Species in the family Testudinidae Results 1 - 20
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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 dar...  More  16 Images  11 Videos
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Afghan tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
The Afghan tortoise has a rounded upper shell (carapace) that is almost as broad as it is long. The upper shell varies in colour f...  More  6 Images  1 Video
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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, un...  More  21 Images  0 Videos
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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. ...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
The African spurred tortoise is the largest tortoise of the African mainland, and is surpassed in size only by the giant island sp...  More  17 Images  0 Videos
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Berlandier’s tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)
This North American tortoise has a somewhat oblong, rather flat-topped carapace (upper shell) with a rough, ridged appearance. Th...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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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 e...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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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 he...  More  8 Images  8 Videos
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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 th...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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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 ...  More  7 Images  0 Videos
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Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
The elongated tortoise gets its common name from its distinctively long, somewhat narrow carapace. This shell is a caramel to dark...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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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 th...  More  8 Images  5 Videos
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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 or...  More  15 Images  6 Videos
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Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
This European tortoise has a distinctly coloured, yellow-orange, domed shell, with bold black markings. The head is brown or blac...  More  32 Images  2 Videos
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Chaco tortoise (Geochelone chilensis)
This tortoise’s common name is taken from the Chaco regions of Argentina and Paraguay in which it lives, but the Latin name chilen...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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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...  More  1 Image  4 Videos
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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 u...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone spp.)
This enormous giant tortoise was once so numerous that Spanish explorers of this region named the archipelago after one of its mor...  More  30 Images  22 Videos
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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 tortoi...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata)
The radiated tortoise of Madagascar is one of the most attractive of all the tortoises. The high-domed, dark carapace is marked by...  More  12 Images  4 Videos
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