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Taxonomy of the genus Kinixys Biodiversity of the family Testudinidae

Bibliography of the genus
Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)

(Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Kinixys in general

Angel, F. 1941. Sur la presence a Madagascar de tortues du genre Kinixys. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 13: 151-152.

Archer, W.H. 1967. The tortoise with a difference. Kinixys species or the hingebacks. African Wild Life 21: 59-66.

Archer, W.H. 1968. The tortoise with a difference Kinyxis species or the hingebacks. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 2(4): 11-13, 35-36.

Avalos Schlegel, J. 1998. Kinixys. The hingeback tortoises. Reptilia (GB) 4: 28-32.

Bertram, B.C.R. 1979. Home range of a hingeback tortoise in the Serengeti. African Journal of Ecology 17(4): 241-244.

Blackwell, K. 1968. Kinixys species eating giant land snail. British Journal of Herpetology 4: 42.

Bour, R. 2006. Le genre Kinixys Bell: histoire nomenclaturale et taxinomique. Cheloniens 3: 8-15.

Bringsøe, H. 2002. Sporefrøer og hængselskildpadder i Elfenbenskystens regnskov. [Tropical clawed frogs and hinged tortoises in the Ivory Coast rainforest]. (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 45(5): 146-160.

Broadley, D.G. 1981. A review of the populations of Kinixys (Testudinidae) occurring in south-eastern Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums Natural History 13(14): 195-216.

Broadley, D.G. 1992. The savannah species of Kinixys (Testudinidae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40: 12-13.

Broadley, D.G. 1993. A review of the southern African species of Kinixys Bell (Reptilia: Testudinidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(6): 41-52.

Broadley, D.G. 1997. Osteological characters of the shell and humerus in hinged tortoises of the African genus Kinixys. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4): 526-531.

Harvan, M. 2007. Die Gattung Kinixys. Radiata 16(4): 11-27.

Hewitt, J. 1931. Descriptions of some African tortoises. Annals of the Natal Museum 6(3): 461-505.

Kindler, C.; Branch, W.R.; Hofmeyr, M.D.; Maran, J.; Siroky, P.; Vences, M.; Harvey, J.; Hauswaldt, S.; Schleicher, A.; Stuckas, H.; Fritz, U. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of African Hinge-back Tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 50(3): 192-201.

Kirkpatrick, D. 1998. African hingeback tortoises. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 54: 32-37.

Luiselli, L. 2004. Conservation ecology of the threatened forest tortoises (Genus Kinixys) in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: Phase 2. Population characteristics in areas under traditional conservation by religious beliefs. Linnaeus Fund Research Report. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 8: 21-24.

Luiselli, L.; Politano, E.; Akani, G.C. 2003. Seasonal incidence, sex-ratio, and population cohorts of hinge-back tortoises (genus Kinixys) in the wild and in bush-meat markets of the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria: are human predation effects random? Revue d'Ecologie la Terre et la Vie 58(2): 243-248.

McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M.; Tabaka, C. 2005. Chelonian illustrations. 18. African hinge-back tortoises. Reptilia (GB) 38: 71-74.

Mifsud, D.A. 2014. Developing a Kinixys conservation blueprint. Turtle Survival 2014: 26-27.

Mifsud, D.A.; Hance, M.W. 2013. The future of the Kinixys genus hinges on our present actions. Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 26-27.

Pawlowski, S. 2018. Eingeschleppte Reptilien auf den zentralen Seychelleninseln und deren mögliche Bedrohung für die endemische Herpetofauna. Sauria (Berlin) 40(3): 29-39.

Philippen, H.D. 2012. [The genus Kinixys. Tortoises with a kink in their shell]. (In German). Marginata 34: 9-15.

Wolff, B. 2008. Erfahrungen bei der Aufzucht von Jungtieren verschiedener Kinixys-Arten. Radiata 17(1): 21-25.

