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title: "Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise"
description: "Kinixys spekii — Gady. Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii), also known commonly as Speke's hingeback tortoise, is a species of turtle in the family Testudinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/speke-s-hinge-back-tortoise
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise

> Kinixys spekii — Gady. Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii), also known commonly as Speke's hingeback tortoise, is a species of turtle in the family Testudinidae.

- Scientific name: *Kinixys spekii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 919
- Wikidata: [Q2192332](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2192332)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67433)

## Names

- en: Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise
- de: Spekes-Gelenkschildkröte

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (501), ZM (81), ZW (80), MW (54), SZ (37), TZ (36), BW (35), KE (25), MZ (14), RW (8), NA (6)

## Summary

Speke's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys spekii), also known commonly as Speke's hingeback tortoise, is a species of turtle in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speke%27s_hinge-back_tortoise

## Photo

![Speke's Hinge-back Tortoise](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speke-s-hinge-back-tortoise/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9879858

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/speke-s-hinge-back-tortoise?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).