Click on the following for pictures/background information/husbandry tips and links to each species
(updated 10-3-02)
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For the latest information/pictures/care sheets on the following species and many more, please go to the World Chelonian Trust link listed below.
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*- symbolizes recently updated information/pictures
AFRICA
Geochelone pardalis (Leopard tortoise)
Geochelone sulcata (Spurred tortoise)
Homopus areolatus (Parrot beaked padloper)
Homopus signatus (Speckled padloper)
Kinixys belliana (Bell's hingeback)
Kinixys homeana (Home's hingeback)
Malachochersus tornieri (Pancake tortoise)
Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian tortoise)
ASIA
Geochelone elegans (Star tortoise)
* Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star tortoise) *
* Indotestudo elongata (Elongated tortoise) *
* Indotestudo forsteni (Travancore tortoise) *
* Differentiating I. forsteni from I. elongata *
* Manouria impressa (Impressed tortoise) *
Manouria emys (Burmese mountain tortoise)- coming soon
Testudo marginata (Marginated tortoise)
Testudo horsfieldi (Russian/Horsfield's tortoise)
MADAGASCAR
Geochelone radiata (Radiated tortoise)
* Pyxis arachnoides (Malagasy Spider tortoise) *
Pyxis planicauda (Malagasy flat tailed tortoise)
NORTH AMERICA
Gopherus agassizii (California desert tortoise)
Gopherus berlandieri (Texas tortoise)
SOUTH AMERICA
Geochelone carbonaria (Red footed tortoise)
Geochelone denticulata (Yellow footed tortoise)
Geochelone chilensis (Chaco tortoise)