Family Testudinidae (Tortoises):
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
South Africa
 13
No. 2
Ecuador
 11
No. 3
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
 10
No. 4
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 8
No. 5
Western Cape [South Africa]
 8
No. 6
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 6
No. 7
Kenya
 6
No. 8
Namibia
 6
No. 9
Cameroon
 5
No. 10
Central African Republic
 5
No. 11
Congo-Kinshasa
 5
No. 12
Isabela [Ecuador]
 5
No. 13
Limpopo [South Africa]
 5
No. 14
Madagascar
 5
No. 15
North West Province [South Africa]
 5
No. 16
Tanzania
 5
No. 17
Angola
 4
No. 18
Benin
 4
No. 19
Botswana
 4
No. 20
Chad
 4
No. 21
Eswatini
 4
No. 22
Ethiopia
 4
No. 23
Free State [South Africa]
 4
No. 24
India
 4
No. 25
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 4
No. 26
Malawi
 4
No. 27
Mexico
 4
No. 28
Mozambique
 4
No. 29
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 4
No. 30
Myanmar
 4
No. 31
Nigeria
 4
No. 32
Uganda
 4
No. 33
USA
 4
No. 34
Zimbabwe
 4
No. 35
Albania
 3
No. 36
Bolivia
 3
No. 37
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 38
Burundi
 3
No. 39
China
 3
No. 40
Congo-Brazzaville
 3
No. 41
Eritrea
 3
No. 42
Gauteng [South Africa]
 3
No. 43
Ghana
 3
No. 44
Greece
 3
No. 45
Greek mainland [Greece]
 3
No. 46
Guinea
 3
No. 47
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 48
Malaysia
 3
No. 49
Rwanda
 3
No. 50
Somalia
 3
No. 51
South Sudan
 3
No. 52
Thailand
 3
No. 53
Togo
 3
No. 54
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 3
No. 55
Zambia
 3
No. 56
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 2
No. 57
Amapa [Brazil]
 2
No. 58
Amazonas [Brazil]
 2
No. 59
Argentina
 2
No. 60
Arizona [USA]
 2
No. 61
Assam [India]
 2
No. 62
Bangladesh
 2
No. 63
Brazil
 2
No. 64
Bulgaria
 2
No. 65
Cabinda [Angola]
 2
No. 66
Cambodia
 2
No. 67
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 2
No. 68
Coahuila [Mexico]
 2
No. 69
Colombia
 2
No. 70
Corfu [Greece]
 2
No. 71
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 72
Euboea [Greece]
 2
No. 73
European Turkey [Turkey]
 2
No. 74
French Guiana [France]
 2
No. 75
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 76
Guyana
 2
No. 77
Indonesia
 2
No. 78
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 2
No. 79
Iran
 2
No. 80
Israel
 2
No. 81
Karnataka [India]
 2
No. 82
Kerala [India]
 2
No. 83
Laos
 2
No. 84
Liberia
 2
No. 85
Libya
 2
No. 86
Macedonia
 2
No. 87
Mali
 2
No. 88
Manipur [India]
 2
No. 89
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 2
No. 90
Maranhao [Brazil]
 2
No. 91
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 2
No. 92
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 2
No. 93
Meghalaya [India]
 2
No. 94
Mizoram [India]
 2
No. 95
Montenegro
 2
No. 96
Nagaland [India]
 2
No. 97
Niger
 2
No. 98
Odisha [India]
 2
No. 99
Pakistan
 2
No. 100
Para [Brazil]
 2
No. 101
Paraguay
 2
No. 102
Peloponnese [Greece]
 2
No. 103
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 2
No. 104
Romania
 2
No. 105
Rondonia [Brazil]
 2
No. 106
Roraima [Brazil]
 2
No. 107
Santa Cruz [Ecuador]
 2
No. 108
Senegal
 2
No. 109
Serbia
 2
No. 110
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 111
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 2
No. 112
Sonora [Mexico]
 2
No. 113
Spain
 2
No. 114
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 2
No. 115
Sudan
 2
No. 116
Surinam
 2
No. 117
Tamil Nadu [India]
 2
No. 118
Tocantins [Brazil]
 2
No. 119
Turkey
 2
No. 120
Venezuela
 2
No. 121
Vietnam
 2
No. 122
Acre [Brazil]
 1
No. 123
Aeolian Islands [Italy]
 1
No. 124
Afghanistan
 1
No. 125
Alabama [USA]
 1
No. 126
Alagoas [Brazil]
 1
No. 127
Aldabra [Seychelles]
 1
No. 128
Algeria
 1
No. 129
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 130
Argo-Saronic Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 131
Armenia
 1
No. 132
Azerbaijan
 1
No. 133
Bahia [Brazil]
 1
No. 134
Bhutan
