page_title: Kinixys
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Kinixys / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Three different species of Kinixys. Original: www.carapace.world
context_page_description: Kinixys, commonly known as the hinge-back tortoise, is a genus of turtles in the family Testudinidae. The genus was erected by Thomas Bell in 1827. The species in the genus Kinixys are native to mainland Africa and commonly known as hinged tortoises.
  Most of the Kinixys species are omnivores. They feed mainly on a wide range of different leaves, weeds, roots, flowers and fruits. However, they also eat worms, insects and other small invertebrates.
context_section_description: Kinixys belliana (Gray, 1830) – Bell's hinge-back tortoise
  Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) – forest hinge-back tortoise
  Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827 – Home's hinge-back tortoise
  Kinixys lobatsiana (Power, 1927) – Lobatse hinge-back tortoise
  Kinixys natalensis Hewitt, 1935 – Natal hinge-back tortoise
  Kinixys spekii Gray, 1863 – Speke's hinge-back tortoise
  Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Kinixys.
caption: Three species of Kinixys: K. belliana nogueyi, K. erosa, K. homeana. (Illustration G. Aeschimann).
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