TURTLE FAMILIES
Taxonomy of 14 families with 11 figures as examples. Manufacturer is named following each model. Numbers in parentheses indicate families not represented by a replica.
Order TESTUDINES
Suborder CRYPTODIRA, Hidden-necked Turtles
Superfamily Chelonioidea
1. Cheloniidae, Black Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas (previously C. agassizii),
Play Visions 1998.
2. Dermochelyidae, Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea,
Toba Aquarium
Placement Uncertain
3. Chelydridae, Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina,
Kaiyodo ChocoQ Animatales Series 7, # 176.
Superfamily Kinosternoidea
(4.) Dermatemydidae, Central American River Turtle, Dermatemys
mawii, Not Represented.
5. Kinosternidae, Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor,
Safari Ltd., Frogs and Turtles Toob.
Superfamily Testudinoidea
6. Emydidae, Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina,
Play Visions 1996, # 6.
7. Platysternidae, Big-headed Turtle, Platysternon megacephalum,
Battat, CRES 207B, misidentified as Baby Snapping Turtle.
8. Geoemydidae, Yellow-marginated Box Turtle, Cuora flavomarginata,
Furuta Kaiyodo ChocoQ Animatales Series 5, # 130
9. Testudinidae, Radiated Tortoise, Astrochelys radiata,
Takara Kaiyodo ChocoQ Animatales Series 6, # 08.
Superfamily Trionychia
10. Carettochelyidae, Pig-nosed Turtle, Carettochelys insculpta,
Kaiyodo Aquatales, Capsule Aquarium 3, # 9.
11. Trionychidae, Chinese Softshell Turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis,
Hitan Club, Nature Techni Colour.
Suborder PLEURODIRA, Side-necked Tutles
12. Chelidae, Matamata Turtle, Chelus fimbriata,
Yujin. (Note: Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle and Reimann’s
Snake- necked Turtle belong to family Chelidae.)
(13.) Pelomedusidae, African side-necked turtles,
Not Represented.
(14.) Podocnemididae, South American side-necked river turtles, and
Amazon and Madagascan Big-headed turtles, Not Represented.
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Please suggest a figure for any of the unrepresented families.
Reference:
Turtles of the World, 2011 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy,Distribution, and Conservation Status.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group,
van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., Bour, R., and Rhodin, G.J.
www.iucn-tftsg.org/checklist