English: Turtles.
Zoology: turtles, tortoises, and terrapins; the only surviving clade of the anapsids, amniotes without openings near the temples.
Families▪▪
Pleurodira Pelomedusidae: African sideneck turtles
Podocnemididae: Madagascan big-headed and American sideneck river turtles)
Chelidae ▪▪ Cryptodira
▪ Testudinacea
Testudinidae: True tortoises
Geoemydidae: Asian river turtles, Asian leaf turtles, Asian box turtles, and roofed turtles
Emydidae: Pond, box, and water turtles
▪ Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae: River turtles
Kinosternidae: Mud turtles
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Chelonioidea Dermochelyidae: Leatherback sea turtles
Cheloniidae: Green sea turtles and relatives
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Trionynchia Carettochelyidae: Pignose turtles
Trionychidae: Softshell turtles