EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Homopus boulengeri


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Homopus (Cape Tortoises)
species..............Homopus boulengeri (Boulenger's Cape Tortoise)
Original Description
Duerden 1906 : 406
Holotype
BMNH 1946.1.23.4, formerly BMNH 1906.6.21
Type Locality
"South Africa - Districts of Willowmore, Aberdeen and Beaufort West"
Original name
Homopus boulengeri
Common Name
Boulenger's Cape Tortoise
Distribution
Southern Republic of South Africa
Comments
Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957), Greig and Burdett (1976), Boycott and Bourquin (1988), and Boycott (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989).
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