Taxonomy
The following species list largely follows Rhodin et al., 2010, this is a work in progress.
Family Testudinidae Batsch 1788
Subfamily Testudininae
- Aldabrachelys
- Aldabrachelys gigantea, Aldabra giant tortoise, common synonyms Geochelone gigantea, Dipsochelys gigantea
- †Aldabrachelys abrupta (extinct)
- Astrochelys Gray, 1873
- Astrochelys radiata, radiated tortoise
- Astrochelys yniphora, angulated tortoise, (Madagascan) plowshare tortoise, angonoka
- Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835.
- 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, 2001:
- 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, 1873
- 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, L. 1857.
- 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
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