Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea 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
Australia
 5
No. 2
Bahamas
 5
No. 3
Barbados
 5
No. 4
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 5
No. 5
Colombia
 5
No. 6
Indonesia
 5
No. 7
Mauritania
 5
No. 8
Mexico
 5
No. 9
Morocco
 5
No. 10
Papua New Guinea
 5
No. 11
Spain
 5
No. 12
USA
 5
No. 13
Algeria
 4
No. 14
Angola
 4
No. 15
Anguilla
 4
No. 16
Azores [Portugal]
 4
No. 17
Bahrain
 4
No. 18
Bangladesh
 4
No. 19
Benin
 4
No. 20
Bermuda [United Kingdom]
 4
No. 21
Bonin Islands [Japan]
 4
No. 22
Brazil
 4
No. 23
Brunei
 4
No. 24
Cambodia
 4
No. 25
Cameroon
 4
No. 26
Cape Verde
 4
No. 27
Cayman Islands
 4
No. 28
Chile
 4
No. 29
China
 4
No. 30
Comoro Islands
 4
No. 31
Congo-Brazzaville
 4
No. 32
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 33
Costa Rica
 4
No. 34
Cuba
 4
No. 35
Curacao [Netherlands]
 4
No. 36
Djibouti
 4
No. 37
Dominica
 4
No. 38
Dominican Republic
 4
No. 39
East Timor
 4
No. 40
Easter Island [Chile]
 4
No. 41
Ecuador
 4
No. 42
Egypt
 4
No. 43
El Salvador
 4
No. 44
Equatorial Guinea
 4
No. 45
Eritrea
 4
No. 46
Fiji
 4
No. 47
France
 4
No. 48
French Guiana [France]
 4
No. 49
Gambia
 4
No. 50
Ghana
 4
No. 51
Grenada
 4
No. 52
Guadeloupe [France]
 4
No. 53
Guatemala
 4
No. 54
Guinea
 4
No. 55
Guinea-Bissau
 4
No. 56
Guyana
 4
No. 57
Haiti
 4
No. 58
Hawaii [USA]
 4
No. 59
Honduras
 4
No. 60
India
 4
No. 61
Iran
 4
No. 62
Iraq
 4
No. 63
Ivory Coast
 4
No. 64
Jamaica
 4
No. 65
Japan
 4
No. 66
Kenya
 4
No. 67
Kuwait
 4
No. 68
Liberia
 4
No. 69
Madagascar
 4
No. 70
Madeira [Portugal]
 4
No. 71
Malaysia
 4
No. 72
Maldives
 4
No. 73
Martinique [France]
 4
No. 74
Mauritius
 4
No. 75
Mozambique
 4
No. 76
Myanmar
 4
No. 77
New Caledonia [France]
 4
No. 78
New Zealand
 4
No. 79
Nicaragua
 4
No. 80
Nigeria
 4
No. 81
Oman
 4
No. 82
Pakistan
 4
No. 83
Panama
 4
No. 84
Peru
 4
No. 85
Philippines
 4
No. 86
Portugal
 4
No. 87
Puerto Rico
 4
No. 88
Qatar
 4
No. 89
Republic of Ireland
 4
No. 90
Reunion [France]
 4
No. 91
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 4
No. 92
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 4
No. 93
Saint Lucia
 4
No. 94
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 4
No. 95
Sao Tome & Principe
 4
No. 96
Saudi Arabia
 4
No. 97
Senegal
 4
No. 98
Seychelles
 4
No. 99
Sierra Leone
 4
No. 100
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]
 4
No. 101
Solomon Islands
 4
No. 102
Somalia
 4
No. 103
South Africa
 4
No. 104
South Korea
 4
No. 105
Sri Lanka
 4
No. 106
Sudan
 4
No. 107
Surinam
 4
No. 108
Taiwan
 4
No. 109
Tanzania
 4
No. 110
Thailand
 4
No. 111
Togo
 4
No. 112
Tonga
 4
No. 113
Trinidad & Tobago
 4
No. 114
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 4
No. 115
United Arab Emirates
 4
No. 116
United Kingdom
 4
No. 117
Uruguay
 4
No. 118
Vanuatu
 4
No. 119
Venezuela
 4
No. 120
Vietnam
 4
No. 121
Yemen
 4
No. 122
Albania
 3
No. 123
American Samoa [USA]
 3
No. 124
Antigua & Barbuda
 3
No. 125
Argentina
 3
No. 126
Aruba [Netherlands]
 3
No. 127
Ascension [United Kingdom]
 3
No. 128
Belize
 3
No. 129
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 3
No. 130
Canada
 3
No. 131
Canary Islands [Spain]
 3
No. 132
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
 3
No. 133
Cook Islands
 3
No. 134
Gabon
 3
No. 135
Guam [USA]
 3
No. 136
Israel
 3
No. 137
Italy
 3
No. 138
Jordan
 3
No. 139
Malta
 3
No. 140
Marshall Islands
 3
No. 141
Mayotte [France]
 3
No. 142
Micronesia
 3
No. 143
Montserrat [United Kingdom]
 3
No. 144
Namibia
 3
No. 145
Netherlands
 3
No. 146
North Korea
 3
No. 147
Northern Mariana Islands
 3
No. 148
Palau
 3
No. 149
Saba [Netherlands]
 3
No. 150
Saint Martin [France / Netherlands]
 3
No. 151
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
 3
No. 152
Tokelau [New Zealand]
 3
No. 153
Turks & Caicos Islands
 3
No. 154
Tuvalu
 3
No. 155
Western Sahara
 3
No. 156
Western Samoa
 3
No. 157
Belgium
 2
No. 158
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 2
No. 159
Bulgaria
 2
No. 160
Chagos Archipelago [United Kingdom]
 2
No. 161
Christmas Island [Australia]
 2
No. 162
Croatia
 2
No. 163
Cyprus
 2
No. 164
Denmark
 2
No. 165
Europa Island [France]
 2
No. 166
French Polynesia [France]
 2
No. 167
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]
 2
No. 168
Glorioso Islands [France]
 2
No. 169
Greece
 2
No. 170
Juan de Nova [France]
 2
No. 171
Kiribati
 2
No. 172
Lebanon
 2
No. 173
Libya
 2
No. 174
Nauru
 2
No. 175
Navassa [USA]
 2
No. 176
Niue
 2
No. 177
Palmyra [USA]
 2
No. 178
Pitcairn Islands [United Kingdom]
 2
No. 179
Saint Helena [United Kingdom]
 2
No. 180
Selvagens Islands [Portugal]
 2
No. 181
Singapore
 2
No. 182
Slovenia
 2
No. 183
Spratly Islands [disputed territory]
 2
No. 184
Syria
 2
No. 185
Tromelin [France]
 2
No. 186
Tunisia
 2
No. 187
Turkey
 2
No. 188
Wallis & Futuna [France]
 2
No. 189
Bassas da India [France]
 1
No. 190
Clipperton [France]
 1
No. 191
Jarvis [USA]
 1
No. 192
Johnston [USA]
 1
No. 193
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
 1
No. 194
Minami Torishima [Japan]
 1
No. 195
Monaco
 1
No. 196
Montenegro
 1
No. 197
Norway
 1
No. 198
Poland
 1
No. 199
Romania
 1
No. 200
Russia
 1
No. 201
Sweden
 1
No. 202
Tristan da Cunha [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 203
Volcano Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 204
Wake [USA]
 1