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Nama padloper (Homopus solus)
Information on the Nama padloper (Homopus solus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Yellow-bordered tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)
Information on the yellow-bordered tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica)
Information on the Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Home’s hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
Home’s hinge-back tortoise belongs to a unique group of tortoises that can close themselves entirely within their shells. As the name…
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Ploughshare tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora)
This species is one of the rarest land tortoises in the world. Its common name refers to the appearance of the 'gular scute' at the lower…
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Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)
The enormous Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) was once so numerous that Spanish explorers of the region named the Galapagos…
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Afghan tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
The Afghan tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) has a rounded upper shell, known as the carapace, which is almost as broad as it is long. The…
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South American yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata)
The largest tortoise on the mainland of South America, this tortoise is named after the large yellow or orange scales that cover the front…
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Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata)
A distinguishing feature of the angulate tortoise is its greatly enlarged ‘gular scute’, the frontmost part of its lower shell, under the…
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Serrated hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa)
Hinge-backed tortoises (species belonging to the genus Kinixys) have the remarkable ability to shut themselves entirely within their shells…
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Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
The Aldabra giant tortoise is indeed a giant, with individuals reaching over one metre in length. The thick, domed carapace is dark grey to…
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Pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
With its unusually thin, flat, flexible shell, and habit of fleeing rather than withdrawing into its shell, the pancake tortoise is amongst…
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Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
The elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) gets its common name from its distinctively long, somewhat narrow shell, called the carapace…
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Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
This medium-sized tortoise inhabits the deserts of the western USA. The carapace varies in colour from light brown to dark with orange or…
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Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis)
This tortoise’s common name is taken from the Chaco regions of Argentina and Paraguay in which it lives, but the Latin name chilensis is…
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Speckled cape tortoise (Homopus signatus)
Information on the speckled cape tortoise is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Burmese starred tortoise (Geochelone platynota)
Of all tortoises characterised by the highly distinctive ‘star’ or ‘radiating’ patterns on their carapace, the Burmese star tortoise is…
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African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is the largest tortoise of the African mainland, and is surpassed in size only by the…
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Berlandier’s tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)
A North American species, Berlandier's tortoise has a somewhat oblong, rather flat-topped carapace (upper shell) with a rough…
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Geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus)
The geometric tortoise, a medium-sized terrestrial tortoise, is the rarest of the three Psammobates (tent tortoise) species restricted to…
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Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa)
Despite first being described back in 1882, the impressed tortoise remains something of an enigma, with very little known about the species…
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Bell’s hinged tortoise (Kinixys belliana)
Bell’s hinged tortoise is a medium-sized tortoise whose common name derives from the unique, moveable ‘hinge’ at the rear of its elongated…
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Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)
The attractive spiders-web pattern that adorns the shell of this species is both the reason for its name and, owing to the exotic pet trade…
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Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii)
Forsten's tortoise is a medium-sized, yellowish tortoise. The smooth carapace varies from caramel with black blotches to all-black. Males…
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Asian tortoise (Manouria emys)
This tortoise is the largest inhabiting Asia, and the fourth largest in the world. Two subspecies are currently recognised: M. e. emys is…
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Flat-shelled spider tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)
The various English common names for this small tortoise generally refer to the noticeably flattened nature of either its oblong upper shell…
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Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
A European tortoise, Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) has a distinctly coloured, yellow-orange, domed shell, with bold black…
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Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
The Egyptian tortoise is a small, desert-living tortoise of the Middle East, recognised for its high-domed, golden-coloured shell and…
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Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
The gopher tortoise has a light to dark brown, elongate upper shell and dull yellow plastron. The skin is greyish brown and the head is…
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Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)
The Greek tortoise is also known as the spur-thighed tortoise for the large conical tubercle it has on each thigh. Several subspecies are…