Kinixys belliana

Bourgeois, M. 1964. Les reptiles de la Kasapa (Elisábethville). Publ. Univ. Elisábethville 7: 65-89.

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys belliana - Bell's hinged tortoise. Kinixys spekii - Speke's hinged tortoise. Kinixys lobatsiana - Lobatse hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 49-52.

Bueddefeld, S.; Bueddefeld, V. 2001. Haltung und Nachzucht der Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte (Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831). Draco 2(4) (8): 56-60.

Christoph, G. 2007. Über die Haltung und Nachzucht von Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröten (Kinixys belliana) im deutschprachigen Raum: ein Auswertung von Erfahrungsberichten. Radiata 16(4): 2-10.

Conradie, W.; Bittencourt-Silva, G.B.; Engelbrecht, H.M.; Loader, S.P.; Menegon, M.; Nanvonamuquitxo, C.; Scott, M.; Tolley, K.A. 2016. Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians. Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 163–180.

Cooper, M.E.; Cooper, J.E. 1994. Some observations on reproductive behaviour in hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys belliana). Testudo 4(1): 43-48.

Greig, J.C.; Boycott, R.C. 1978. Our land tortoises. African Wild Life 32(2): 39-42.

Innis, C.J. 2000. Captive care of Bell's hingeback tortoise, Kinixys belliana. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10(1): 26-28.

Kiernan, B. 2012. Breeding Bell's Hingeback Tortoises (Kinixys belliana) in the UK. Herptile 37(4): 133-136.

Kranz, K.; Frazier, J. 1983. Predation on tortoises by antelopes: Angolan legends regarding Kinixys belliana. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 8: 58-59.

Kuchling, G. 1986. Biology of Kinixys belliana at Nosy Faly, Madagascar. pp. 435-439. In: Rocek, Z. (ed.). Studies in herpetology. Proceedings of the European herpetological meeting (3rd ordinary general meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica), Prague 1985. Charles University, Prague. 754 pp.

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

Laurent, R.F. 1962. On the races of Kinixys belliana Gray. Breviora 176: 1-6.

Marschall, A.; Marschall, G. 1993. Erfahrungen bei der Haltung und Nachzucht der Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831. Sauria (Berlin) 15(2): 9-13.

Mill, E. 2015. An experience report on the husbandry, propagation and status of the Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) and Bell's Hinge-Backed Tortoise (Kinixys belliana) in Ethiopia. Part I. Radiata 24(1): 4-66.

Mill, E. 2015. Ein Erfahrungsbericht zur Haltung, Zucht und Situation der Pantherschildkröte (Stigmochelys pardalis) und der Nordostafrikanischen Gelenkschildkröte (Kinixys belliana) in Äthiopien. Teil I. Radiata 24(1): 4-66.

Mill, E. 2015. Ein Erfahrungsbericht zur Haltung, Zucht und Situation der Pantherschildkröte (Stigmochelys pardalis) und der Nordostafrikanischen Gelenkschildkröte (Kinixys belliana) in Äthiopien. Teil II. Radiata 24(2): 4-23.

Mislin, V.; Eberling, G. 2007. Haltung von Kinixys belliana belliana Gray, 1831 von Madagaskar im Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2006. Radiata 16(4): 28-32.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Rogner, M. 2001. Kinixys belliana. Zur Biologie, Haltung und Zucht der Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte. Aquarium (Bornheim) 385: 61-66.

Rogner, M. 2007. Kinixys belliana Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte in der Natur und im Terrarium. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 60(6): 34-37.

Sordelli, F. 1901. Anomalia in una Testuggine (Cinixys belliana Gray) del Sudan orientale. Atti Mus. Milano 39: 111-114.

Trapp, B. 2016. Kinixys belliana Gray, 1831 Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte. Marginata 50: ?

Kinixys erosa

Akani, G.C.; Angelici, F.M.; Wariboko, S.M.; Politano, E.; Filippi, E.; Luiselli, L. 2005. Reproductive seasonality and clutch size of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana) in southern Nigeria (Reptilia, Testudines: Testudinidae). Aldrovandia 1: 111-115.