 1
No. 135
Bihar [India]
 1
No. 136
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 137
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 1
No. 138
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 1
No. 139
Brunei
 1
No. 140
California [USA]
 1
No. 141
Ceara [Brazil]
 1
No. 142
Cephalonia [Greece]
 1
No. 143
Chhattisgarh [India]
 1
No. 144
Corsica [France]
 1
No. 145
Croatia
 1
No. 146
Cyclades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 147
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 1
No. 148
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 149
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 150
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 151
Egypt
 1
No. 152
Elba [Italy]
 1
No. 153
Espanola [Ecuador]
 1
No. 154
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 1
No. 155
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 156
France
 1
No. 157
French mainland [France]
 1
No. 158
Gabon
 1
No. 159
Gambia
 1
No. 160
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 161
Georgia
 1
No. 162
Goias [Brazil]
 1
No. 163
Guangxi [China]
 1
No. 164
Gujarat [India]
 1
No. 165
Iraq
 1
No. 166
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 167
Italian mainland [Italy]
 1
No. 168
Italy
 1
No. 169
Ithaki [Greece]
 1
No. 170
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 171
Jordan
 1
No. 172
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 173
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 174
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 175
Langkawi [Malaysia]
 1
No. 176
Langkawi Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 177
Lebanon
 1
No. 178
Lesotho
 1
No. 179
Louisiana [USA]
 1
No. 180
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 181
Margarita [Venezuela]
 1
No. 182
Mauritania
 1
No. 183
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 1
No. 184
Mississippi [USA]
 1
No. 185
Moldova
 1
No. 186
Morocco
 1
No. 187
Nepal
 1
No. 188
Nevada [USA]
 1
No. 189
New Mexico [USA]
 1
No. 190
Nicaragua
 1
No. 191
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 192
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 1
No. 193
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 194
Panama
 1
No. 195
Pantelleria [Italy]
 1
No. 196
Paraiba [Brazil]
 1
No. 197
Penang Island [Malaysia]
 1
No. 198
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 1
No. 199
Peru
 1
No. 200
Piaui [Brazil]
 1
No. 201
Rajasthan [India]
 1
No. 202
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 1
No. 203
Russia
 1
No. 204
Sabah [Malaysia]
 1
No. 205
Saint Kitts & Nevis
 1
No. 206
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 207
San Cristobal [Ecuador]
 1
No. 208
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 209
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 1
No. 210
Sergipe [Brazil]
 1
No. 211
Seychelles
 1
No. 212
Sicily [Italy]
 1
No. 213
Sikkim [India]
 1
No. 214
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 215
Slovenia
 1
No. 216
South Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 217
Sporades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 218
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 219
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 220
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 1
No. 221
Syria
 1
No. 222
Tajikistan
 1
No. 223
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 224
Texas [USA]
 1
No. 225
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 226
Trinidad & Tobago
 1
No. 227
Tripura [India]
 1
No. 228
Tunisia
 1
No. 229
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 230
Utah [USA]
 1
No. 231
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 232
Uttarakhand [India]
 1
No. 233
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 234
Veracruz [Mexico]
 1
No. 235
West Bengal [India]
 1
No. 236
Xinjiang [China]
 1
No. 237
Yunnan [China]
 1
No. 238
Zakynthos [Greece]
 1