Turtles and Tortoises of Southern Africa (AfriHerps)

With 14 species out of 54 worldwide species, Southern Africa exhibits the worlds highest diversity of tortoises. However, many of these species are threatened and poorly known. This field guide does its best to help beginners in identifying turtles and tortoises, as well as list potential ...more ↓

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Berger's Cape Tortoise
Homopus solus

Angulate Tortoise ¹
Chersina angulata

Tent Tortoise ²
Psammobates tentorius

Speckled Cape Tortoise ³
Homopus signatus

Greater Karroo Tortoise ⁴
Homopus femoralis

Serrated Tortoise ⁴
Psammobates oculiferus

Geometric Tortoise ⁵
Psammobates geometricus

Donner-weer Tortoise ⁴
Homopus boulengeri

Natal Hinge-backed Tortoise ⁶
Kinixys natalensis

Leopard Tortoise ⁷
Stigmochelys pardalis

Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise ⁸
Kinixys spekii

Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise ⁹
Kinixys lobatsiana

Eastern Hinged-Back Tortoise ¹⁰
Kinixys zombensis

Parrot-beaked Tortoise ¹¹
Homopus areolatus

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Turtles and Tortoises of Southern Africa (AfriHerps)

Berger's Cape Tortoise Homopus solus

Angulate Tortoise 1 Chersina angulata

Tent Tortoise 2 Psammobates tentorius

Speckled Cape Tortoise 3 Homopus signatus

Greater Karroo Tortoise 4 Homopus femoralis

Serrated Tortoise 4 Psammobates oculiferus

Geometric Tortoise 5 Psammobates geometricus

Donner-weer Tortoise 4 Homopus boulengeri

Natal Hinge-backed Tortoise 6 Kinixys natalensis

Leopard Tortoise 7 Stigmochelys pardalis

Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise 8 Kinixys spekii

Lobatse Hingeback Tortoise 9 Kinixys lobatsiana

Eastern Hinged-Back Tortoise 10 Kinixys zombensis

Parrot-beaked Tortoise 11 Homopus areolatus