All 14 Turtle Families (How Many Do You Know?)

Turtles are weird reptiles, but did you know that there are 14 families of turtles? Which ones did you know, and which ones were new to you?

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“Green Sea-Turtle laying eggs – Meru Bethiri – Java” by Francesco Veronesi under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Sea-Turtle_laying_eggs_-_Meru_Bethiri_-_JavaIMG_3027_(29986971355).jpg

“Sea turtle skull” by Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_turtle_skull.jpg

“Yellow-billed stork kazinga” by Tom Tarrant under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-billed_stork_kazinga.jpg

“Collage of five lepidosaurs” by various under various https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lepidosauria_Diversity.jpg

“African helmeted turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa)” by Charles J. Sharp under CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:African_helmeted_turtle_(Pelomedusa_subrufa).jpg

“Podocnemis unifilis” by Haplochromis under CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Podocnemis_unifilis_1.jpg

“Stupendemys geographicus” by Ryan Somma under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stupendemys_geographicus.jpg

“Stupendemys” by Ghedoghedo under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stupendemys1.JPG

“Pelodiscus” by Clunio under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelodiscus.jpg

“Amyda cartilaginea juvenile” by Wibowo Djatmiko (Wie146) under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amyd_cartil_090818-11752_tsa.jpg

“Mauremys leprosa bones” by Vicente.niclos under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauremys_leprosa_bones.jpg

“Mississippi map turtle swimming in tank” by Grendelkhan under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mississippi_map_turtle_swimming_in_tank.gk.webm

“Dlouhohlávka mexická” by Matěj Baťha under CC BY 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dlouhohl%C3%A1vka_mexick%C3%A1_9246u.jpg

“Flickr – Rainbirder – LEVIATHAN” by Steve Garvie under CC BY 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_LEVIATHAN.jpg

“A leatherback turtle covering her eggs, Turtle Beach, Tobago” by Paul Mannix under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_leatherback_turtle_covering_her_eggs,_Turtle_Beach,_Tobago_deshaked.ogv

“Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)” by Bernard DUPONT under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leatherback_Sea_Turtle_%28Dermochelys_coriacea%29_%2810629234684%29.jpg

“The fossil of carapace of Stupendemys Geographicus” by KKPCW under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_fossil_of_carapace_of_Stupendemys_Geographicus.jpg

“中国鹰嘴龟 亚成” by Waterhouse under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pxtx_photo.jpg

“Big-headed Turtle” by luki under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zolw_wielkoglowy.jpg

“Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)” by Whaldener Endo under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Podocnemis_expansa_INPA.jpg

“Tortuga Arrau (Podocnemis expansa)” by Luisovalles under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tortuga-arrau.jpg

“Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis amboinensis” by Ltshears under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asian_Box_Turtle001.jpg

“Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchling” by Bernard DUPONT under CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-spotted_Amazon_River_Turtle_(Podocnemis_unifilis)_hatchling_…_(Courtesy_of_Tony_Chevalier)_(39904219685).jpg

“Incised wood turtle, Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima incisa” by Tornadohalt under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RPincisa-02c.jpg

“2 Diamondback Terrapins swimming at the Louisville Zoo” by Ltshears under CC BY 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diamondback_Terrapin_12.jpg

“taxidermied specimen, right size, big-headed turtle” by Roger Culos under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platysternon_megacephalum_MHNT_CHE_1992-19.jpg

“taxidermied specimen, dorsal, big-headed turtle” by by Roger Culos under CC BY 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Platysternon_megacephalum_MHNT_CHE_1992-19-dos.jpg

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