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Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated [Least Concern 1996] 
Global distribution: We here follow the distributions presented by Kindler et al. (2012) in 
their supporting information. The species ranges from the Red Sea coast of Sudan and the Horn of 
Africa south to the Kenya-Tanzania border area and thence southwest to central Angola. 
Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 Spek’s Hinged-Back Tortoise 
Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863a:381. Holotype: BMNH 1936.5.3.117 (collector J. H. Speke). Type locality: “Cen¬ 
tral Africa” probably “northwestern Tanzania”Broadley and Howell (1991). 
Kinixys belliana spekii: Broadley (19816:211). 
''Kinixys spekii”: Broadley (1989a:52). 
Kinixys spekii: Fritz and Havas (2007:286), Branch (2008:53), Vetter (2011:79), Kindler et al. (2012:193), 
Ceriaco et al. (2014b:670), Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014:403), Ceriaco et al. (2016b:53). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: We here follow the distributions presented by Kindler et al. (2012) in 
their supporting information as modified in The Turtle Texonomy Working Group 2017). The 
species is known from southern Central Africa from Kenya and Uganda south to northern KwaZu¬ 
lu-Natal, South Africa (although not in the coastal plain and lowlands of southeastern Kenya, Tan¬ 
zania and Mozambique) and west to the Caprivi Strip of Namibia and adjacent Cuando Cubango, 
Angola. 
Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) Forest Hinge-Back Tortoise 
Testudo erosa Schweigger 1812:321. Syntypes: Two specimens originally in the Mannheim Museum and a 
specimen described and figured by Shaw (1802:59, pi. 13) (collectors unknown). Type locality: “America 
septentrionali” [in error]. 
Cinixys erosa: Bocage (1866a:40, 1895a: 1), Peters (1877a:611). 
Kinixys erosa: Laurent (1964a:24), Iverson (1986:159, 1992:272), Spawls et al. (2004:52), Fritz and Havas 
2007:285, Branch (2008:50), Vetter (2011:75), Kindler et al. (2012:193), Luiselli and Diagne 
(2014:084.1), Mifsud and Stapleton (2014:26), Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2014:402). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Data Deficient. 
Global distribution: A widespread silvi- 
colous species in West Africa, preferring moist 
areas such as marshes and river banks from 
Gambia eastward through the Democratic 
Republic of Congo to Uganda, and south areas 
adjacent to the mouth of the Congo River. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 117): This 
species is limited to extreme northern regions 
of the country, including Cabinda. Cabinda: 
“Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 12.10000] (Peters 
1877a:611); “Cabinda” [-5.55000, 12.18333] 
(Bocage 1866a;40, 1895a:l; Mifsud and Sta¬ 
pleton 2014:31). Lunda Norte: “pres de la R. 
Camualua (ou Camuali), affl. de la rive gauche 
du Chicapa, a 1’Guest de Dundo, Posto de 
Lovua” [-7.31667, 20.15000] (Laurent 
1964a:24; Luiselli and Diagne 2014:084.6; 
Mifsud and Stapleton 2014:31); “affl. non 
Map 117. Distribution of Kinixys erosa in Angola. 