Akani, G.C.; Filippi, E.; Luiselli, L.M. 2004. Aspects of the population and reproductive ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and K. erosa) in southern Nigeria, on the basis of specimens traded in bush-meat markets. Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 71: 245-247.

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys erosa - Serrated hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 56-57.

Brown, P.; George, W. 1994. Brief observations on husbandry and rearing of two groups of Kinixys sp. Testudo 4(1): 49-53.

Dowling, H.G. 1961. Vanishing giants and enduring dwarfs - the tortoises. Animal Kingdom 64: 66-75.

Gramentz, D. 2001. Zur Ökologie und Ethologie von Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) in Gabun. Sauria (Berlin) 23(2): 17-23.

Lawson, D.P. 2000. Local harvest of hingeback tortoises, Kinixys erosa and K. homeana, in southwestern Cameroon. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4): 722-729.

Lawson, D.P. 2001. Morphometrics and sexual dimorphism of the hinge-back tortoises Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana (Reptilia: Testudinidae) in southwestern Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology 50(1): 1-7.

Lawson, D.P. 2006. Habitat use, home range, and activity patterns of hingeback tortoises, Kinixys erosa and K. homeana, in southwestern Cameroon. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 48-56.

Lenglet, G.L.; Colyn, M.M. 1989. Note on the maximum length of Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) (Chelonia, Testudinidae). Bulletin Institut Royal de Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 59: 159-162.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Assessing the impact of human hunting activities on populations of forest tortoises (genus Kinixys) in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Linnaeus fund research report. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 735-738.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric Afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: the differential effects of "traditional veneration" and of "subsistence hunting" by local people. Acta Oecologica 24(3): 157-163.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Seasonal activity patterns and diet divergence of three sympatric Afrotropical tortoise species (genus Kinixys). Contributions to Zoology 72(4): 211-220.

Luiselli, L. 2005. Aspects of comparative thermal ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and Kinixys erosa) in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 43(1): 64-69.

Luiselli, L. 2006. Especes de cinixys sympatriques au sud du Nigeria. Cheloniens 3: 40-41.

Luiselli, L. 2006. Food niche overlap between sympatric potential competitors increases with habitat alteration at different trophic levels in rain-forest reptiles (omnivorous tortoises and carnivorous vipers). Journal of Tropical Ecology 22(6): 695-704.

Luiselli, L.; Akani, G.C.; Petrozzi, F.; Eniang, E.A. 2016. Threatened tortoises (genus Kinixys) are confined to small portions of forest even inside wide protected reserves in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 54(2): 256-260.

Luiselli, L.; Angelici, F.M.; Rugiero, L.; Akani, G.C.; Eniang, E.A.; Pacini, N.; Politano, E. 2008. Negative density dependence of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys erosa and K. homeana) in West Africa. Acta Herpetologica 3(1): 19-33.

Luiselli, L.; Diagne, T. 2014. Kinixys erosa (Schweigger 1812) – Forest Hinge-back Tortoise, Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise, Serrated Hinged Tortoise. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(84): 1-13.

Luiselli, L.M.; Petrozzi, F.; Akani, G.C. 2013. Long-term comparison reveals trends in turtle trade in bushmeat markets of southern Nigeria. Herpetozoa 26(1-2): 57-64.

Manceau, D.; Maran, J. 2008. Note sur la reproduction en captivite de cinixys rongee, Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) (Reptilia, Chelonii, Testudinidae). Cheloniens 11: 46-53.

Maran, J.; Pauwels, O.S.G. 2005. Etat des connaissances sur les tortues continentales du Gabon: distribution, ecologie et conservation. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 75: 47-60.

Maran, J.; Pauwels, O.S.G. 2009. Nouvelles observations sur la distribution des tortues de la Republique du Congo (Chelonii: Pelomedusidae, Trionychidae et Testudinidae). Cheloniens 13: 12-36.

