Kalahari Tent Tortoise
Psammobates oculifer (Kuhl, 1820)
Also calledKalahari-Stachel-Randschildkröte (deu) · Kalahari-skulprandskilpad (afr) · Savtakket Stjerneskildpadde (dan) · Stachelrand-Landschildkröte (deu) · Tortue ocellée (fra) · rojtos sátorteknős (hun) · želva kalaharská (ces) · Глазчатая черепаха (rus) · Глазчатая южноафриканская черепаха (rus) · سلحفاة الخيمة الكلاهارية (ara) · سلحفاة حاملة العيون (ara) · سلحفاة مشرشرة (ara) · سلحفاة منشارية (ara) · ノコヘリヤブガメ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Holotype: ZMB 223 (Fritz et al. 1994: 169); destroyed during World War II (Crumly 1984).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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Syntypes (2): BMNH 1947.3. 5.13 (formerly 1863.2.21.44; illustrated in the original description, Pl. 6), and NMSZ 1859.013.1729 (Herman et al. 1990: 6, who listed it as the “ holotype ”).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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Syntypes (number uncertain): Not located; possibly in the ZMB.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
In the stacks
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Every page naming Psammobates oculifer in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7892712.