Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812)

Figure 8A

Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Inhuca; –4.8590, 12.4440; 81 m a.s.l.; P2.208; GenBank: PQ456003. • Chilito, Mbundo; –4.7279, 12.5068; 83 m a.s.l.; P3.543; GenBank: PQ456004.

Identification. A large tortoise with spiny and upturned marginal scutes (Branch 2008). Specimens collected in Cabinda Province differ by>2% (16S p -distance) from material collected from Equateur, DRC (GenBank: LR697076) and by 3.5% from its sister species Kinixys homeana (GenBank: DQ 424975).

Biology and distribution. A rainforest dweller widely distributed across West and Central Africa, from Guinea and Sierra Leone to Uganda and southwards to northern Angola (Sánchez-Vialas et al. 2022). We sampled two individuals caught by local people in primary rainforest and for human consumption, afterwards confiscated by rangers and released in Mayombe NP.