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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
species
species list
K. belliana (Bell's Hinge-back Tortoise)
K. erosa (Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise)
K. homeana (Home's Hinge-back Tortoise)
K. natalensis (Natal Hinge-back Tortoise)
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- Original Description
- Bell 1827 : 398
- Common Name
- Hinge-back Tortoises
- Distribution
- Western, central and southern Africa
- Comments
- Reviewed by Broadley (1981a and 1992).
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