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  • Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise, 1 of 6
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    (c) Anne Heyerly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Rogério Ferreira, all rights reserved

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Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise

Kinixys belliana

Worldwide
109 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Bell's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys belliana) is a species of African tortoise, from the family Testudinidae. It has the hinge that characterizes all tortoises in the genus Kinixys. There are several subspecies (some of which may actually be separate species; see below) and the Bell's hinge-back tortoise is subject to wide variation throughout its extensive range.

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