Family Pelomedusidae (African Side-necked Turtles):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Congo-Kinshasa
 12
No. 2
Tanzania
 9
No. 3
Angola
 7
No. 4
Central African Republic
 7
No. 5
Congo-Brazzaville
 7
No. 6
Gabon
 6
No. 7
Kenya
 6
No. 8
Mozambique
 6
No. 9
Nigeria
 6
No. 10
South Africa
 6
No. 11
Zambia
 6
No. 12
Benin
 5
No. 13
Botswana
 5
No. 14
Cameroon
 5
No. 15
Ivory Coast
 5
No. 16
Malawi
 5
No. 17
Senegal
 5
No. 18
Togo
 5
No. 19
Zimbabwe
 5
No. 20
Burundi
 4
No. 21
Ghana
 4
No. 22
Rwanda
 4
No. 23
Uganda
 4
No. 24
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 25
Ethiopia
 3
No. 26
Gambia
 3
No. 27
Guinea
 3
No. 28
Liberia
 3
No. 29
Namibia
 3
No. 30
Niger
 3
No. 31
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 32
Somalia
 3
No. 33
South Sudan
 3
No. 34
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 35
Chad
 2
No. 36
Eswatini
 2
No. 37
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 38
Madagascar
 2
No. 39
Mali
 2
No. 40
Mauritania
 2
No. 41
Seychelles
 2
No. 42
Sudan
 2
No. 43
Eritrea
 1
No. 44
Lesotho
 1
No. 45
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 46
Saudi Arabia
 1
No. 47
Yemen
 1