyed turtleSacalia bealeiBrazilian Radiolated Swamp TurtleAcanthochelys radiolataYellowbelly Mud TurtlePelusios castanoidesBig-headed Pantanal Swamp TurtleAcanthochelys macrocephalaBurmese Starred TortoiseGeochelone platynotaSouthern River TerrapinBatagur affinisWhite-throated Snapping TurtleElseya albagulaRed-headed Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis erythrocephalaWattle-necked Softshell TurtlePalea steindachneriCentral Chiapas Mud TurtleKinosternon abaxillareYangtze Giant Softshell TurtleRafetus swinhoeiSuwannee Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys suwanniensisMadagascar Big-headed TurtleErymnochelys madagascariensisGuyanan Toad-headed TurtleMesoclemmys nasutaStriped Leaf TurtleCyclemys atriponsVietnamese Leaf TurtleCyclemys pulchristriataLarge-nosed Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys nasutaMary River TurtleElusor macrurusNeumann's Marsh TerrapinPelomedusa neumanniCuatro Cienegas SliderTrachemys tayloriBlack Softshell TurtleNilssonia nigricansVanderhaege's Toad-headed TurtleMesoclemmys vanderhaegeiAlamos Mud TurtleKinosternon alamosaeZambezi Flapshell TurtleCycloderma frenatumMashona Hinged TerrapinPelusios rhodesianusAnnam Leaf TurtleMauremys annamensisFlat-shelled TurtleChelodina steindachneriSulawesi Forest TurtleLeucocephalon yuwonoiBurmese Flapshell TurtleLissemys scutataChaco Side-necked TurtleAcanthochelys pallidipectorisPloughshare TortoiseAstrochelys yniphoraNorthern River TerrapinBatagur baskaCrowned River TurtleHardella thurjiiFlat-tailed TortoisePyxis planicaudaOkavango Mud TurtlePelusios bechuanicusBurmese Big-headed TurtlePlatysternon peguenseOrinoco Mata MataChelus orinocensisIndochinese Box TurtleCuora galbinifronsEuphrates Softshell TurtleRafetus euphraticusNatal Hinge-backed TortoiseKinixys natalensisFour-eyed TurtleSacalia quadriocellataMaracaibo Wood TurtleRhinoclemmys diademataAssam leaf turtleCyclemys gemeliBoulenger's Cape tortoiseChersobius boulengeriGabon hinged terrapinPelusios gabonensisBrown Roofed TurtlePangshura smithiiBig-headed Amazon River TurtlePeltocephalus dumerilianusWestern New Guinea Snapping TurtleElseya novaeguineaeRed-crowned Roofed TurtleBatagur kachugaHaitian SliderTrachemys decorataBlack-lined Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys ranicepsBengal Eyed TerrapinMorenia ocellataAubry's Flapshell TurtleCycloderma aubryiMcCord's box turtleCuora mccordiLeith's Softshell TurtleNilssonia leithiiAtrato SliderTrachemys medemiSix-tubercled Amazon River TurtlePodocnemis sextuberculataCelebes TortoiseIndotestudo forsteniiNorthern Australian Snapping TurtleElseya dentataNorthern Red-faced TurtleEmydura australisParker's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina parkeriCoastal TerrapinPelomedusa olivaceaVictoria Short-necked TurtleEmydura victoriaeFlattened Musk TurtleSternotherus depressusBourret’s Box TurtleCuora bourretiNarrow-bridged Mud TurtleKinosternon angustiponsIndian Peacock Softshell TurtleNilssonia hurumCantor's Giant Softshell TurtlePelochelys cantoriiGulf Snapping TurtleElseya lavarackorumMaranhao SliderTrachemys adiutrixArakan Forest TurtleHeosemys depressaDahl's Toad-headed TurtleMesoclemmys dahliSouthern New Guinea Snapping TurtleElseya rhodiniMesoclemmys wermuthiMesoclemmys wermuthiVallarta mud turtleKinosternon vogtiKuchling's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina kuchlingiRed-necked Pond TurtleMauremys nigricansMyanmar brown leaf turtleCyclemys fuscaCora Mud TurtleKinosternon coraWest African Black Forest TurtlePelusios