EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Psammobates oculifera


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Testudinidae (Tortoises)
subfamily.......Testudininae ()
genus...............Psammobates (South African Star Tortoises)
species..............Psammobates oculifera (Serrated Tortoise)
Original Description
Kuhl 1820 : 77
Holotype
ZMB 223; destroyed during World War II
Type Locality
"Cap" [= Cape, Republic of South Africa]
Original name
Testudo oculifera
Common Name
Serrated Tortoise
Distribution
Namibia, Botswana, and Republic of South Africa
Comments
Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957), Greig and Burdett (1976), Boycott and Bourquin (1988), and Boycott and Branch (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989).
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