Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   785
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3220BC
Observer:   Mecenero S. & Kirkman S.P.
Date of record:   2005-12-15
Number of photos:   3
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-785
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 785 - photo: 1
VM-number: 785 - photo: 2
VM-number: 785 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Harrison
Comment:   Carapacial characteristics together with apparently large size suggest femoralis, rather than areolatus.
Date:   2006-02-04 22:32:29
Species name:   Homopus femoralis -- Greater Padloper
Species code:   5580
Comment number:   2
By:   Andrew Turner
Comment:   Species ID not discernible in this pic. Homopus sp.
Date:   2007-02-14 12:54:26
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Mike Bates
Comment:   Homopus femoralis or H. areolatus.
Date:   2007-03-15 10:32:40
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:  
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:   Homopus femoralis -- Greater Padloper
Species code:   5580

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