List of Tortoise Species

Tortoises are a family of land-dwelling reptiles in the order Testudines. Like their marine relatives, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise endoskeleton has the adaptation of having an external shell fused to the ribcage. Tortoises can vary in size from a few centimeters to two meters. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals.

List of Tortoise Species:

Aldabrachelys Gigantea

Aldabra giant tortoise

Geochelone gigantea

Dipsochelys gigantea

Aldabrachelys abrupta
Astrochelys Gray

Astrochelys radiata, radiated tortoise

Astrochelys yniphora, angulated tortoise, (Madagascan) plowshare tortoise, angonoka
Chelonoidis Fitzinger

Chelonoidis carbonaria, red-footed tortoise

Chelonoidis chilensis, pampas tortoise, South Argentine tortoise

Chelonoidis denticulata, Brazilian giant tortoise, yellow-footed tortoise

Chelonoidis nigra complex

Chelonoidis abingdonii, Pinta Island giant tortoise, Abingdon Island giant tortoise (extinct)

Chelonoidis becki, Volcan Wolf giant tortoise, Cape Berkeley giant tortoise

Chelonoidis chathamensis, San Cristobal giant tortoise, Chatham Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis darwini, San Salvador giant tortoise, James Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis duncanensis, Pinzon giant tortoise, Duncan Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis hoodensis, Espanola giant tortoise, Hood Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis nigra, Floreana giant tortoise, Charles Island giant tortoise (extinct)

Chelonoidis phantastica, Fernandina giant tortoise, Narborough Island giant tortoise (extinct)

Chelonoidis porteri, Santa Cruz giant tortoise, Indefatigable Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis vicina, Isabela Island giant tortoise, Albemarle Island giant tortoise

Chelonoidis petersi, Chaco tortoise, northern Argentine tortoise
Chersina

Chersina angulata, Angulate Tortoise, South African bowsprit tortoise
Colossochelys

Colossochelys atlas, Atlas tortoise (extinct) 

Cylindraspis (all species extinct) following Austin and Arnold

Cylindraspis indica, synonym Cylindraspis borbonica, Reunion giant tortoise

Cylindraspis inepta, Mauritius giant domed tortoise

Cylindraspis peltastes, Rodrigues domed tortoise

Cylindraspis triserrata, Mauritius giant flat-shelled tortoise

Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Rodrigues giant saddleback tortoise
Geochelone

Geochelone elegans, Indian star tortoise

Geochelone platynota, Burmese star tortoise

Geochelone sulcata, African spurred tortoise (Sulcata tortoise)
Hadrianus

Hadrianus corsoni (syn. H. octonarius)

Hadrianus robustus

Hadrianus schucherti

Hadrianus utahensis
Homopus

Homopus areolatus, parrot-beaked tortoise, beaked Cape tortoise, common padloper

Homopus boulengeri, Karoo dwarf tortoise, Boulenger's Cape tortoise, Karoo padloper

Homopus femoralis, greater dwarf tortoise, greater padloper

Homopus signatus, speckled tortoise, speckled padloper, speckled padloper tortoise

Homopus solus, Nama tortoise, Berger's cape tortoise, Nama padloper, synonym Homopus bergeri
Indotestudo

Indotestudo elongata, elongated tortoise, yellow-headed tortoise
Indotestudo forstenii, Forsten’s tortoise, East Indian tortoise

Indotestudo travancorica, Travancore tortoise
Kinixys

Kinixys belliana, Bell's hinge-back tortoise

Kinixys erosa, Forest hinge-back tortoise, serrated hinge-back tortoise

Kinixys homeana, Home's hinge-back tortoise

Kinixys lobatsiana, Lobatse hinge-back tortoise

Kinixys natalensis, Natal hinge-back tortoise

Kinixys spekii, Speke's hinge-back tortoise
Malacochersus

Malacochersus tornieri, pancake tortoise 

Psammobates

Psammobates geometricus, geometric tortoise

Psammobates oculifer, serrated tent tortoise, Kalahari tent tortoise

Psammobates tentorius, African tent tortoise
Pyxis

Pyxis arachnoides, (Madagascan) spider tortoise

Pyxis planicauda, flat-backed spider tortoise, (Madagascan) flat-tailed tortoise, flat-tailed spider tortoise
Stigmochelys Gray

Stigmochelys pardalis, leopard tortoise

Testudo

Testudo graeca, Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise, Moorish tortoise

Testudo hermanni, Hermann's tortoise

Testudo horsfieldii, Russian tortoise, steppe tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, or Central Asian tortoise

Testudo kleinmanni, Egyptian tortoise, including Negev tortoise

Testudo marginata, marginated tortoise
Subfamily Xerobatinae Agassiz

Gopherus

Gopherus agassizii, Mojave Desert tortoise, Agassiz's desert tortoise

Gopherus berlandieri, Texas tortoise, Berlandier's tortoise

Gopherus flavomarginatus, Bolson tortoise

Gopherus morafkai, Sonoran Desert tortoise, Morajak's desert tortoise

Gopherus polyphemus, gopher tortoise

Manouria

Manouria emys, Asian giant tortoise, brown tortoise (mountain tortoise)

Manouria impressa, impressed tortoise
Stylemys (Genus extinct)

Stylemys botti

Stylemys calaverensis

Stylemys canetotiana

Stylemys capax

Stylemys conspecta

Stylemys copei

Stylemys emiliae

Stylemys frizaciana

Stylemys karakolensis

Stylemys nebrascensis (syn. S. amphithorax)

Stylemys neglectus

Stylemys oregonensis

Stylemys pygmea

Stylemys uintensis

Stylemys undabuna

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise

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