TESTUDINATA Oppel, 1811

Savage, Jay M. & Bolaños, Federico, 2009, A checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: Additions and nomenclatural revisions, Zootaxa 2005, pp. 1-23 : 19-20

ORDER TESTUDINATA Oppel, 1811 6F/9G (15)

FAMILY CHELONIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1825 4G (5) Caretta Rafinesque, 1814 (1)

Caretta caretta (Linné, 1758) (755) Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 (2)

Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868 (756)

Chelonia mydas (Linné, 1758) (758) Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843 (1)

Eretmochelys imbricata (Linné, 1766) (759) Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843 (1)

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (760)

FAMILY CHELYDRIDAE Agassiz, 1857 (1839) 1G (1) The following species was referred to as Chelydra serpentina by Savage (2002). We follow the consensus of turtle authorities (see Bonin et al. 2006; Fritz & Havas 2006) in recognizing it as distinct from that species. Chelydra Schweigger, 1812 (1)

Chelydra acutirostris W. Peters, 1862 (762)

FAMILY DERMOCHELYIDAE Baur, 1888 (1825) 1G (1) Dermochelys Blainville, 1816 (1)

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) (751)

FAMILY EMYDIDAE Schmid, 1819 1G (2)

Trachemys Agassiz, 1857 (2)

The name Trachemys is now generally applied to the several species of “sliders”. Savage (2002) used the

name Chrysemys for this genus which included the painted turtles ( Chrysemys ) and cooters ( Pseudemys ) as

well.

The number of species of Mesoamerican sliders is controversial with no agreement among recent authors. In Costa Rica two species are recognized by Vetter (2002) one from the Rio San Juan drainage ( T. emolli ) and the other ( T. venusta ) from the Caribbean and southern Pacific lowlands. Bonin et al. (2006) and Fritz and Havas (2006) recognize these two forms but do not apply either name to Pacific versant Costa Rica populations. Both of these nominal taxa were included in Chrysemys ornata by Savage (2002):

Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990)

Trachemys venusta (J. E. Gray, 1856)

FAMILY GEOEMYDIDAE Theobald, 1868 1 (3)

This taxon was treated as a subfamily ( Batagurinae ) of the Emydidae by Savage (2002); it is generally recognized as a distinct family (see Vetter 2002; Bonin, Devaux & Dupré 2006; Fritz & Havas 2006). Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1835 (3)

Rhinoclemmys annulata (J. E. Gray. 1860) (765)

Rhinoclemmys funerea (Cope, 1875) (766)

Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima (J. E. Gray, 1855) (767)

FAMILY KINOSTERNIDAE J. E. Gray, 1869 1G (3) Kinosternon Spix, 1824 (3)

Kinosternon angustipons Legler, 1965 (746) Kinosternon leucostomum (C. Duméril & Bibron, 1851) (747) Kinosternon scorpioides (Linné, 1766) (748)