COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION
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Carettochelys insculpta
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Australia (NT), New Guinea |
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Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki
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Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands Qld?, (Distribution uncertain) |
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Chelydra serpentina
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North America - from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. |
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Cuora amboinensis
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India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia , Singapore, Philippines,
Indonesia |
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Cuora mouhotii
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China, India, Bhutan |
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Emydura subglobosa subglobosa
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Qld, New Guinea |
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Emys orbicularis
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Central Europe, West Asia and North Africa
Comments:- Became extinct in the UK - but has been re-introduced |
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Mauremys leprosa
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Spain (introduced to Mallorca) Portugal, France,
Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal ?, Benin, Niger, Mauritania, Gambia |
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Mauremys reevesii
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Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China , East Timor |
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Pelomedusa subrufa
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Africa, Madagascar, Yemen |
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Pelusius castaneus
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Guinea , Senegal, Mauritania ?, Nigeria, W Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Burkina Faso, Mali ?, Cameroon (?), Gabon , São Tomé , Central African Republic, Gambia, Benin, Angola |
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Trachemys scripta |
(From USA, introduced into many countries) |