Tortoise Taxonomy Listing

Homopus aerolatus — Parrot-beaked cape tortoise — Size: 12 in / 30 cm, threatened

Homopus boulengeri — Boulenger's cape tortoise — Size: 4 in / 12 cm, threatened

Homopus femoralis — Karroo cape tortoise — Size: 10 in / 15 cm, threatened

Homopus signatus — Speckled cape padloper — Size: 4 in / 10 cm, critically endangered

Homopus solux — Nama padloper — endangered

Indotestudo elongata — Elongated tortoise

Indotestudo forstenii — Forsten's tortoise — endangered

Indotestudo travancorica — Travancore tortoise — endangered

Kinixys belliana — Bell's hingeback tortoise — Size: 8 in / 20 cm, threatened

• Kinixys belliana belliana — Bell's hingeback tortoise
• Kinixys belliana domerguei — Madagascan hingeback tortoise
• Kinixys belliana nogueyi — Western hingeback tortoise
• Kinixys belliana zombensis — Southeastern hingeback tortoise

Kinixys erosa — Serrated hingeback tortoise — Size: 12 in / 30 cm, threatened

Kinixys homeana — Home's hingeback tortoise — Size: 8 in / 20 cm, threatened

Kinixys lobatsiana — Lobatse hingeback tortoise — Size: 6 in / 15 cm, threatened

Kinixys natalensis — Natal hingeback tortoise — Size: 6 in / 15 cm, threatened

Kinixys spekii — Speke's hingeback tortoise — Size: 8 in / 20 cm, threatened

Malacochersus tornieri — Pancake tortoise — threatened

Manouria emys — Asian giant tortoise — critically endangered

• Manouria emys emys — Asian brown giant tortoise
• Manouria emys phayrei — Burmese black giant tortoise

Manouria impressa — Impressed tortoise — Size: 12 in / 30 cm, threatened

Psammobates geometricus — Geometric tortoise — critically endangered

Psammobates oculifer — Serrated star tortoise — endangered

Psammobates tentorius — African tent tortoise — endangered

• Psammobates tentorius tentorius — Southern or common tent tortoise
• Psammobates tentorius trimeni — Western tent tortoise
• Psammobates tentorius verroxii — Northern tent tortoise

Pyxis arachnoides — Spider tortoise

• Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides — Common spider tortoise
• Pyxis arachnoides brygooi — Northern spider tortoise
• Pyxis arachnoides oblonga — Southern spider tortoise

Pyxis planicauda — Madagascan flat-tailed tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis — Leopard tortoise

• Stigmochelys pardalis pardalis — Common or northern leopard tortoise
• Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki — Southern leopard tortoise

Testudo graeca — Greek or spur-thighed tortoise complex

• Testudo graeca graeca — Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
• Testudo graeca armeniaca — Araxes tortoise
• Testudo graeca buxtoni — Buxton's tortoise
• Testudo graeca cyrenaica — Cyrenaican spur-thighed tortoise
• Testudo graeca iberia — Asia Minor tortoise
• Testudo graeca marrokensis — Morocco tortoise
• Testudo graeca nabeulensis — Nabeul tortoise
• Testudo graeca soussensis — Souss Valley tortoise
• Testudo graeca terrestris — Mesopotamian tortoise
• Testudo graeca zarudny — Iranian tortoise

Testudo kleinmanni — Egyptian or Negev tortoise — Size: 6 in / 15 cm, critically endangered

Testudo marginata — Marginated tortoise — Size: 15 in / 38 cm