Mlynarski, M. 1969. [Tortoises in the Zoological Gardens]. (In Polish, English summary). Przeglad Zoologiczny 13: 122-133.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Albert, J.L.; Arrowood, H.; Mvele, C.; Casanova, M.; Dodane, J.B.; Morgan, J.; Primault, L.; Thepenier, L.; Fenner, J.N. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica X. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(8): 133-138.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chirio, L.; Neil, E.J.; Berry, S.; Texier, N.; Rosin, C. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VIII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(3): 41-46.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Garff, B. le; Ineich, I.; Carlino, P.; Melcore, I.; Boundenga, L.; Vigna, C.; Stévart, T.; Jeffery, K.; Orbell, C.; Squarcini, J.B.; Vande weghe, J.P.; White, L. 2016. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica V & VI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51(11): 177-185.

Siebenrock, F. 1907. Über zwei Schildkröten aus Kamerun. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums (Wien) 22: 1-8.

Skelton-Bourgeois, M. 1961. Reptiles et batraciens du Stanley Pool. Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. 103: 169-183.

Kinixys homeana

Anonymous. 1991. Europäische Erstnachzucht bei Homés Gelenkschildkröte. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(73): 18.

Akani, G.C.; Angelici, F.M.; Wariboko, S.M.; Politano, E.; Filippi, E.; Luiselli, L. 2005. Reproductive seasonality and clutch size of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana) in southern Nigeria (Reptilia, Testudines: Testudinidae). Aldrovandia 1: 111-115.

Akani, G.C.; Filippi, E.; Luiselli, L.M. 2004. Aspects of the population and reproductive ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and K. erosa) in southern Nigeria, on the basis of specimens traded in bush-meat markets. Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 71: 245-247.

Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.; Wariboko, S.M.; Angelici, F.M. 2003. Natural history notes: Kinixys homeana (Home's Hingeback Tortoise). Predation. Herpetological Review 34(1): 57-58.

Benzien, J. 1955. Beobachtungen an meinen Gelenkschildkröten Kinixys homeana Bell. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 8: 240-243.

Blackwell, K. 1968. Some observations on the hatching and growth of the African tortoise Kinixys homeana. British Journal of Herpetology 4: 40-41.

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys homeana - Home's hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 58-59.

Brown, P.; George, W. 1994. Brief observations on husbandry and rearing of two groups of Kinixys sp. Testudo 4(1): 49-53.

Farkas, B.; Satorhelyi, T. 2006. Captive propagation of Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827. pp. 419-423. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Jackson, K.; Blackburn, D.C. 2010. A survey of amphibians and reptiles at degraded sites near Pointe-noire, Kouilou Province, Republic of Congo. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5(3): 414-429.

Kornmann, C. 1995. Aufzucht und Pflege der Stutz-Gelenkschildkröte. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 48(1): 32-34.

Lawson, D.P. 2000. Local harvest of hingeback tortoises, Kinixys erosa and K. homeana, in southwestern Cameroon. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4): 722-729.

Lawson, D.P. 2001. Morphometrics and sexual dimorphism of the hinge-back tortoises Kinixys erosa and Kinixys homeana (Reptilia: Testudinidae) in southwestern Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology 50(1): 1-7.

Lawson, D.P. 2006. Habitat use, home range, and activity patterns of hingeback tortoises, Kinixys erosa and K. homeana, in southwestern Cameroon. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 48-56.

Lea, J.M.; Politano, E.; Luiselli, L. 2003. Changes in the herpetofauna of a fresh water river in Southern Nigeria, after 20 years of development. Russian Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 191-198.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Assessing the impact of human hunting activities on populations of forest tortoises (genus Kinixys) in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Linnaeus fund research report. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 735-738.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric Afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: the differential effects of "traditional veneration" and of "subsistence hunting" by local people. Acta Oecologica 24(3): 157-163.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Seasonal activity patterns and diet divergence of three sympatric Afrotropical tortoise species (genus Kinixys). Contributions to Zoology 72(4): 211-220.

