Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   5159
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3119AC
Observer:   Mecenero S.
Date of record:   2007-00-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_5151-5200.txt: entry no. 9
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   5550
Species name:   Homopus areolatus
Common name:   Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-5159
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5159 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   W.R. Branch
Comment:   Homopus areolatus juvenile - although Reita may have more updated ideas.........
Date:   2008-09-25 09:18:23
Species name:   Homopus areolatus -- Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Species code:   5550
Comment number:   2
By:   Paul Sebastian Rabiega
Comment:   Agreed with W. Branch.
Date:   2013-09-04 00:59:10
Species name:   Homopus areolatus -- Parrot-beaked Tortoise
Species code:   5550

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