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

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region 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
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 5
No. 17
Malawi
 5
No. 18
Senegal
 5
No. 19
Togo
 5
No. 20
Zimbabwe
 5
No. 21
Burundi
 4
No. 22
Ghana
 4
No. 23
Rwanda
 4
No. 24
Uganda
 4
No. 25
Cabinda [Angola]
 3
No. 26
Equatorial Guinea
 3
No. 27
Ethiopia
 3
No. 28
Gambia
 3
No. 29
Guinea
 3
No. 30
Liberia
 3
No. 31
Limpopo [South Africa]
 3
No. 32
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 3
No. 33
Namibia
 3
No. 34
Niger
 3
No. 35
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 3
No. 36
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 37
Somalia
 3
No. 38
South Sudan
 3
No. 39
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 2
No. 40
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 2
No. 41
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 42
Chad
 2
No. 43
Eswatini
 2
No. 44
Gauteng [South Africa]
 2
No. 45
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 46
Madagascar
 2
No. 47
Mali
 2
No. 48
Mauritania
 2
No. 49
North West Province [South Africa]
 2
No. 50
Praslin [Seychelles]
 2
No. 51
Seychelles
 2
No. 52
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 2
No. 53
Sudan
 2
No. 54
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 1
No. 55
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 56
Eritrea
 1
No. 57
Free State [South Africa]
 1
No. 58
Lesotho
 1
No. 59
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 60
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 1
No. 61
Pemba [Tanzania]
 1
No. 62
Sao Tome [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 63
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 64
Saudi Arabia
 1
No. 65
Western Cape [South Africa]
 1
No. 66
Yemen
 1
No. 67
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 1