Common name:
Forest hinge-back tortoiseESF category:
BIUCN category:
Data Deficient
CITES:
INT - Appendix II
EU - Appendix BRegistered animals:
11Studbook coordinators:
Wilma Vertommen
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Species Description
The forest hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa), serrated hinge-back tortoise, or Schweigger's tortoise is a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family. Another species, Psammobates oculifer, also goes by the same name of serrated tortoise.
This species is indigenous to the tropical forests and marshes of central and west Africa.
