Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   1039
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3124DA
Observer:   Scammell I.
Date of record:   2006-03-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5580
Species name:   Homopus femoralis
Common name:   Greater Padloper
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-1039
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1039 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1039 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Is either H. femoralis or H. boulengeri, but appears to have four claws on front foot (can't be sure).
Date:   2006-04-30 02:21:03
Species name:   Homopus femoralis -- Greater Padloper
Species code:   5580
Comment number:   2
By:   W.R. Branch
Comment:  
Date:   2006-05-26 22:01:51
Species name:   Homopus femoralis -- Greater Padloper
Species code:   5580

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