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GBIF·10737023speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyTestudinidae
  5. ›genusChersobius
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Nama Padloper

Chersobius solus (Branch, 2007)

Also calledBerger-bozótteknős (hun) · Homopode de Namibie (fra) · Nama-Zwergschildkröte (deu) · Namibia-Flachschildkröte (deu) · płaśnik namibijski (pol) · želvička namibijská (ces) · سلحفاة كيب برغر (ara) · ナミビアヒラセリクガメ (jpn) · 納米比亞珍龜 (zho)

First described in: Branch, W. R. Anew species of tortoise of the genus Homopus(Chelonia: Testudinidae) from southern Namibia.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Holotype: PEM 8754; paratypes (13), PEM 8755 - 58, 8760 - 61, 8764 - 65, 9415, and 17046 - 49.

A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10737023.