Table 1. Phylogenetic relationships of the species studied.
Suborder | Superfamily | Family | Subfamily | Species | Ecology |
Pleurodira | Chelidae | Elseya dentata | Aquatic | ||
Chelus fimbriatus | Aquatic | ||||
Pelomedusoidea | Podocnemididae | Pelusios sinuatus | Aquatic | ||
Podocnemis unifilis | Aquatic | ||||
Cryptodira | Trionychidea | Carettochelyidae | Carettochelys insculpta | Aquatic | |
Dermochelyidae | Dermochelys coriacea | Marine | |||
Kinosternidae | Staurotypinae | Staurotypus salvinii | Aquatic | ||
Kinosterninae | Kinosternon bauri | Aquatic | |||
Trionychidae | Trionychinae | Trionyx triunguis | Aquatic | ||
Apalone mutica | Aquatic | ||||
Testudinoidea | Platysternidae | Platysternon megacephalum | Dual | ||
Bataguridae | Geoemydinae | Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima | Terrestrial | ||
Cuora amboinensis | Dual | ||||
Emydidae | Emydinae | Glyptemys (Clemmys) muhlenbergii | Dual | ||
Emys orbicularia | Aquatic | ||||
Malaclemys terrapin | Aquatic | ||||
Deirochelyinae | Trachemys (Pseudemys) scripta elegans | Aquatic | |||
Chrysemys picta picta | Aquatic | ||||
Testudinidae (Tortoises) | Testudo horsfieldi | Terrestrial | |||
Gopherus polyphemus | Terrestrial | ||||
Chelydridae | Chelydra serpentina | Aquatic | |||
Macroclemys temminckii | Aquatic | ||||
Chelonioidea (Sea Turtles) | Cheloniidae | Carretta caretta | Marine | ||
Chelonia mydas | Marine | ||||
Lepidochelys kempii | Marine |
At least one representative from each family of testudines was included in this study, with the exception of the Dermatemydidae, a monotypic family containing Dermatemys mawii for which no museum specimen was available.