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Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides Bell, 1827
The spider tortoise is an endangered Madagascan tortoise threatened by pet trade…
Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828)
Psammobates tentorius, the Karoo tent tortoise, is a variable small southern Afr…
Serrated Tortoise
Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820)
Psammobates oculifer, the serrated tortoise, is a small rare Kalahari Desert tor…
Impressed Tortoise
Manouria impressa (Günther, 1882)
Manouria impressa, the impressed tortoise, is a small, little-known Southeast As…
Asian Forest Tortoise
Manouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)
Manouria emys, the largest mainland Asian tortoise, is the only tortoise that la…
Crevice Tortoise
Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)
Malacochersus tornieri, the pancake tortoise, is a unique East African tortoise …
Eroded Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812)
Kinixys erosa, the forest hinge-back tortoise, is a Testudinidae species native …
Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana (Power, 1927)
Kinixys lobatsiana is a Southern African turtle species found in northern South …
Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863
Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii) is a hinged-shell tortoise native t…
Karoo Tortoise
Homopus femoralis Boulenger, 1888
Homopus femoralis (greater padloper) is a small four-toed padloper tortoise nati…
Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Homopus areolatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Homopus areolatus, the common padloper, is a small endemic South African tortois…
Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854)
This is a morphological description and distribution summary for the tortoise sp…
Texas Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri Agassiz, 1857
Gopherus berlandieri, the Texas tortoise, is a North American native tortoise fo…
Bolson Tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959
The Bolson tortoise is the largest North American tortoise species, native to no…
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)
Gopherus polyphemus is the gopher tortoise, a terrestrial North American tortois…
Mojave Desert Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861)
Gopherus agassizii is a desert-dwelling North American tortoise that digs burrow…
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011
Gopherus morafkai, the Sonoran or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a terrestrial to…
Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
Gopherus evgoodei Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Meléndez-Torres & Murphy, 2016
Gopherus evgoodei is a tortoise species identifiable by distinct physical traits…
Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)
Geochelone elegans, the Indian star tortoise, is a dry-region tortoise native to…
Chaco Tortoise
Chelonoidis chilensis (Gray, 1870)
Chelonoidis chilensis, the Chaco tortoise, is a tortoise species native to parts…
Red-footed Tortoise
Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824)
Chelonoidis carbonarius, the red-footed tortoise, is a Neotropical tortoise spec…
Brazilian Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Chelonoidis denticulatus, the yellow-footed tortoise, is a large South American …
Galápagos Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Chelonoidis niger is a large tortoise with a bony brown/grey shell and distincti…
Radiated Tortoise
Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802)
Astrochelys radiata, the radiated tortoise, is a Madagascan herbivorous tortoise…