Luiselli, L. 2005. Aspects of comparative thermal ecology of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys homeana and Kinixys erosa) in the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 43(1): 64-69.

Luiselli, L. 2006. Especes de cinixys sympatriques au sud du Nigeria. Cheloniens 3: 40-41.

Luiselli, L. 2006. Food niche overlap between sympatric potential competitors increases with habitat alteration at different trophic levels in rain-forest reptiles (omnivorous tortoises and carnivorous vipers). Journal of Tropical Ecology 22(6): 695-704.

Luiselli, L.; Akani, G.C.; Petrozzi, F.; Eniang, E.A. 2016. Threatened tortoises (genus Kinixys) are confined to small portions of forest even inside wide protected reserves in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology 54(2): 256-260.

Luiselli, L.; Angelici, F.M.; Rugiero, L.; Akani, G.C.; Eniang, E.A.; Pacini, N.; Politano, E. 2008. Negative density dependence of sympatric hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys erosa and K. homeana) in West Africa. Acta Herpetologica 3(1): 19-33.

Luiselli, L.; Diagne, T. 2013. Kinixys homeana Bell 1827 – Home's Hinge-back Tortoise. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(70): 1-10.

Luiselli, L.; Politano, E.; Lea, J. 2006. Assessment of the vulnerable status of Kinixys homeana (Testudines: Testudinidae) for the IUCN Red List. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 130-138.

Luiselli, L.M.; Petrozzi, F.; Akani, G.C. 2013. Long-term comparison reveals trends in turtle trade in bushmeat markets of southern Nigeria. Herpetozoa 26(1-2): 57-64.

Maran, J.; Serpol, P. 2006. Note sur la maintenance en captivite de Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827 (Reptilia, Chelonii, Testudinidae). Cheloniens 3: 30-34.

Raxworthy, C.J.; Attuquayefio, D.K. 2000. Herpetofaunal communities at Muni Lagoon in Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation 9(4): 501-510.

Zessin, B. 2004. Nachzucht von Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827. Elaphe 12(4): 39-40, 45-46.

Zoran, J. 2012. [Care and breeding of the Home's hing-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana) up to the F2 generation]. (In German). Marginata 34: 24-30.

Kinixys lobatsiana

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys belliana - Bell's hinged tortoise. Kinixys spekii - Speke's hinged tortoise. Kinixys lobatsiana - Lobatse hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 49-52.

Hewitt, J. 1931. Descriptions of some African tortoises. Annals of the Natal Museum 6(3): 461-505.

Power, J.H. 1927. On the Herpetological Fauna of the Lobatsi-Linokana Area. 1. Lobatsi. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 14(4): 405-422.

Kinixys natalensis

Boycott, R.C.; Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1988. On the distribution, habitat and identification of Kinixys natalensis Hewitt, 1935 (Cryptodira: Testudinidae) in southern Africa. Durban Museum Novitates 14(5): 93-101.

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys natalensis - Natal hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 60-61.

Haagner, G.V. 1992. The Natal hinged tortoise Kinixys natalensis: a new record for the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 35(1): 129.

Kinixys nogueyi

Anonymous. 2006. Fiche elevage Groupe Tortues Terrestres Kinixys belliana nogueyi (Lataste, 1866). Cheloniens 3: 59-60.

Bels, V.; Libois, R. 1983. Etude comparee des parades sexuelles de quelques especes de cheloniens: Pelomedusa subrufa subrufa (Lacepede), Sternotherus minor (Agassiz) et Kinixys belliana nogueyi (Bell). Cahiers d'Ethologie Appliquee 3(1): 39-58.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Assessing the impact of human hunting activities on populations of forest tortoises (genus Kinixys) in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Linnaeus fund research report. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3): 735-738.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric Afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: the differential effects of "traditional veneration" and of "subsistence hunting" by local people. Acta Oecologica 24(3): 157-163.

