We conducted a market survey on turtle trade in Huadiwan, Guangzhou from 2012 to 2016 in order to investigate the amount of market trade and provided the basic data for further same study. We recorded a total of 41 turtle species across 9 families, 29 genera including two Trionychidae species, one Carettochelyidae species, five Emydidae species, 18 Geoemydidae species, three Chelidae species, three Kinosternidae species, two Chelydridae species, six Testudinidae species and one Cheloniidae. There were 28 alien turtle species were sold at this market and these species took a larger proportion (68.29%) than the native turtles (13 species with 31.71%). Of those turtles sold in the market, 30 species were listed as protected species, of which were captured from the field. Turtles around the world are suffered from market trade, especially those that distributed in China. The survey demonstrated the imperative to improve the wildlife protection law and regulation, as well as to identify the responsibilities of each relevant law enforcement agency. A large number of entity stores have already begun to sale turtles by the Internet, especially for the endangered species that with high economic value. Further investigations ocus on network marketing of turtles.need to carried out.