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Turtles (Testudines)    Genera Aldabrachelys Aldabra Tortoise Astrochelys Madagascar Tortoises Centrochelys African Spurred Tortoise Chelonoidis South American Tortoises Chersina Angulate Tortoise Chersobius Five-toed Dwarf Tortoises Cylindraspis [extinct] Mascarene Islands Giant Tortoises Geochelone South Asian Star Tortoises Gopherus Gopher Tortoises Homopus Four-toed Dwarf Tortoises Indotestudo Asian Tortoises Kinixys Hinge-back Tortoises Malacochersus African Pancake Tortoise Manouria Indochinese Tortoises Psammobates South African Star Tortoises Pyxis Spider Tortoises Stigmochelys Leopard Tortoise Testudo Palearctic Tortoises

Biodiversity of the family Testudinidae Bibliography of the family Testudinidae Testudinidae Tortoises Landskildpadder     Landschildkröten Contents:  56 species of which 27 (48.2%) are endemic - 17 genera of which 3 (17.6%) are endemic (as of December 31st, 2018). Distribution:  North America, Central America, South America, West Indies, S. Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Middle East, C. and S. Asia, Indonesia. Reported from: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Croatia, Djibouti, Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Islands), Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.