Rarest Species of Tortoise — All 47 Answers Ranked by Rarity

47 tortoise species are accepted answers for “Name a species of tortoise”. Negev tortoise is the rarest species of tortoise in this ranking, with 382 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Natal hinge-back tortoise is the second-rarest with 868 monthly Wikipedia views, 2.27× the figure for Negev tortoise. Galápagos tortoise is the most common species of tortoise in this ranking, with 199,338 monthly Wikipedia views, 521.8× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 47 answers: 996,427. Negev tortoise is under 0.1% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: Negev tortoise (Legendary), Natal hinge-back tortoise (Legendary), Lobatse hinge-back tortoise (Legendary), and 7 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

47 answers to “Name a species of tortoise”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Negev tortoise on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	382
2	Natal hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.978	868
3	Lobatse hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.957	992
4	Chersobius solus on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.935	1,060
5	Serrated tortoise on Wikipedia	Epic	0.913	1,072
6	Homopus femoralis on Wikipedia	Epic	0.891	1,155
7	Chersobius boulengeri on Wikipedia	Epic	0.870	1,437
8	Goode's thornscrub tortoise on Wikipedia	Epic	0.848	1,817
9	Speke's hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Epic	0.826	1,949
10	Travancore tortoise on Wikipedia	Epic	0.804	1,955
11	Home's hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.783	2,039
12	Forsten's tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.761	2,069
13	Flat-backed spider tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.739	2,099
14	Forest hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.717	2,101
15	Homopus areolatus on Wikipedia	Rare	0.696	2,927
16	Geometric tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.674	3,149
17	Bell's hinge-back tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.652	3,239
18	Tent tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.630	3,271
19	Sonoran Desert tortoise on Wikipedia	Rare	0.609	4,341
20	Spider tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.587	4,633
21	Impressed tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.565	5,079
22	Bolson tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.543	5,291
23	Chaco tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.522	5,551
24	Angulate tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.500	5,651
25	Elongated tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.478	6,703
26	Burmese star tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.457	7,156
27	Texas tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.435	7,630
28	Kleinmann's tortoise on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.413	7,665
29	Pancake tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.391	10,766
30	Marginated tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.370	12,250
31	Asian forest tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.348	12,449
32	Chersobius signatus on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.326	12,846
33	Yellow-footed tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.304	13,099
34	Angonoka tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.283	13,860
35	Central Asian tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.261	20,113
36	Radiated tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.239	23,402
37	Leopard tortoise on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.217	32,643
38	Greek tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.196	34,471
39	Indian star tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.174	38,000
40	Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.152	42,864
41	Red-footed tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.130	48,903
42	Hermann's tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.109	51,663
43	Desert tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.087	56,420
44	Gopher tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.065	58,844
45	African spurred tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.043	106,228
46	Aldabra giant tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.022	114,987
47	Galápagos tortoise on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	199,338

FAQ

What is the rarest species of tortoise?

Negev tortoise is the rarest species of tortoise in this ranking, with 382 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many species of tortoise are there?

There are 47 species of tortoise in this ranking, from Negev tortoise (rarest) to Galápagos tortoise (most common).

What is the most common species of tortoise?

Galápagos tortoise is the most common species of tortoise in this ranking, with 199,338 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.