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All Turtle and Tortoise Families (Testudines)

Turtle and Tortoise Families (Testudines) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the families of turtles, tortoises, sea turtles and terrapins. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is a family of turtles or tortoises. It excludes lizard, snake and crocodilian families. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.

All Turtle and Tortoise Families (Testudines)
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Wikipedia: Emydidae
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Emydidae (Latin emys (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, "appearance, resemblance")) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera.
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Wikipedia: Chelydridae
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Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera.
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Wikipedia: Trionychidae
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Trionychidae is a family of turtles, commonly known as softshell turtles or simply softshells.
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Wikipedia: Kinosternidae
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The Kinosternidae are a family of mostly small turtles that includes the mud turtles and musk turtles.
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Wikipedia: Geoemydidae
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The Geoemydidae (formerly known as Bataguridae) are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species.
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Wikipedia: Dermochelyidae
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Dermochelyidae is a family of sea turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, containing one living species, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).
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Wikipedia: Chelidae
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Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles.
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Wikipedia: Dermatemydidae
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The Dermatemydidae are a family of turtles.
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Wikipedia: Carettochelyidae
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Carettochelyidae is a family of cryptodiran turtles belonging to the Trionychia.
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Wikipedia: Pelomedusidae
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Alternatively, "Pelomedusidae" may refer to the Pelomedusoidea.
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Wikipedia: Podocnemididae
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Podocnemididae is a family of pleurodire (side-necked) turtles, once widely distributed.
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Tortoise (Wikipedia)
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Tortoises ( TOR-təs-iz) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise").
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Cheloniidae, Wikipedia
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Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs.
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Wikipedia: Big-headed turtle
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The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China.
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