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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Psammobates (South African Star Tortoises)
species
species list
P. geometricus (Geometric Tortoise)
P. oculifera (Serrated Tortoise)
P. tentorius (Tent Tortoise)
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- Original Description
- Fitzinger 1835 : 113
- Common Name
- South African Star Tortoises
- Distribution
- Southern Africa
- Comments
- Genus and species reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957).
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