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IUCN Red Lists of Turtles (Testudines)
Taxonomy and distribution of the family Testudinidae
Bibliography of the family Testudinidae




Family
Testudinidae

Tortoises

IUCN Red List assessments:
Extinct (in recent times): 7 species
Extinct in the Wild: 0 species= 0.0 %
Critically Endangered: 20 species= 34.5 %
Endangered: 7 species= 12.1 %
Vulnerable: 16 species= 27.6 %
Near Threatened: 2 species= 3.4 %
Least Concern: 6 species= 10.3 %
Data Deficient: 1 species= 1.7 %
Not Assessed: 6 species= 10.3 %
Genera:

Aldabrachelys (Aldabra Tortoise)
Astrochelys (Madagascar Tortoises)
Centrochelys (African Spurred Tortoise)
Chelonoidis (South American Tortoises)
Chersina (Angulate Tortoise)
Chersobius (Five-toed Dwarf Tortoises)
Cylindraspis (Mascarene Islands Giant Tortoises)
Geochelone (South Asian Star Tortoises)
Gopherus (Gopher Tortoises)
Homopus (Four-toed Dwarf Tortoises)
Indotestudo (Asian Tortoises)
Kinixys (Hinge-back Tortoises)
Malacochersus (African Pancake Tortoise)
Manouria (Indochinese Tortoises)
Psammobates (South African Star Tortoises)
Pyxis (Spider Tortoises)
Stigmochelys (Leopard Tortoise)
Testudo (Palearctic Tortoises)