158 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



CHELONIA 



Family and common name Scientiflo name Number 



Chelydridae : 



Snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina Many 



Alligator snapping turtle Macrochelys tcmminckii 1 



Kinosternidae : 



Musk turtle Stemotherus odoratus 8 



Mud turtle Einostemon subrubrum 7 



South American mud turtle Kinosternum cruentatum 2 



Emydidae : 



Box turtle Terrapenc Carolina Many 



Three-toed box turtle Terrapene c. triunguis 2 



Ornate box turtle Terrapene ornata 1 



Florida box turtle Terrapene batiri ] 



Kura kura box turtle Cuora amboinensis 2 



Diamondback turtle Malaclemys terrapin 3 



Map turtle Oraptemys geographica 2 



False map turtle Oraptemys pseudogeographica 2 



Barbour's map turtle Oraptemys barbouri 4 



Painted turtle Chrysemys picta Many 



Western painted turtle Chrysemys picta belli 15 



Cumberland turtle Pseudemys scripta troostii 23 



South American red-lined turtle Pseudemys scripta callirostris 2 



Yellow-bellied turtle Pseudemys scripta scripta 15 



Red-bellied turtle Pseudemys rubriventris 10 



Red-eared turtle Pseudemys scripta elegans 12 



Southern water turtle Pseudemys floridana 17 



Florida red-bellied turtle Pseudemys nelsoni 2 



Central American turtle Pseudemys ornata 2 



Cuban water turtle Pseudemys decussata 1 



Chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia 1 



Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata 4 



Wood turtle Clemmys insculpta 6 



Iberian pond turtle Clemmys leprosa 2 



European pond turtle Emys orbicularis 8 



Blanding's turtle Emys blandingii 2 



Reeve's turtle Chinemys reevesii 4 



Testudinidae : 



Giant Aldabra tortoise Testudo elephantina 2 



Galapagos tortoise Testudo vicina 2 



Duncan Island tortoise Testudo ephippium 2 



South American tortoise Testudo tabulata 1 



Star tortoise Testudo elegans 2 



European tortoise Testudo graeca 1 



Pelomedusidae : 



African water turtle Pelomedusa subrufa 2 



African black mud turtle Pelusios nigricans 1 



Amazon spotted turtle Podocnemis unifilis 2 



Chelydldae : 



South American side-necked turtle Batrachemys nasuta 2 



Australian side-necked turtle Chelodina longicollis 3 



Small side-necked turtle Hydromedusa tectifera 2 



Large side-necked turtle Phrynops hilarii 8 



Krefft's turtle Emydura krefftii 8 