nigerAdanson’s TurtlePelusios adansoniiBellinger River Saw-shelled TurtleMyuchelys georgesiRed-footed Sideneck TurtleRhinemys rufipesCane TurtleVijayachelys silvaticaSpotted Softshell TurtlePelodiscus variegatusAfrican Dwarf Mud TurtlePelusios nanusBranderhorst's Snapping TurtleElseya branderhorstiBurmese Peacock Softshell TurtleNilssonia formosaPiaui Side-necked TurtleMesoclemmys perplexaIndian Narrow-headed Softshell TurtleChitra indicaSoutheast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell TurtleChitra chitraNubian Flapshell TurtleCyclanorbis elegansYellow-bellied Snapping TurtleElseya flaviventralisWest African Helmeted TurtlePelomedusa variabilisWilliams’ African Mud TurtlePelusios williamsiSchultze's Snapping TurtleElseya schultzeiBurmese Roofed TurtleBatagur trivittataCentral African Mud TurtlePelusios chapiniPan's Box TurtleCuora paniPhilippine Pond TurtleSiebenrockiella leytensisWestern Swamp TurtlePseudemydura umbrinaNew Guinea Snake-necked TurtleChelodina novaeguineaeThree-striped Roofed TurtleBatagur dhongokaDunn's Mud TurtleKinosternon dunniAssam Box TurtleCuora praschagiTanzanian Helmeted TerrapinPelomedusa kobeBerger's Cape TortoiseChersobius solusCotinga River Toadhead TurtlePhrynops tuberosusBurmese Box TurtleCuora lineataHoge's Sideneck TurtleRanacephala hogeiSomalian Helmeted TerrapinPelomedusa somalicaCentral African Helmeted TurtlePelomedusa schweinfurthiAfrican Keeled Mud TurtlePelusios carinatusLake Turkana Hinged TerrapinPelusios broadleyiIvory Coast Mud TurtlePelusios cupulattaArabian Helmeted TurtlePelomedusa barbataZulia Toad Headed SideneckMesoclemmys zuliaeHunan Softshell TurtlePelodiscus axenariaArnhem Land Snake-necked TurtleChelodina burrungandjiiEritrean Helmeted TurtlePelomedusa gehafieIndian Eyed TurtleMorenia petersiLesser Chinese Softshell TurtlePelodiscus parviformisGunalen's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina gunaleniGabon Mud TurtlePelusios maraniNew Guinea Giant Softshell TurtlePelochelys bibroniPelodiscus shipianPelodiscus shipianKalumburu Snapping TurtleElseya kalumburuFitzroy River TurtleRheodytes leukopsPritchard's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina pritchardiMerauke Snapping TurtleElseya papua

367turtle species and counting

From green sea turtles to the matamata — Japanese names, scientific names, conservation status, and photos for every species.

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Stories

Turtle wonders, turtle culture, turtle records — essays from the Turtle Club.

Cranes Live a Thousand Years, Turtles Ten Thousand: Why Turtles Mean Longevity in Japan

The messenger of Mt. Horai, the guardian deity Genbu, and the moss-tailed minogame — how turtles came to symbolize long life in Japanese art.

Turtle? Tortoise? Terrapin? — One Animal, Too Many Words

In Japanese, every shelled reptile is simply "kame." English is far more complicated. A field guide to turtle words around the world.

Jonathan, the Oldest Turtle in the World

Born around 1832, photographed in the 19th century, still grazing on a South Atlantic island — meet the world's oldest living land animal.

Turtles in Japanese Art

"Cranes live a thousand years, turtles ten thousand." In Japan, turtles have long been a symbol of longevity and good fortune, woven into kimono, fans, and crafts. Explore them through the national museum collections.

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Swimming Tortoises ・ Tokyo National Museum(CC BY)

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