Statistics for Tortoise and Turtle Species

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			Common name	% Correct
	Chelonia	Mydas	Green sea turtle	74%
		Temminckii	Alligator snapping turtle	68%
Dermochelyidae	Dermochelys	Coriacea	Leatherback sea turtle	68%
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys	Gigantea	Aldabra giant tortoise	58%
	Testudo	Graeca	Greek tortoise	58%
		Borneoensis	Painted terrapin	58%
	Chrysemis	Picta	Painted turtle	58%
	Agrionemys	Horsefieldii	Russian tortoise	58%
		Serpentina	Common snapping turtle	53%
Cheloniidae	Caretta	Caretta	Loggerhead sea turtle	53%
	Malacochersus	Tornieri	Pancake tortoise	47%
	Centrochelys	Sulcata	African spurred tortoise	42%
		Kleinmanni	Egyptian tortoise	42%
		Hermanni	Hermann's tortoise	42%
	Stigmochelys	Pardalis	Leopard tortoise	42%
	Chelus	Fimbriatus	Mata mata	42%
		Olivacea	Olive ridley sea turtle	42%
		Floridana	Coastal plain cooter	37%
		Polyphemus	Gopher tortoise	37%
	Eretmochelys	Imbricata	Hawksbill sea turtle	37%
	Geochelone	Elegans	Indian star tortoise	37%
Carettochelyidae	Carettochelys	Insculpta	Pig-nosed turtle	37%
		Concinna	River cooter	37%
	Manouria	Emys	Asian forest tortoise	32%
		Odoratus	Common musk turtle	32%
	Malaclemys	Terrapin	Diamondback terrapin	32%
	Lepidochelys	Kempii	Kemp's ridley sea turtle	32%
		Ornata	Ornate slider	32%
		Scripta	Pond slider	32%
		Yniphora	Angonoka tortoise	26%
		Reevesii	Chinese pond turtle	26%
		Sinensis	Chinese softshell turtle	26%
	Emys	Orbicularis	European pond turtle	26%
	Apalone	Ferox	Florida softshell turtle	26%
	Gopherus	Agassizii	Mojave desert tortoise	26%
	Astrochelys	Radiata	Radiated tortoise	26%
	Chelonoidis	Carbonaria	Red-footed tortoise	26%
	Pyxis	Arachnoides	Spider tortoise	26%
Emydidae	Clemmys	Guttata	Spotted turtle	26%
		Berlandieri	Texas tortoise	26%
		Insculpta	Wood turtle	26%
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa	Subrufa	African helmeted turtle	21%
		Cantorii	Asian giant softshell turtle	21%
		Blandingii	Blanding's turtle	21%
	Glyptemis	Muhlenbergii	Bog turtle	21%
		Platynota	Burmese star tortoise	21%
		Caspica	Caspian turtle	21%
		Chilensis	Chaco tortoise	21%
	Indotestudo	Elongata	Elongated tortoise	21%
		Planicauda	Flat-backed spider tortoise	21%
	Natator	Depressus	Flatback sea turtle	21%
		Forstenii	Forsten's tortoise	21%
Podocnemididae	Erymnochelys	Madagascariensis	Madagascan big-headed turtle	21%
		Marginata	Marginated tortoise	21%
		Geographica	Northern map turtle	21%
		Mutica	Smooth softshell turtle	21%
		Spinifera	Spiny softshell turtle	21%
		Spinosa	Spiny turtle	21%
		Marmorata	Western pond turtle	21%
		Swinhoei	Yangtze giant softshell turtle	21%
	Trionyx	Triunguis	African softshell turtle	16%
	Pseudemys	Alabamensis	Alabama red-bellied cooter	16%
	Chersina	Angulata	Angulate tortoise	16%
		Expansa	Arrau turtle	16%
		Dentata	Asian leaf turtle	16%
	Amyda	Cartilaginea	Asiatic softshell turtle	16%
