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GBIF·10933512speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyTestudinidae
  5. ›genusChersobius
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Karoo Dwarf Tortoise

Chersobius boulengeri (Duerden, 1906)

Also calledBoulenger-bozótteknős (hun) · Boulengers Flachschildkröte (deu) · Donderweerskilpad (afr) · Karoo-Zwergschildkröte (deu) · Swaarweerskilpad (afr) · Želvička Boulenbergova (ces) · želvička Boulengerova (ces) · سلحفاة كيب بولنجر (ara) · ボウレンゲリーヒラセリクガメ (jpn) · 布氏珍龜 (zho)

First described in: Duerden, J. E. South African tortoises of the genus Homopus, with description of a new species.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10933512.