Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Kinixys
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Hinge-back Tortoises, Hinged Tortoises
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Gelenkschildkröten
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Ledskildpadder
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1827 |  |
Kinixys Bell (type species: Kinixys castanea Bell 1827) |
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Cinixys Wagler 1830 [substitute name] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1835 | |
Cinothorax Fitzinger (type species: Kinixys belliana Gray 1831; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1972 | |
Madakinixys Vuillemin (type species: Madakinixys domerguei Vuillemin 1972; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
8 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa, Madagascar.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province),
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Kinixys belliana
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Central African Hinge-back Tortoise, (Eastern Hinge-back Tortoise, Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise)
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Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte
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Centralafrikansk Ledskildpadde
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1831 | |
Kinixys belliana Gray |
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Cinixys belliana Fitzinger 1835 |
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Cinothorax bellianus Fitzinger 1843 |
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1845 | |
Kinixys schoensis Rüppell (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Kinixys belliana schoensis Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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1956 | |
Kinixys belliana mertensi Laurent (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
Previously included lobatsiana, nogueyi, spekii and zombensis.
Exact distribution limits uncertain.
Much of what was previously regarded as the northern range of belliana (s.s.) is now included in nogueyi.
Chirio (2009) reported both belliana and nogueyi from Burkina Faso, however, this record of belliana is far from the closest, Central African records of this species,
which is also noted by the author himself.
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Burundi,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Rwanda,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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Kinixys belliana
© Rune Midtgaard
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Kinixys erosa
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Forest Hinge-back Tortoise, Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise, West African Hinge-back Tortoise, (Schweigger's Hinge-back Tortoise)
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Stachelrand-Gelenkschildkröte
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Skov-ledskildpadde
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Testudo erosa Schweigger |
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Kinixys erosa Gray 1831 |
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Kinixys belliana erosa Nutaphand 1979 |
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1827 | |
Kinixys castanea Bell (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Cinixys castanea Fitzinger 1835 |
Remarks:
Although reported from Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Rwanda, and Senegal, presence in these countries are regarded as doubtful, due to lack of vouchers. Records from Gambia and Senegal may have been based on trade specimens (Luiselli & Diagne 2014).
Introduced to:
Guadeloupe.
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Kinixys homeana
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West African Hinge-back Tortoise, (Home's Hinge-back Tortoise)
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Stutz-Gelenkschildkröte
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Vestafrikansk Ledskildpadde
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1827 | |
Kinixys homeana Bell |
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Testudo homeana Gray in Griffith 1831 |
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Kinixys belliana homeana Nutaphand 1979 |
Introduced to:
Guadeloupe.
Distribution:
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Togo.
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Kinixys homeana
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Kinixys lobatsiana
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Lobatse Hinge-back Tortoise
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Lobatse-Gelenkschildkröte
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Lobatse-ledskildpadde
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Cinixys lobatsiana Power |
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Kinixys belliana lobatsiana Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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Kinixys lobatsiana Broadley 1992 |
Distribution:
Botswana,
South Africa
(Gauteng,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province).
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Kinixys natalensis
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Natal Hinge-back Tortoise
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Natal-Gelenkschildkröte
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Natal-ledskildpadde
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Kinixys natalensis Hewitt |
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Kinixys belliana natalensis Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of belliana (e.g., Wermuth & Mertens 1977).
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga).
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Kinixys nogueyi
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Western Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise, Western Hinge-back Tortoise, (Noguey's Hinged Tortoise)
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Westliche Savannen-Gelenkschildkröte, (Spekes Gelenkschildkröte)
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Vestlig Savanne-ledskildpadde
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Homopus nogueyi Lataste |
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Cinixys nogueyi Siebenrock 1903 |
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Cinixys belliana nogueyi Boulenger 1906 |
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Kinixys nogueyi McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka 2005 |
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1888 | |
Cinixys dorri Lataste (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
McCord, Joseph-Ouni & Tabaka (2005) raised noguey to status as a separate species. This was not followed by Chirio & Ineich (2006), because the type locality of belliana is unknown, however, the former authors designated a new lectotype and its origin ("Medine, Haut-Senegal") as type locality. Subsequently, Chirio & LeBreton (2007) treated it as a valid species. Validity confirmed by Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroký, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz (2012). Includes much of what was previously regarded as the northern range of belliana (s.s.).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo.
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Kinixys spekii
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Eastern Savanna Hinge-back Tortoise, (Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise)
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Östliche Savannen-Gelenkschildkröte, (Spekes Gelenkschildkröte)
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Østlig Savanne-ledskildpadde
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Kinixys spekii Gray |
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Kinixys belliana spekei [lapsus] Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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Kinixys spekii Broadley 1992 |
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1902 | |
Homopus darlingi Boulenger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Kinixys darlingi Hewitt 1931 |
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Kinixys belliana darlingi Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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Testudo procterae Loveridge (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Malacochersus procterae Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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1931 | |
Kinixys australis Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Kinixys belliana australis Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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1931 | |
Kinixys jordani Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1931 | |
Kinixys youngi Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Kinixys australis mababiensis Fitzsimons (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Kinixys belliana mababiensis Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Rwanda,
South Africa
(Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province),
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Kinixys zombensis
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Southeastern Hinge-back Tortoise
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Südostafrikanische Gelenkschildkröte
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Sydøstafrikansk Ledskildpadde
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1931 | |
Kinixys belliana zombensis Hewitt |
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Kinixys zombensis Mitchell 1946 |
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Kinixys belliana zuluensis Hewitt (Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroký, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012) |
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Kinixys zuluensis Hewitt 1937 |
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Madakinixys domerguei Vuillemin (Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroký, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz 2012) |
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Kinixys belliana domerguei Bour 1985 |
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Kinixys zombensis domerguei Dijk, Iverson, Shaffer, Bour & Rhodin 2012 |
Other common names:
domerguei: Madagascar Hinge-back Tortoise
zombensis: Common Southeastern Hinge-back Tortoise
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of belliana (e.g., Fritz & Havas 2006).
Revalidated by Kindler, Branch, Hofmeyr, Maran, Siroký, Vences, Harvey, Hauswaldt, Schleicher, Stuckas & Fritz (2012).
Exact distribution limits are unclear.
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Kenya,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal),
Tanzania,
Zimbabwe.
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