	Graptemys	Barbouri	Barbour's map turtle	16%
	Geoclemys	Hamiltonii	Black pond turtle	16%
		Nigricans	Black softshell turtle	16%
		Flavomarginatus	Bolson tortoise	16%
	Deirochelys	Reticularia	Chicken turtle	16%
	Terrapene	Carolina	Common box turtle	16%
		Subrubrum	Eastern mud turtle	16%
	Rafetus	Euphraticus	Euphrates softshell turtle	16%
		Depressus	Flattened musk turtle	16%
		Nelsoni	Florida red-bellied cooter	16%
		Erosa	Forest hinge-back tortoise	16%
		Quadriocellata	Four-eyed turtle	16%
	Psammobates	Geometricus	Geometric tortoise	16%
		Grandis	Giant Asian pond turtle	16%
	Staurotypus	Salvinii	Giant musk turtle	16%
		Homeana	Home's hinge-back tortoise	16%
		Gangetica	Indian softshell turtle	16%
		Irwini	Irwin's turtle	16%
		Minor	Loggerhead musk turtle	16%
	Orlitia	Borneensis	Malaysian giant turtle	16%
	Elusor	Macrurus	Mary River turtle	16%
		Mexicana	Mexican box turtle	16%
		Rubriventris	Northern red-bellied cooter	16%
		Baska	Northern river terrapin	16%
		Pearlensis	Pearl River map turtle	16%
		Peninsularis	Peninsula cooter	16%
	Sternotherus	Carinatus	Razor-backed musk turtle	16%
		Oculifera	Ringed map turtle	16%
		Mccordi	Roti Island snake-necked turtle	16%
		Darwini	Santiago Island giant tortoise	16%
Chelydridae	Chelydra	Acutirostris	South American snapping turtle	16%
		Leprosa	Spanish pond turtle	16%
		Signatus	Speckled Cape tortoise	16%
		Spekii	Speke's hinge-back tortoise	16%
		Ornata	Western box turtle	16%
		Novaeguineae	Western New Guinea stream turtle	16%
		Porteri	Western Santa Cruz Island giant tortoise	16%
		Denticulata	Yellow-footed tortoise	16%
		Tentorius	African tent tortoise	11%
		Pulchra	Alabama map turtle	11%
	Cuora	Amboinensis	Amboina box turtle	11%
	Chitra	Chitra	Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle	11%
		Sylhetensis	Assam roofed turtle	11%
	Cycloderma	Aubryi	Aubry's flapshell turtle	11%
	Kinixys	Belliana	Bells hinge-back tortoise	11%
		Gaigeae	Big Bend slider	11%
	Peltocephalus	Dumerilianus	Big-headed Amazon River turtle	11%
		Spengleri	Black-breasted leaf turtle	11%
		Nigrinoda	Black-knobbed map turtle	11%
		Bourreti	Bourret's box turtle	11%
	Rhinoclemmys	Annulata	Brown wood turtle	11%
	Morenia	Ocellata	Burmese eyed turtle	11%
		Scutata	Burmese flapshell turtle	11%
	Nilssonia	Formosa	Burmese peacock softshell turtle	11%
	Vijayachelys	Silvatica	Cane turtle	11%
Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys	Mawii	Central American river turtle	11%
		Rossignonii	Central American snapping turtle	11%
		Chathamensis	Chatham Island giant tortoise	11%
		Flavomarginata	Chinese box turtle	11%
		Sinensis	Chinese stripe-necked turtle	11%
		Coahuila	Coahuilan box turtle	11%
		Callirostris	Colombian slider	11%
		Taylori	Cuatro Ciénegas slider	11%
		Decussata	Cuban slider	11%
		Duncanensis	Duncan Island giant tortoise	11%
		Subniger	East African black mud turtle	11%
		Ernsti	Escambia map turtle	11%
		Pseudogeographica	False map turtle	11%
