Table 1.
The specimens studied
| Family/Species | n | No. | Family/Species | n | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testudinoidea | Chelydridae | ||||
| Testudinidae | Chelydra serpentina | 1 | 53 | ||
| Astrochelys radiata | 3 | 1, 2, 3 | Platysternidae | ||
| Centrochelys sulcata | 3 | 4, 5, 6 | Platysternon megacephalum | 1 | 54 |
| Chelonoidis carbonaria | 4 | 7, 8, 9, 10 | Kinosternidae | ||
| Chelonoidis denticulata | 3 | 11, 12, 13 | Kinosternon leucostomum | 1 | 55 |
| Chersina angulata | 1 | 14 | Kinosternon subrubrum | 1 | 56 |
| Dipsochelys gigantea | 3 | 15, 16, 17 | Chelidae | ||
| Geochelone elegans | 1 | 18 | Chelus fimbriatus | 1 | 57 |
| Homopus areolatus | 2 | 19, 20 | Hydromedusa tectifera | 1 | 58 |
| Indotestudo elongata | 2 | 21, 22 | Platemys platycephala | 1 | 59 |
| Kinixys belliana | 1 | 23 | Pelomedusidae | ||
| Kinixys erosa | 1 | 24 | Pelomedusa subrufa | 1 | 60 |
| Manouria emys | 2 | 25, 26 | Pelusios subniger | 1 | 61 |
| Manouria impressa | 1 | 27 | Podocnemididae | ||
| Stigmochelys pardalis | 1 | 28 | Erymnochelys madagascariensis | 1 | 62 |
| Testudo graeca | 4 | 29, 30, 31, 32 | Peltocephalus dumerilianus | 1 | 63 |
| Testudo hermanni | 1 | 33 | Podocnemis expansa | 1 | 64 |
| Testudo kleimanni | 1 | 34 | Trionychoidea | ||
| Testudo marginata | 2 | 35, 36 | Trionychidae | ||
| Emydidae | Amyda cartilaginea | 2 | 65, 66 | ||
| Clemmys guttata | 1 | 37 | Apalone ferox | 1 | 67 |
| Clemmys insculpta | 1 | 38 | Aspideretes gangeticus | 1 | 68 |
| Emys orbicularis | 1 | 39 | Aspideretes hurum | 1 | 69 |
| Malaclemys terrapin | 1 | 40 | Cycloderma aubryi | 3 | 70, 71, 72 |
| Pseudemys rubriventris | 1 | 41 | Lissemys punctata | 1 | 73 |
| Terrapene carolina | 2 | 42, 43 | Pelodiscus sinensis | 1 | 74 |
| Trachemys scripta | 1 | 44 | Trionyx triunguis | 2 | 75, 76 |
| Bataguridae | Carettochelyidae | ||||
| Chinemys reevesii | 1 | 45 | Carettochelys insculpta | 1 | 77 |
| Geoclemys hamiltonii | 1 | 46 | Chelonioidea | ||
| Geoemyda spengleri | 1 | 47 | Cheloniidae | ||
| Hieremys annandalii | 2 | 48, 49 | Caretta caretta | 3 | 78, 79, 80 |
| Malayemys subtrijuga | 1 | 50 | Chelonia mydas | 4 | 81, 82, 83, 84 |
| Melanochelys trijuga | 1 | 51 | Eretmochelys imbricata | 3 | 85, 86, 87 |
| Rhinoclemmys punctularia | 1 | 52 | Dermochelyidae | ||
| Dermochelys coriacea | 1 | 88 | |||
Classification according to King & Burke (1997), except within Testudinidae (Bour & Dubois, 1984), and the Podocnemididae family (de Broin, 1988; Meylan, 1996). n: number of specimens studied; No.: specimens represented in Fig. 3.