Family Testudinidae (Tortoises):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
South Africa
 13
No. 2
Ecuador
 11
No. 3
Kenya
 6
No. 4
Namibia
 6
No. 5
Cameroon
 5
No. 6
Central African Republic
 5
No. 7
Congo-Kinshasa
 5
No. 8
Madagascar
 5
No. 9
Tanzania
 5
No. 10
Angola
 4
No. 11
Benin
 4
No. 12
Botswana
 4
No. 13
Chad
 4
No. 14
Eswatini
 4
No. 15
Ethiopia
 4
No. 16
India
 4
No. 17
Malawi
 4
No. 18
Mexico
 4
No. 19
Mozambique
 4
No. 20
Myanmar
 4
No. 21
Nigeria
 4
No. 22
Uganda
 4
No. 23
USA
 4
No. 24
Zimbabwe
 4
No. 25
Albania
 3
No. 26
Bolivia
 3
No. 27
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 28
Burundi
 3
No. 29
China
 3
No. 30
Congo-Brazzaville
 3
No. 31
Eritrea
 3
No. 32
Ghana
 3
No. 33
Greece
 3
No. 34
Guinea
 3
No. 35
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 36
Malaysia
 3
No. 37
Rwanda
 3
No. 38
Somalia
 3
No. 39
South Sudan
 3
No. 40
Thailand
 3
No. 41
Togo
 3
No. 42
Zambia
 3
No. 43
Argentina
 2
No. 44
Bangladesh
 2
No. 45
Brazil
 2
No. 46
Bulgaria
 2
No. 47
Cambodia
 2
No. 48
Colombia
 2
No. 49
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 50
French Guiana [France]
 2
No. 51
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 52
Guyana
 2
No. 53
Indonesia
 2
No. 54
Iran
 2
No. 55
Israel
 2
No. 56
Laos
 2
No. 57
Liberia
 2
No. 58
Libya
 2
No. 59
Macedonia
 2
No. 60
Mali
 2
No. 61
Montenegro
 2
No. 62
Niger
 2
No. 63
Pakistan
 2
No. 64
Paraguay
 2
No. 65
Romania
 2
No. 66
Senegal
 2
No. 67
Serbia
 2
No. 68
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 69
Spain
 2
No. 70
Sudan
 2
No. 71
Surinam
 2
No. 72
Turkey
 2
No. 73
Venezuela
 2
No. 74
Vietnam
 2
No. 75
Afghanistan
 1
No. 76
Algeria
 1
No. 77
Armenia
 1
No. 78
Azerbaijan
 1
No. 79
Bhutan
 1
No. 80
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 1
No. 81
Brunei
 1
No. 82
Croatia
 1
No. 83
Egypt
 1
No. 84
France
 1
No. 85
Gabon
 1
No. 86
Gambia
 1
No. 87
Georgia
 1
No. 88
Iraq
 1
No. 89
Italy
 1
No. 90
Jordan
 1
No. 91
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 92
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 93
Lebanon
 1
No. 94
Lesotho
 1
No. 95
Mauritania
 1
No. 96
Moldova
 1
No. 97
Morocco
 1
No. 98
Nepal
 1
No. 99
Nicaragua
 1
No. 100
Panama
 1
No. 101
Peru
 1
No. 102
Russia
 1
No. 103
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 1
No. 104
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 105
Seychelles
 1
No. 106
Slovenia
 1
No. 107
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 108
Syria
 1
No. 109
Tajikistan
 1
No. 110
Trinidad & Tobago
 1
No. 111
Tunisia
 1
No. 112
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 113
Uzbekistan
 1