The Lobatse hinge-back tortoise or Lobatse hinged tortoise (Kinixys lobatsiana) is a species of turtle in the family Testudinidae. It is found in Southern Africa.

Description

This turtle has an elongated, and rather narrow carapace up to , which is slightly domed to flattened with a low, disrupted medial keel.

Lobatse hinge-back tortoise

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Southern Africa and is found in South Africa and Botswana. More specifically, it is restricted to northern South Africa and southeastern Botswana. Here it inhabits Acacia and Combretum woodlands as well as bushveld at elevations of above sea level.

Lobatse hinge-back tortoise

References

Further reading

Photo of Kinixys lobatsiana

Photo of Kinixys lobatsiana

Britishcheloniagroup.org.uk

Kinixys

reptiles described in 1927

reptiles of Botswana

reptiles of South Africa

taxa named by John Hyacinth Power

turtles of Africa

Lobatse hinge-back tortoise