Testudinidae
Angulate Tortoise
Chersina angulata (Schweigger, 1812)
Chersina angulata, the angulate tortoise, is a small uniquely-gular-shielded tortoise native to coastal southwestern Africa, facing multiple threats.
Greek Tortoise
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758, the Greek tortoise, has a wide natural range and well-documented reproductive and feeding patterns.
Afghan Tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844
Testudo horsfieldii, the Russian tortoise, is a small sexually dimorphic species that favors dry open sandy habitats.
Marginated Tortoise
Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792
Testudo marginata, the marginated tortoise, is the largest European tortoise native to parts of Southern Europe.
Hermann's Tortoise
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
Testudo hermanni, or Hermann's tortoise, is a small to medium tortoise native to southern Europe with two main size-varying subspecies.
Spider Tortoise
Pyxis arachnoides Bell, 1827
The spider tortoise is an endangered Madagascan tortoise threatened by pet trade, poaching, and habitat loss.
Tent Tortoise
Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828)
Psammobates tentorius, the Karoo tent tortoise, is a variable small southern African semi-desort tortoise with a distinct patterned shell.
Serrated Tortoise
Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820)
Psammobates oculifer, the serrated tortoise, is a small rare Kalahari Desert tortoise threatened by illegal pet collection.
Impressed Tortoise
Manouria impressa (Günther, 1882)
Manouria impressa, the impressed tortoise, is a small, little-known Southeast Asian high-elevation tortoise that feeds mainly on mushrooms.
Asian Forest Tortoise
Manouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)
Manouria emys, the largest mainland Asian tortoise, is the only tortoise that lays eggs above ground in leaf litter nests.
Crevice Tortoise
Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903)
Malacochersus tornieri, the pancake tortoise, is a unique East African tortoise with a thin flexible flat shell.
Eroded Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812)
Kinixys erosa, the forest hinge-back tortoise, is a Testudinidae species native to tropical African forests and marshes.
Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
Kinixys lobatsiana (Power, 1927)
Kinixys lobatsiana is a Southern African turtle species found in northern South Africa and southeastern Botswana.
Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863
Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii) is a hinged-shell tortoise native to savanna habitats across eastern and southwestern Africa.
Karoo Tortoise
Homopus femoralis Boulenger, 1888
Homopus femoralis (greater padloper) is a small four-toed padloper tortoise native to high-altitude southern African grasslands.
Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Homopus areolatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Homopus areolatus, the common padloper, is a small endemic South African tortoise that is relatively abundant in its range.
Elongated Tortoise
Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854)
This is a morphological description and distribution summary for the tortoise species Indotestudo elongata.
Texas Tortoise
Gopherus berlandieri Agassiz, 1857
Gopherus berlandieri, the Texas tortoise, is a North American native tortoise found from southern Texas to northeastern Mexico.
Bolson Tortoise
Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959
The Bolson tortoise is the largest North American tortoise species, native to north-central Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert.
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801)
Gopherus polyphemus is the gopher tortoise, a terrestrial North American tortoise facing major threats from widespread habitat loss.
Mojave Desert Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861)
Gopherus agassizii is a desert-dwelling North American tortoise that digs burrows and lives across the Mojave and adjacent desert regions.
Sonoran Desert Tortoise
Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011
Gopherus morafkai, the Sonoran or Morafka's desert tortoise, is a terrestrial tortoise native to the Sonoran Desert.
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 that lives in rocky hilly low mountain terrain
Indian Star Tortoise
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795)
Geochelone elegans, the Indian star tortoise, is a dry-region tortoise native to South Asia with patterned shells and self-righting ability.
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