List of turtles of Africa

This is an incomplete list of turtles and tortoises found in Africa.

ImageCommon Name(s)Scientific nameDistributionNotes
African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise Centrochelys sulcata southern edge of the Sahara Desert Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species
African helmeted turtle
Marsh terrapin
Pelomedusa subrufa Very wide range
Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea Seychelles
Angonoka tortoise Astrochelys yniphora native to Madagascar
Aubry's flapshell turtle Cycloderma aubryi Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Angola and theCentral African Republic
East African black mud turtle Pelusios subniger East Africa
Geometric tortoise Psammobates geometricus Cape area of South Africa
Leopard tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis savannah from Sudan to South Africa
Lobatse hinge-back tortoise Kinixys lobatsiana Southern Africa
African softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis parts of East, West and Middle Africa
Pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri most common in Kenya and Tanzania
Radiated tortoise Astrochelys radiata native to southern Madagascar
Speke's hinge-back tortoise Kinixys spekii Tanzania, etc.
Turkana mud turtle Pelusios broadleyi Eastern Africa (Kenya, etc.)
Upemba mud turtle Pelusios upembae Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yellowbelly mud turtle Pelusios castanoides Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania

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