	Rheodytes	Leukops	Fitzroy River turtle	11%
	Phrynops	Geoffroanas	Geoffroy's toadhead turtle	11%
		Gibba	Gibba turtle	11%
		Trifasciata	Golden coin turtle	11%
		Hoodensis	Hood Island giant tortoise	11%
	Pelodiscus	Axenaria	Hunan softshell turtle	11%
		Impressa	Impressed tortoise	11%
		Punctata	Indian flapshell turtle	11%
		Indica	Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle	11%
		Hurum	Indian peacock softshell turtle	11%
		Tecta	Indian roofed turtle	11%
		Galbinifrons	Indochinese box turtle	11%
		Intermedius	Intermediate musk turtle	11%
	Mauremys	Japonica	Japanese pond turtle	11%
		Leithii	Leith's softshell turtle	11%
		Parviformis	Lesser Chinese softshell turtle	11%
		Lewyana	Magdalena river turtle	11%
	Malayemys	Macrocephala	Malayan snail-eating turtle	11%
	Dogania	Subplana	Malayan softshell turtle	11%
		Mccordi	McCord's box turtle	11%
		Integrum	Mexican mud turtle	11%
		Triporcatus	Mexican musk turtle	11%
	Myuchelys	Bellii	Namoi River snapping turtle	11%
	Claudius	Angustatus	Narrow-bridged musk turtle	11%
	Pelochelys	Bibroni	New Guinea giant softshell turtle	11%
		Novaeguineae	New Guinea snake-necked turtle	11%
		Maackii	Northern Chinese softshell turtle	11%
		Schultzei	Northern New Guinea stream turtle	11%
		Rugosa	Northern snake-necked turtle	11%
	Elseyal	Dentata	Northern snapping turtle	11%
		Tanybaraga	Northern yellow-faced turtle	11%
Trionychidae	Cyclanorbis	Elegans	Nubian flapshell turtle	11%
		Pulcherrima	Painted wood turtle	11%
		Parkeri	Parker's snake-necked turtle	11%
	Homopus	Areolatus	Parrot-beaked tortoise	11%
		Gibbonsi	Pascagoula map turtle	11%
		Leytensis	Philippine forest turtle	11%
		Subglobosa	Red-bellied short-necked turtle	11%
		Kachunga	Red-crowned roofed turtle	11%
	Podocnemis	Erythrocephala	Red-headed Amazon River turtle	11%
	Rhinemys	Rufipes	Red side-necked turtle	11%
		Reimanni	Reimanns snake-necked turtle	11%
		Gorzugi	Rio Grande cooter	11%
		Hirtipes	Rough-footed mud turtle	11%
		Latisternum	Saw-shelled turtle	11%
		Senegalensis	Senegal flapshell turtle	11%
		Guentheri	Sierra Negra giant tortoise	11%
		Morafkai	Sonoran desert tortoise	11%
		Rhodini	Southern New Guinea stream turtle	11%
		Variegatus	Spotted softshell turtle	11%
		Baurii	Striped mud turtle	11%
		Versa	Texas map turtle	11%
		Travancorica	Travancore tortoise	11%
	Platemys	Platycephala	Twist-necked turtle	11%
		Victoriae	Victoria River red-faced turtle	11%
		Annamensis	Vietnamese pond turtle	11%
		Vandenburghi	Volcán Alcedo giant tortoise	11%
		Microphyes	Volcán Darwin giant tortoise	11%
		Becki	Volcán Wolf giant tortoise	11%
	Palea	Steindachneri	Wattle-necked softshell turtle	11%
		Niger	West African black turtle	11%
	Pseudemydura	Umbrina	Western swamp turtle	11%
		Flaviventralis	Yellow-bellied snapping turtle	11%
		Flavimaculata	Yellow-blotched map turtle	11%
		Aurocapitata	Yellow-headed box turtle	11%
		Annandalii	Yellow-headed temple turtle	11%
