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