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Original
Description |
Hewitt 1935 : 353 |
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Type
Locality |
"Jameson Drift, Tugela River . . . and . . . Dimane stream, near Jameson Drift." [Natal Prov., Republic of South Africa] |
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Syntypes |
(2 specimens) AMG 6975A and unnumbered; the unnumbered AMG specimen was designated lectotype by Broadley 1981a:206-207. |
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Original name |
Kinixys natalensis |
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Common
name |
Natal Hinge-back Tortoise |
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Distribution |
Eastern Republic of South Africa (eastern Transvaal and Natal), Swaziland, and southern Mozambique |
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Comments |
Previously considered a synonym of K. belliana (e.g., see Loveridge and Williams, 1957:388), but elevated to species status by Broadley (1981a). Reviewed by Boycott and Bourquin (1988), Boycott and Jacobsen (1988), and Broadley (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989). |
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