Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Chersina
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Angulate Tortoise
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Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte
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Afrikansk Plovskildpadde
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Chersina Gray in Griffith [not Chersina Humphrey 1797 (Gastropoda; nomen illegitimum, ICZN 1956: Direction 32)] (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812) |
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Goniochersus Lindholm (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Neotestudo Hewitt (type species: Testudo angulata Schweigger 1812; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Bour & Ohler (2008) presented an overview of the confused history of the names Chersine Merrem 1820, and Chersina Gray 1831.
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Chersina angulata
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Angulate Tortoise, South African Bowsprit Tortoise
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Afrikanische Schnabelbrustschildkröte
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Afrikansk Plovskildpadde
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Testudo angulata Schweigger |
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Chersina angulata Gray 1831 |
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Neotestudo angulata Hewitt 1931 |
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Goniochersus angulatus Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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Chersine angulata Hewitt 1937 |
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Goniocherus angulatus Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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Testudo tabulata var. africana Schweigger [not Testudo africana Hermann 1804] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Testudo bellii Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Remarks:
According to Fritz & Havas (2006), Namibian records are doubtful.
Distribution:
Namibia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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