		Mutica	Yellow pond turtle	11%
		Unifilis	Yellow-spotted river turtle	11%
		Yucatana	Yucatán box turtle	11%
		Frenatum	Zambezi flapshell turtle	11%
	Pelusios	Adansonii	Adanson's mud turtle	5%
		Nanus	African dwarf mud turtle	5%
		Gabonensis	African forest turtle	5%
		Carinatus	African keeled mud turtle	5%
		Alamosae	Alamos mud turtle	5%
		Raniceps	Amazon toad-headed turtle	5%
	Heosemys	Depressa	Arakan forest turtle	5%
		Tectifera	Argentine snake-necked turtle	5%
		Stejnegeri	Arizona mud turtle	5%
		Burrungandjii	Arnhem Land long-necked turtle	5%
		Gemeli	Assam leaf turtle	5%
		Medemi	Atrato slider	5%
		Nebulosa	Baja California slider	5%
		Rivulata	Balkan pond turtle	5%
	Sacalia	Bealei	Beale's eyed turtle	5%
		Georgesi	Bellinger River snapping turtle	5%
		Solus	Berger's Cape tortoise	5%
	Acanthochelys	Macrocephala	Big-headed pantanal swamp turtle	5%
	Siebenrockiella	Crassicollis	Black marsh turtle	5%
		Spixii	Black spine-neck swamp turtle	5%
		Funerea	Black wood turtle	5%
	Chersobius	Boulengeri	Boulenger's Cape tortoise	5%
	Hardella	Thurjii	Brahminy river turtle	5%
		Branderhorsti	Branderhorst's snapping turtle	5%
		Radiolata	Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle	5%
	Hydromedusa	Maximiliani	Brazilian snake-necked turtle	5%
	Pangshura	Smithii	Brown roofed turtle	5%
		Vandijki	Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle	5%
		Trivittata	Burmese roofed turtle	5%
		Caglei	Cagle's map turtle	5%
Chelidae	Chelodina	Canni	Cann's snake-necked turtle	5%
		Chapini	Central African mud turtle	5%
		Augustipons	Central American mud turtle	5%
		Stejnegeri	Central Antillean slider	5%
		Pallidipectoris	Chaco side-necked turtle	5%
		Megalocephala	Chinese broad-headed pond turtle	5%
		Melanosterna	Colombian wood turtle	5%
		Tuberosus	Cotinga River toadhead turtle	5%
		Creaseri	Creaser's mud turtle	5%
	Mesoclemmys	Dahli	Dahl's toad-headed turtle	5%
		Kurrichalpongo	Darwin snake-necked turtle	5%
		Dorbigni	D'Orbigny's slider	5%
		Dunni	Dunn's mud turtle	5%
		Durangoense	Durango mud turtle	5%
		Pulchristiata	Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle	5%
		Longicollis	Eastern long-necked turtle	5%
		Donfaustoi	Eastern Santa Cruz Island tortoise	5%
		Enigmatica	Enigmatic leaf turtle	5%
		Phantasticus	Fernandina giant tortoise	5%
		Steindachneri	Florida mud turtle	5%
		Areolata	Furrowed wood turtle	5%
		Expansa	Giant snake-necked turtle	5%
		Femoralis	Greater dwarf tortoise	5%
		Lavarackorum	Gulf snapping turtle	5%
		Gunaleni	Gunalen's snake-necked turtle	5%
		Herrerai	Herrera's mud turtle	5%
		Hilarii	Hilaire's toadhead turtle	5%
		Decorata	Hispaniolan slider	5%
		Hogei	Hoge's side-necked turtle	5%
	Melanochelys	Trijuga	Indian black turtle	5%
		Petersi	Indian eyed turtle	5%
		Tentoria	Indian tent turtle	5%
		Vicina	Isabela Island giant tortoise	5%
		Cupulatta	Ivory Coast mud turtle	5%
		Chimalhuaca	Jalisco mud turtle	5%
		Terrapen	Jamaican slider	5%