Luiselli, L. 2003. Seasonal activity patterns and diet divergence of three sympatric Afrotropical tortoise species (genus Kinixys). Contributions to Zoology 72(4): 211-220.

Maran, J.; Manceau, D.; Asensio, M. 2006. Elevage et reproduction en captivite de Kinixys belliana nogueyi (Lataste, 1886) (Reptilia, Chelonii, Testudinidae). Cheloniens 3: 16-29.

Pelt, T. van 2001. Kinixys belliana nogueyi - die Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte. Radiata 10(4): 24-29.

Pelt, T. van; Putten, P. van 2006. Kinixys belliana nogueyi, Bell's hingeback tortoise. pp. 409-418. In: Artner, H.; Farkas, B. & Loehr, V. (eds.). Turtles: proceedings: International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium, Vienna 2002. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 618 pp.

Sachsse, W. 1980. Zur Biologie und Fortpflanzung von Kinixys belliana nogueyi (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae). Salamandra 16(4): 252-260.

Segniagbeto, G.H.; Eniang, E.A.; Petrozzi, F.; Vignoli, L.; Dendi, D.; Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.M. 2015. Aspects of the ecology of the tortoise Kinixys nogueyi (Lataste, 1886) in Togo and Nigeria (West Africa). Tropical Zoology (Florence) 28(1): 1-8.

Siebenrock, F. 1903. Schildkröten des östlichen Hinterindien. Anz. Akad. Wiss. 40: 106-108.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Zoran, J.; Fass, U. 2017. Die Haltung der Westafrikanischen Gelenkschildkröte Kinixys nogueyi. Schildkröten im Fokus 14(2): 4–13.

Kinixys spekii

Braack, H.H.; Maguire, R.L. 2005. Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863. Speke's Hinged Tortoise. Breeding and feeding. African Herp News 38: 18-19.

Branch, W.R. 2010. Natural history notes: Kinixys spekii Daudin, 1802. Speke's Hinged Tortoise. Predation. African Herp News 50: 25-26.

Broadley, D.G. 1989. Kinixys belliana - Bell's hinged tortoise. Kinixys spekii - Speke's hinged tortoise. Kinixys lobatsiana - Lobatse hinged tortoise. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 5: 49-52.

Coulson, I.M.; Hailey, A. 2001. Low survival rate and high predation in the African hingeback tortoise Kinixys spekii. African Journal of Ecology 39(4): 383-392.

FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 35-40.

Hailey, A. 1997. Digestive efficiency and gut morphology of omnivorous and herbivorous African tortoises. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75(5): 787-794.

Hailey, A. 1998. The specific dynamic action of the omnivorous tortoise Kinixys spekii in relation to diet, feeding pattern, and gut passage. Physiological Zoology 71(1): 57-66.

Hailey, A.; Chidavaenzi, R.L.; Loveridge, J.P. 1998. Diet mixing in the omnivorous tortoise Kinixys spekii. Functional Ecology 12(3): 373-385.

Hailey, A.; Coulson, I.M. 1995. Habitat association of the tortoises Geochelone pardalis and Kinixys spekii in the Sengwa Wildlife Research Area, Zimbabwe. Herpetological Journal 5(4): 305-309.

Hailey, A.; Coulson, I.M. 1996. Differential scaling of home-range area to daily movement distance in two African tortoises. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(1): 97-102.

Hailey, A.; Coulson, I.M. 1996. Nesting behaviour and clutch and egg size of the hingeback tortoise Kinixys spekii. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 58: 11-18.

Hailey, A.; Coulson, I.M. 1996. Temperature and the tropical tortoise Kinixys spekii: constraints on activity level and body temperature. Journal of Zoology (London) 240(3): 523-536.

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