EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Malacochersus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Malacochersus (Pancake Tortoises)
species
species list
M. tornieri (African Pancake Tortoise)
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- Original Description
- Lindholm 1929 : 285
- Common Name
- Pancake Tortoises
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957).
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