page_title: List of reptiles of Pakistan
section_title: Order Testudines
hierarchical_section_title: List of reptiles of Pakistan / Order Testudines
caption_attribution_description: 天王寺動物園のインドホシガメ
context_page_description: There are around 170 species of reptiles living in Pakistan. The national reptile is the mugger crocodile.
context_section_description: There are 15 species of testudines that represent Pakistan.
  Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) - 4 species
  Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle)
  Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle)
  Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (hawksbill turtle)
  Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley turtle)
  Family Dermochelyidae (softshell sea turtles) - 1 species
  Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle or leatherback)
  Family Geoemydidae (Asian river turtles, Asian leaf turtles, Asian box turtles and roofed turtles) - 4 species
  Geoclemys hamiltonii (black pond turtle, spotted pond turtle or Indian spotted turtle)
  Hardella thurjii (brahminy river turtle or crowned river turtle)
  Kachuga smithii smithii (brown-roofed turtle)
  Kachuga tecta (Indian roofed turtle)
  Family Testudinidae (true tortoises) - 2 species
  Geochelone elegans (Indian star tortoise)
  Testudo horsfieldi horsfieldii (Afghan tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise or Central Asian tortoise)
  Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles) - 4 species
  Aspideretes gangeticus indica (Ganges soft-shelled turtle)
  Aspideretes hurum (peacock soft-shelled turtle)
  Chitra indica (narrow-headed soft-shelled turtle)
  Lissemys punctata andersoni (Indian flap-shelled turtle)
caption: Indian star tortoise
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