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Testudinidae

47 species

  1. 1Aldabrachelys gigantea (Schweigger, 1812) · Arnold’s Giant Tortoise [arnoldi]
  2. 2Astrochelys radiata (Shaw, 1802) · Radiated Tortoise
  3. 3Astrochelys yniphora (Vaillant, 1885) · Madagascan (Plowshare or Ploughshare) Tortoise
  4. 4Centrochelys sulcata (Miller, 1779) · Sahel Tortoise
  5. 5Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824) · Red-footed Tortoise
  6. 6Chelonoidis chilensis (Gray, 1870) · Argentine tortoise
  7. 7Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Yellow-footed Tortoise
  8. 8Chelonoidis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · Indefatigable Island Giant Tortoise [porteri] · full sheet
  9. 9Chersina angulata (Schweigger, 1812) · South African Bowsprit Tortoise
  10. 10Chersobius boulengeri (Duerden, 1906) · Karoo padloper
  11. 11Chersobius signatus (Gmelin, 1789) · Speckled Cape Tortoise
  12. 12Chersobius solus (Branch, 2007) · Berger’s Cape Tortoise
  13. 13Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795) · (Indian) Star Tortoise · full sheet
  14. 14Geochelone platynota (Blyth, 1863) · Burmese Star Tortoise
  15. 15Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861) · Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise
  16. 16Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857) · Texas (Gopher )Tortoise
  17. 17Gopherus evgoodei Edwards, Karl, Vaughn, Rosen, Meléndez-Torres & Murphy, 2016 · Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise
  18. 18Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler, 1959 · Mexican Gopher Tortoise
  19. 19Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011 · Morafka’s Desert Tortoise
  20. 20Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801) · (Florida) Gopher Tortoise
  21. 21Homopus areolatus (Thunberg, 1787) · Parrot-beaked dwarf tortoise
  22. 22Homopus femoralis Boulenger, 1888 · Greater padloper
  23. 23Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1854) · Elongated Tortoise
  24. 24Indotestudo forstenii (Schlegel & Müller, 1844) · Celebes Tortoise
  25. 25Indotestudo travancorica (Boulenger, 1907) · Travancore Tortoise
  26. 26Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831 · Bell's eastern hinged tortoise
  27. 27Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) · Eroded Hingeback Tortoise
  28. 28Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827 · Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
  29. 29Kinixys lobatsiana (Power, 1927) · Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise
  30. 30Kinixys natalensis Hewitt, 1935 · Natal Hingeback Tortoise
  31. 31Kinixys nogueyi (Lataste, 1886) · Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise
  32. 32Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 · Speke's Hingeback Tortoise
  33. 33Kinixys zombensis Hewitt, 1931 · Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise
  34. 34Malacochersus tornieri (Siebenrock, 1903) · Pancake Tortoise
  35. 35Manouria emys (Schlegel & Müller, 1844) · Brown Tortoise
  36. 36Manouria impressa (Günther, 1882) · Impressed Tortoise
  37. 37Psammobates geometricus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Geometric Tortoise
  38. 38Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820) · Kalahari Tent Tortoise
  39. 39Psammobates tentorius (Bell, 1828) · Tent Tortoise
  40. 40Pyxis arachnoides Bell, 1827 · Madagascan Spider Tortoise
  41. 41Pyxis planicauda (Grandidier, 1867) · Madagascan Flat-tailed Tortoise
  42. 42Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828) · Leopard Tortoise
  43. 43Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 · Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoise
  44. 44Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 · Eastern Hermann’s Tortoise [boettgeri]
  45. 45Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844 · Turkmenistan Steppe Tortoise [kuznetzovi]
  46. 46Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883
  47. 47Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 · Dwarf marginated tortoise (weissingeri)

Source: Catalogue of Life 2026-10-14 via ChecklistBank (sector: The Reptile Database 2026-06), fetched 2026-10-18.