		Mouhotii	Keeled box turtle	5%
		Khoratensis	Khorat snail-eating turtle	5%
		Walloyarrina	Kimberley long-necked turtle	5%
		Kuchlingi	Kuchling's snake-necked turtle	5%
		Nasuta	Large-nosed wood turtle	5%
		Lobatsiana	Lobatse hinge-back tortoise	5%
		Macquarii	Macquarie turtle	5%
	Notochelys	Platynota	Malayan flat-shelled turtle	5%
	Flaviemys	Purvisi	Manning River snapping turtle	5%
		Diademata	Maracaibo wood turtle	5%
	Trachemys	Adiutrix	Maranhão slider	5%
		Subtrijuga	Mekong snail-eating turtle	5%
		Venusta	Meso-American slider	5%
		Rubida	Mexican spotted wood turtle	5%
		Fusca	Myanmar brown leaf turtle	5%
		Natalensis	Natal hinge-back tortoise	5%
		Emolli	Nicaraguan slider	5%
		Signifera	Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle	5%
	Emydura	Australis	Northern red-faced turtle	5%
		Oaxacae	Oaxaca mud turtle	5%
		Bechuanicus	Okavango mud turtle	5%
		Oldhamii	Oldham's leaf turtle	5%
		Ouachitensis	Ouachita map turtle	5%
		Pani	Pan's box turtle	5%
		Pritchardi	Pritchard's snake-necked turtle	5%
		Nigricans	Red-necked pond turtle	5%
	Geomyda	Japonica	Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle	5%
		Sabinensis	Sabine map turtle	5%
		Vogli	Savanna side-necked turtle	5%
		Scorpioides	Scorpion mud turtle	5%
		Sinuatus	Serrated hinged terrapin	5%
		Oculifer	Serrated tent tortoise	5%
		Trinacris	Sicilian pond turtle	5%
		Sextuberculata	Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle	5%
		Sonoriense	Sonora mud turtle	5%
Geoemydidae	Batagur	Affinis	Southern river terrapin	5%
		Picturata	Southern Vietnamese box turtle	5%
		Pallida	Southwestern pond turtle	5%
		Oblonga	Southwestern snake-necked turtle	5%
		Punctularia	Spot-legged wood turtle	5%
		Nelsoni	Spotted box turtle	5%
	Lissemys	Ceylonensis	Sri Lankan flapshell turtle	5%
		Steindachneri	Steindachner's long-necked turtle	5%
		Peltifer	Stripeneck musk turtle	5%
	Leucocephalon	Yuwonoi	Sulawesi forest turtle	5%
	Macrochelys	Suwanniensis	Suwannee snapping turtle	5%
Kinosternidae	Kinosternon	Acutum	Tabasco mud turtle	5%
		Texana	Texas river cooter	5%
		Dhongoka	Three-striped roofed turtle	5%
		Tricarinata	Tricarinate hill turtle	5%
		Tuberculata	Tuberculate toad-headed turtle	5%
		Broadleyi	Turkana mud turtle	5%
		Upembae	Upemba mud turtle	5%
		Vogti	Vallarta mud turtle	5%
		Vanderhaegei	Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle	5%
		Rhodesianus	Variable mud turtle	5%
		Cyclornata	Vietnamese three-striped box turtle	5%
		Castaneus	West African mud turtle	5%
	Cyclemys	Atripons	Western black-bridged leaf turtle	5%
		Leucostomum	White-lipped mud turtle	5%
		Albagula	White-throated snapping turtle	5%
		Williamsi	William's mud turtle	5%
		Williamsi	William's toadhead turtle	5%
		Yaquia	Yaqui slider	5%
		Castanoides	Yellow-bellied mud turtle	5%
		Flavescens	Yellow mud turtle	5%
		Yunnanensis	Yunnan box turtle	5%
		Zhoui	Zhou's box turtle	5%
		Zuliae	Zulia toad-headed turtle	5%