Kinixys homeana
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Home's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Africa. The specific name, homeana, is in honor of English surgeon and naturalist Everard Home. K. homeana is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and possibly Togo.
The natural habitats of Home's hinge-back tortoise are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and plantations. Home's hinge-back tortoise is naturally attracted to red or pink flowers. It prefers low light and often moves in early morning or dusk, preferring to stay hidden the rest of the day.
In captivity the diet of K. homeana may include, banana, guava, watermelon, black mushrooms, cooked sweet potato, cooked potato, and cooked or raw squash, and sources of animal protein such as earthworms, mealworms, crickets, snails and fish.
K. homeana is threatened by habitat loss. Bell T (1827). "On two new Genera of... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Cape May County Park & Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zoo Knoxville | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Virginia Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Nikolaev Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 8 | Virginia Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Glen Echo Park Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
No species of the same family or order lives in Taï National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Home's Hingeback Tortoise sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Home's Hingeback Tortoise in Taï National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and July–September, the lowest months. October and December–February have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Home's Hingeback Tortoise sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Home's Hingeback Tortoise sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Home's Hingeback Tortoise is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Taï National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
