Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Testudinidae Bibliography of the genus Psammobates Biodiversity of the family Testudinidae Genus Psammobates South African Star Tortoises, African Starred Tortoises Südafrikanische Landschildkröten Sydafrikanske Stjerneskildpadder 1835 Psammobates Fitzinger (type species: Testudo geometrica Linnaeus 1758) 1870 Chersinella Gray (type species: Testudo geometrica Linnaeus 1758; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: S. Africa. Reported from: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, North West Province, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Zimbabwe. Psammobates geometricus Geometric Tortoise Geometrische Landschildkröte Geometrisk Landskildpadde 1758 Testudo geometrica Linnaeus Chersine geometrica Merrem 1820 Psammobates geometricus Fitzinger 1843 Peltastes geometricus Gray 1870 Chersinella geometrica Hewitt 1933 1801 Testudo luteola Daudin (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1893 Testudo strauchi Lidth de Jeude (Fritz & Havas 2006) Chersinella strauchi Hewitt 1933 Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape). Psammobates oculiferus African Serrated Star Tortoise, Serrated Tent Tortoise, Kalahari Tent Tortoise Stachelrand-Landschildkröte Savtakket Stjerneskildpadde 1820 Testudo oculifera Kuhl Emys oculifera Gray 1831 Clemmys oculifera Strauch 1862 Chersinella oculifera Hewitt 1933 Psammobates oculifera Hewitt 1937 1839 Testudo semiserrata Smith (Fritz & Havas 2006) Peltastes semiserratus Gray 1870 Distribution: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (Free State, Limpopo, North West Province, Northern Cape), Zimbabwe. Psammobates tentorius African Tent Tortoise, South African Tent Tortoise Höcker-Landschildkröte Sydafrikansk Teltskildpadde 1828 Testudo tentoria Bell Testudo geometrica var. tentoria Gray 1844 Peltastes tentorius Gray 1870 Chersinella tentoria Hewitt 1933 Psammobates tentoria Hewitt 1937 1839 Testudo verroxii Smith Peltastes verroxii Gray 1870 Chersinella verroxii Hewitt 1934 Psammobates tentorius verroxii Loveridge & Williams 1957 Testudo tentoria verroxii Wermuth & Mertens 1961 1856 Testudo geometrica var. nigriventris Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1870 Peltastes verreauxii Gray [substitute name for Testudo verroxii Smith 1839] Testudo verreauxii Rochebrune 1884 1886 Testudo fiski Boulenger (Fritz & Havas 2006) Testudo tentoria var. fiskii Duerden 1907 Chersinella fiski Hewitt 1934 Psammobates fiskii FitzSimons 1938 1886 Testudo smithi Boulenger (Fritz & Havas 2006) Chersinella verroxii smithi Hewitt 1934 Testudo verroxii smithi Mertens 1955 1886 Testudo trimeni Boulenger Chersinella trimeni Hewitt 1933 Psammobates trimeni Hewitt 1937 Psammobates tentorius trimeni Loveridge & Williams 1957 Testudo tentoria trimeni Wermuth & Mertens 1961 1903 Testudo seimundi Boulenger (Fritz & Havas 2006) Chersinella fiski seimundi Hewitt 1934 1904 Testudo boettgeri Siebenrock [not Testudo graeca var. boettgeri Mojsisovics 1889] Chersinella verroxii boettgeri Hewitt 1934 Chersinella boettgeri FitzSimons 1935 1906 Homopus bergeri Lindholm (Branch 1992, 2007; Fritz & Havas 2006) Testudo bergeri Siebenrock 1909 Chersinella verroxii bergeri Hewitt 1934 Testudo smithi bergeri Mertens & Wermuth 1955 Testudo verroxii bergeri Mertens 1955 1929 Testudo oscarboettgeri Lindholm [subsitute name for Testudo boettgeri Siebenrock 1904] 1933 Chersinella tentoria albanica Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates tentoria albanica Hewitt 1937 1933 Chersinella tentoria duerdeni Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates tentoria duerdeni Hewitt 1937 1933 Chersinella tentoria hexensis Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1933 Chersinella tentoria karuella Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1933 Chersinella tentoria karuica Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1933 Chersinella tentoria lativittata Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1933 Chersinella tentoria piscatella Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates tentoria piscatella Hewitt 1937 1933 Chersinella tentoria subsulcata Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1933 Chersinella tentoria tentorioides Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates tentoria tentorioides Hewitt 1937 1934 Chersinella fiski colesbergensis Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates fiski colesbergensis Hewitt 1937 1934 Chersinella fiski cronwrighti Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) Psammobates fiski cronwrighti Hewitt 1937 1934 Chersinella fiski grica Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1934 Chersinella fiski gricoides Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1934 Chersinella fiski orangensis Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1934 Chersinella schonlandi Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1934 Chersinella verroxii amasensis Hewitt (Fritz & Havas 2006) 1938 Psammobates depressa Fitzsimons (Fritz & Havas 2006) Other common names: tentorius: Common Tent Tortoise trimeni: Western Tent Tortoise verroxii: Northern Tent Tortoise Distribution: Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape, Western Cape).