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)
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- 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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