Overview

Tortoises are found almost all over the world. 

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Note, correlations between topography and distribution is relevant. There is usually a direct relation between topographical landform boundaries and species type. These boundaries naturally aid in the development of different colors, patterns and scalation markers between species and subspecies. Mountain formations, deserts, dunes, rivers and water formations are natural divides for Tortoises.

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There are currently 49 different recognized species of tortoises. For the purposes of clarity, we will focus this document on species we keep and offer. The following list shows the geographic region and distribution of species and subspecies. 

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EUROPE

Testudo marginata - Italy, Turkey, Greece.
Testudo graeca ibera - S. Serbia, Greece, Romania, Iran.
Testudo graeca terrestris - Lebanon, Jordan, Syria. 

Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis - S. France, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Greece.
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Testudo horsfieldii (used to be classified as Agrionemys) - Azerbijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kabul.

Geochelone elegans - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Manouria emys - India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

AFRICA

Stigmochelys pardalis babcocki - Nambia, Uganda, Somalia.

SOUTH AMERICA

Chelonoidis carbonarius - Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Eastern Brazil, Nicaragua, Argentina.
Chelonoidis denticulatus - Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia.